Hot Jazz Productions and The McKittrick Hotel present the 6th annual New York Hot Jazz Festival, on Sunday, September 30, from 2 PM to 2 AM at The McKittrick Hotel, 542 W 27th St, NYC. The performers will grace three stages (one of them hidden on a mystery train) with continuous live music from 16 ensembles and multiple special guest artists for 12 hours. Musician, arranger and leader of The Nighthawks, Vince Giordano, will be the recipient of the first New York Hot Jazz Festival award for lifetime achievement.
The Fest will feature a NOLA-style Second Line parade to commemorate the tricentennial of the Crescent City, Antique Gramophone DJ, and a Midnight Speakeasy after-party with the Fest’s jam as well as dancers and performance art acts to cap the night’s festivities. Celebrating trad jazz with rising stars and established performers, the Fest will showcase music spanning the entire breadth and scope of early jazz from the beginnings in New Orleans through the Roaring 20s and Prohibition and well into the Big Band Swing era.
Prizes await those who deck themselves in their vintage best. Dancing is encouraged. Phonograph DJ MAC will crank up his Gramophones throughout the day. The lineup for the event includes:
• The Hot Sardines
• Mwenso and The Shakes
• Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road
• Julien Labro & Olli Soikkeli Quartet
• Tatiana Eva-Marie & the Avalon Jazz Band
• Sasha Masakowsk
• Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
• Cynthia Sayer Trio
• Olivier Franc & Jean Baptiste Franc
• Queen Esther
• Nicolle Rochelle
• DeWitt Fleming Jr.
• Banjo Hall Of Famer Eddy Davis
• Sugartone Brass Band
• Charlie Halloran Band
• The Moonlighters
• John Gill’s New Eureka Jass Band
• Xylopholks Duo
• Evan Arntzen’s Animule Dance
•The Tuba Machine
• Heather Gehring & Lou Brockman
• Midnight Speakeasy All-Stars Band
• Lillian Lorraine & her Lovely Ladies
For more information and tickets, go to www.nyhotjazzfest.com
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