At the
Sondheim tonight, I saw, heard, ingested the
Artie Shaw Orchestra, a tribute band of the legendary band leader. Their encore number was
Mack the Knife,
one of my favorite dance songs. It usually played at least once during a Lindy Hop dance practice. So inspired I rewrote the song
for us and I hope Ira, Mike, and Russ are as excited as I am.
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An old photo of the new incarnation of the Artie Shaw Orchestra.
These are different members than we saw. |
Very enjoyable to listen to the big band swing sound of the orchestra. The conductor kept the music moving along, sometimes starting a new piece before our applause for the previous piece ended.
I figure in our band blurb I'll say we have a small horn section. That would be a small section (one horn) and a small horn (flute). :)
* When I say "tonight" it means the evening during the time period before I sleep. The posting says this was posted Saturday morning, and the orchestra played Friday night. So, to bed I go now ... goodnight!