Photographs & Memories
San Diego Jazz Festival
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra... and Freddy!
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra... and Freddy!
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra @ Gossip Grill July 2023
San Diego Jazz Festival
East Village Blues Festival
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra - Movin' Along
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra - Movin' Along
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra - Movin' Along
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra
Boogie Magazine Cover
The Motel Swiing Orchestra, Jeckyl Island, GA, 2017
The Motel Swiing Orchestra, Jeckyl Island, GA, 2017
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra/Gator By the Bay 2018
Gator By the Bay 2018
Carolyn Wonderland and Sue, post concerts/Gator By the Bay 2018
Sue with The Jumping Cats, Moscow 2017
Sue with April West, Tango musicians in Argentina, 2017
Sue and Candye toasting
Sue and Candye toasting
Wendy Dewitt and Liz Pennock with Sue
Gator by the Bay 2016
The Sue Palmer Supper Club, photo by Julie Warren
Sue at Dizzys, 2015
photo courtesy Annie Libby
Queens of Boogie Woogie at Yoshis, Oakland - Ladee Bianca, Wendy Dewitt, Deanna Bogart, with Sue
Gregory Page, Sue, Jose Sinatra
Sue with the Hollywood Combo, Mark Tortellini, and Big Jay McNeely
Sue and the Wigbillies, with Mary Fleener
Steve Lucky, Taryn Donath, Sue Palmer at Steve Wilcox' 6-0 Throwdown
Belly Up Tavern
La Jolla Concerts By the Sea, 2012
La Jolla Concerts By the Sea, 2012
Sue with Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit, Mammoth Lakes Jazz Festival, 2012
Judy Taylor & Wild Oats, with Sue and April West, Virgin Islands
Earl Thomas with 3 Queens of Boogie Woogie: Sue, Wendy Dewitt, Dona Oxford
Sue with Kenny Neal, Sacramento
Ryoko and Sue at the Toy Piano festival, 2011
photo courtesy Annie Libby
Candye Kane, actress, with cast, Toughest Girl Alive world premier, Moxie Theatre, San Diego
set, Toughest Girl Alive
Backstage with Toughest Girl Alive, 2011
photo courtesy Dan Chusid Photography
photo courtesy Dan Chusid Photography
"Toughest girl alive" set, Moxie Theatre
photo courtesy Annie Libby
Sue with Seattle Blues DJ Marlee Walker
Jo Miller, Sue, and Del Rey
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
New Year's at Stone Brewing Company, 2010
Tango Del Rey, 6 hands (Diana Brownson, Irv Goldstein, and Sue), 2010
Sue and Cleo Ferranza at the Thanksgiving Dixieland Festival 2010
Sue trick or treats with Chilean Miner, Fred DiCarlo - Halloween 2010 - photo by Annie Libby
Sue, pictured with Chris Conz (boogie player from Switzerland) and Stephanie Trick(wonderful ragtime player from St.Louis), after their show at Dizzy's
Sue with "Roach" of Cafe R&B, Gator By the Bay, May, 2010, photo by Gigolo Joe
Working Downtown...
4 Queens of Boogie Woogie: Doña Oxford, Wendy Dewitt, Lisa Otey and Sue at Dizzy's, February 26, 2010, photo by Hiro Izeki
Jonny Viau, Pete Harrison, Deejha Marie - at the Mississippi Room, October 2009 - photo by Sue Palmer
Sue with Carol Chaikin - at the Mississippi Room, October 2009 - photo by Sharon Shufelt
Candye Kane, Laura Chavez, and Sue, Halloween night in Manhattan, City Winery - photo by Paul Loranger
photo by Carol Chaikin
Candye Kane, Sue, Sharon Shufelt and Carol Chaikin at Vibrato in L.A., Oct. 2009
Sue with Floyd Domino (Asleep at the Wheel, Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition), Sacramento Jazz Festival, Hayriders, May, 2009 - photo by Marty Lebedda
Lady Dottie, Sue, and Cynthia Hammond, KSDS Instrumental Women Celebration Show, May 2009 - photo by Julia Webb
Sue with Candye&Band in Paris, Le Meridien Hotel, April 2009
Sue and Lady Dottie at Tomcat Courtney's 80th birthday party at Humphrey's, Jan. 30, 2009 - photo by Joanie Hunt
Candye & Sue and band at the Cape of Good Hope
Sue and Laura Jane at Cityfest
Sue plays with Mike Seeley and other boogiewoogie stars at the Arches Piano Stage in Cincy
photo by Ron Raley
Sophisticated Ladies, Dizzy's, January, 2008 - photo by Bengt Nyman
Sharon and Sue pick up IBC award in Memphis, Feb 2008 - photo by Reid McCoy
