The Miniwatt String Quartet plays New Orleans-ified gypsy jazz, swing classics, along with music by Charles Earland, Jimmy Webb, Jimmy Smith, and The Meters And much more. Individually, these four musicians have played and/or recorded with the likes of Tom Waits, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Scott Amendola, Beth Custer, Vernon Reid, Charles Hayward, Bonnie Raitt, and Etta James.