Irish Women In Jazz Podcast Presents: Emilie Conway's 'une Soirée Folle/ The Roaring 2020s' at Arthur's Blues and Jazz

The Roaring 2020s: Une Soirée Folle

with Emilie Conway and her long-time musicians, Johnny Taylor on piano and Dominic Mullan on drums and Barry Donohue on double bass.

The 1920s, The Jazz Age, Les Annee Folles, The Roaring Twenties, the Charleston, Swing Orchestras, Surrealism, DADAism, Jazz. A time of casting off the stays and corsets of old ways of life for the new, the modern, self-expression, freedom, and release following the restriction and destruction of WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic. The Arts bristled with iconoclastic and rebellious artists like Joyce, Dali, Josephine Baker, and Mondrian, fearless and uncompromising in their experimentation and drive for innovation....

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The Roaring 2020s: Une Soirée Folle

with Emilie Conway and her long-time musicians, Johnny Taylor on piano and Dominic Mullan on drums and Barry Donohue on double bass.

The 1920s, The Jazz Age, Les Annee Folles, The Roaring Twenties, the Charleston, Swing Orchestras, Surrealism, DADAism, Jazz. A time of casting off the stays and corsets of old ways of life for the new, the modern, self-expression, freedom, and release following the restriction and destruction of WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic. The Arts bristled with iconoclastic and rebellious artists like Joyce, Dali, Josephine Baker, and Mondrian, fearless and uncompromising in their experimentation and drive for innovation.

Taking inspiration from this exciting time, Emilie presents a concert that explores some of the music of the 1920s, The Charleston, Ain’t Misbehavin, Blue Skies, Stardust, alongside presenting some of her own compositions from the 2020s! Compositions in which she ask questions on the role of art for social change and equality. And compositions from her commission with the National Gallery to respond to modern artist, Piet Mondrian.

It was, after all, in the infamous Green Mill, Chicago, a prohibition Speakeasy frequented by Al Capone in the 20s, where Emilie got her start in jazz, singing My Secret Love with Kurt Elling’s band in an after-hours jam session. And so, the audience is invited to dress up in 20s-style clothes – experimentation and freedom of self-expression through dress are welcomed!

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