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Peter Petty & his Titans of Terpsichore at Sacramento Grand Ballroom
Courtesy of Peter Petty | Posted on July 27, 2013
Where
Sacramento Grand Ballroom
629 J Street
Sacramento, CA
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When
Sat, November 2, 2013
6:00PM
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Musicians
Peter Petty
band / ensemble / orchestraArlyn Anderson
guitarTimo Metzemakers
bass, acousticKen Stout
saxophoneAbout
Ah the hot Jazz of the 1920s. Nobody can bring it with the intensity or the authenticity of Peter Petty, and the sterling musicians of his Titans of Terpsichore. Peter Petty is a Sacramento based band leader that tests (and coins) the adage “There are no small rooms, just louder ones.” Charged with the singular mission of reinterpreting music that scintillates, syncopates, and sometimes even educates, Mr. Petty swings out with the frenetic elegance of a Tasmanian devil in a tuxedo leading some of the finest stewards of traditional jazz in the Sacramento area to piggyback on the colossal, still-reverberating shoulders of such giants of the genre as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Cab Calloway and Joe Williams...