Modernistics Trio, The Twenties Roar Again at James Blackstone Memorial Library

Called “absolutely joyous, virtuosic and wonderful” (Concerts at the Crane), The Modernistics Trio will perform a festive show called The Twenties Roar Again– swinging songs, tap-dance numbers, and jazz instrumentals by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and other master tunesmiths of the 1920s. An exuberant and stylish portrait of the era, delivered with a 21st-century groove! Among the many audience favorites are Blue Skies, Stairway to Paradise, Let’s Misbehave, It Had To Be You, and Ellington’s Black and Tan Fantasy. The Twenties Roar Again celebrates the 100th anniversary of F...

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Called “absolutely joyous, virtuosic and wonderful” (Concerts at the Crane), The Modernistics Trio will perform a festive show called The Twenties Roar Again– swinging songs, tap-dance numbers, and jazz instrumentals by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and other master tunesmiths of the 1920s. An exuberant and stylish portrait of the era, delivered with a 21st-century groove! Among the many audience favorites are Blue Skies, Stairway to Paradise, Let’s Misbehave, It Had To Be You, and Ellington’s Black and Tan Fantasy. The Twenties Roar Again celebrates the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic American novel, The Great Gatsby (published April 10, 1925).

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