Mr. Lucky & The Cocktail Party (jazz and swing)

Mr. Lucky & The Cocktail Party is a legendary San Francisco lounge-jazz and swing ensemble fronted by performance artist and crooner Mr. Lucky (a.k.a. Pierre Merkl III). “The dean of postmodern lounge jazz swing singers,” Mr. Lucky brings his ace group of local luminaries–The Cocktail Party–to Specs. Assembled originally around 1998 by Bay Area musicians Joshua Raoul Brody and Ralph Carney, the backing band features a rotating cast of local jazz veterans. Their repertoire includes playful live mash-ups, eccentric jazz re-stylings of the American Songbook, and off-beat humor tailored to vintage San Francisco watering holes. Mr. Lucky & The Cocktail Party are deeply rooted in historic San Francisco neighborhoods like the Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill. They have performed at iconic local spots including Stookey's Blue Room, the Tenderloin Museum, Pier 23, and the Cadillac Hotel. Pierre Merkl was also the subject of a 2014 documentary titled Getting Lucky.