Sue with Aunt Kizzy's Boyz, BBKing's, Memphis - photo by Reid McCoy
Painting by Julia Webb
Painting by Julie Warren
Sue Palmer, Jeannie Cheatham, Scott Paulson, Bob Boss, UCSD Geisel Library, January, 2008 - photo by Cheryl Brown
"Blowout Boogie Woogie" Show in Tucson, AZ with Sue Palmer, Ricky Nye(Cinncinnatti), Lisa Otey(Tucson) and Mr. Boogie Woogie(The Netherlands), November, 2007
Sue and Hadda Brooks, 2002 - by Helen Montgomery Drysdale
Sue at the Freight&Salvage, Berkeley, 2003 - by Leah Hess
Point Loma Concert, July 2007 - photo by Paul Grimes
Organ Pavillon/Yale Strom Klezmer Band with Sue Palmer Quintet - photo by Julia Webb, June 2007
Deejha and Sue, Organ Pavillon, June 2007 - photo by Julia Webb
Photo by Paul Grupp
The Candye Kane Band with Jakob, November 2007
May 1, 2006, Diversionary Theatre, Sue Palmer&Boogie Noir - photo by Julie Warren
Sue shares the stage with Pinetop Perkins, Adams Avenue Street Fair, Sept 2005 - photo by Chet Cannon
Sue Palmer&Her Motel Swing Orchestra, Inaugural Ocean Beach Jazz festival, September 2005 - photo by Jacqueline Tonnaer
"Toy Piano Festival," UCSD, September 2005 - photo by Ann Garwood
Sue Palmer&Her Motel Swing Orchestra, with Pieces, Point Loma - Ray Charles Review, July, 2005
Sue Palmer&Her Motel Swing Orchestra, with Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit at Mammoth Lakes, July 2005
Candye, Sue, Carol Queen, and the Big Burlesque Troupe, San Francisco, July 2005
Candye, Sue, and the MCC Gospel Choir, San Francisco, July 2005
Janell Rock (winner of the "Just Plain Folks" Best Cabaret Song Award, November 7th 2004, for "Gertrude & Stein's") celebrates with Sue
photo by Paul Grupp
Jakob and Tante in The Netherlands, October 2006 - photo by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Mammoth Jazz Festival, July 2004
Mammoth Jazz Festival, July 2004
Carl Sonny Leyland, Sue Palmer, and Steve Lucky at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, May, 2004 - photo by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Roy, Dot & Sue Palmer, with Marcia Ball at the BellyUp Tavern, March 2004
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, May 2003 - photo by Suzanne Hammer
photo by Mary Wickline
Queens of BoogieWoogie, Dizzy's, Sept, 2003 - photo by Dennis Reiter
Sue&Candye with the French Ambassador and his lovely wife, Rome, October, 2003, Parlais Farnais
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, May 2003 - photo by Suzanne Hammer
Sue Palmer, Wendy Dewitt, Carol Fran and Carmen Getit backstage at Freight&Salvage, June, 2003 "Queens of BoogieWoogie" - photo by J.Tonnaer
Halloween Night, 2002 - photo by Julia Webb
Sue Palmer at the Adams Avenue Street Fair, September 28, 2002 - photo by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Sue Palmer, Carl Sonny Leyland, Wendy Dewitte "San Diego Museum of Art Boogie Woogie Extravaganza" - August, 2002
Sue Palmer, Wendy Dewitt, Hadda Brooks at Dizzy's, July 7, 2002 - photo by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra Release Party for "Soundtrack to a B Movie," August, 2001 - photo by Julia Webb
CityFest, San Diego, August 2001 - photo by Ann Garwood
photo by Ann Garwood
We played for the San Diego Ballet
What an honor and experience!
San Diego Ballet with the Motel Swing Orchestra, directed by Javier Velasco, 2023
Frank Sciuto and Sue Palmer playing boogie woogie at Liz's birthday party 9/6/22
The Motel Swing Orchestra playing at The Thunderbird Analog Studio
The Motel Swing Orchestra had a great time playing at the San Diego Thanksgiving Festival this last weekend. I also got a chance to play with one of the very best piano players in the world, Carl Sonny Leyland, along with Marty Eggers on bass and Sharon Shufelt on drums. We had a blast!
Sue Palmer's Motel Swing Orchestra at the 2014 San Diego Jazz Fest
Tracy Nelson-featuring the Sue Palmer Motel Swing Band
Sue Palmer Trio at the 2011 San Diego Music Awards
Sue Palmer's Ladies Shoes Blues Revue
Sue Palmer with Hadda Brooks
Video by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Video by Jacqueline Tonnaer
Sue with Candye Kane and Steve Wilcox, circa 1995