Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes! — live event
Ah, the Jazz Age of the Roaring Twenties, that romanticized, Great Gatsby era of music and mayhem, the days of hot jazz, ladies in flapper outfits and well-dressed men, before the Crash of 1929 brought it all to a screeching stop. Gee, it sure was the bee’s knees, see, and now, in the not-so-roaring Twenties, everything old is new again, thanks to Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes. The band, founded by Lauren Sansaricq (Miss Maybell) and her fella, ragtime pianist extraordinaire Charlie Judkins, both barely into their thirties, brought us back a century with a swell couple of sets of nifty vintage tunes (and instruments). Many of the 15 songs were fairly obscure, which is part of the band’s charm, though “hot jazz” and ragtime fans would recognize most of them. Theater Pizzazz covered the second of four substantially different sets played over two nights (an impressive feat). Lauren (“Miss Maybell” going forward) played several instruments, all of Jazz Age vintage: an acoustic archtop guitar, a banjo, a bazooka, and the washboard. Charlie Judkins is a virtuoso pianist with specialties in ragtime, stride and blues. The duo was accompanied by Brian Nalepka on bass, tuba and vocals, and Andy Stein on violin and saxophone. Brian is an excellent harmonizer who speaks with an announcer’s voice. Though a large fellow, his face was completely obscured when he played the tuba.
Starts: 2024-02-20T20:00:19Z
Ends: 2024-02-20T22:30:19Z
Where: 345 Grand Street, New York 11211, United States
Price: $0.0