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Sunset Cafe Stompers at The Concorde
Courtesy of Vanessa Skeet | Posted on February 9, 2018
Where
The Concorde
Stoneham Lane
Eastleigh
Map
+44 23 8061 3989
When
Sun, February 25, 2018
20:00
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Musicians
About
The Sunset Cafe was a top night-spot on Chicago's infamous South Side. Al Capone owned it, Louis Armstrong starred there.
The Sunset Cafe Stompers do play the music of that period... great tunes from Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller... but the band's wide repertoire also features songs made famous by artists as diverse as Patsy Cline, Marilyn Monroe, the Inkspots, Fats Domino... even Elvis.
Beneath it all, one can sense the elusive, shifting, pulse which defines the sound of New Orleans. In that city, ever since the 1900s, bands have been hired to attract a crowd, or to add spirit and generate excitement for all kinds of occasion.