Retro Show “Age of Jazz”

Age of Jazz is a musical and dance retro show.

Are you ready to take a trip in time to the America of the early 20th century?

“It was the age of miracles, a century of art, a century of extremes and the great satire” (c) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Age of Jazz is an unforgettable show, created by real style experts, the keepers of vintage culture, professional musicians and virtuoso dancers!

Under the live performance of authentic music and the most fashionable dances of the time, guests will experience the atmosphere of New York and Chicago clubs in 20-40th of the last century.

For starters, specially assembled Jazz Band and the dance group Shiny Stokings Chorus Line will take you to the roaring 20’s. In the basement Speak Easy you’ll drink “tea”, enjoying frivolous Charleston and hot jazz Fletcher Henderson and Fats Waller.

Then you go to the 30th. Jazz has become part of a popular culture, and Big Bend of Benjamin Goodman and Count Basie have been collected halls for thousands of viewers. Cabell «Cab» Calloway plays at the Coton Club and dancers of chorus line is a mandatory part of the show program in any self-respecting institution.

Finally the final decade, the 40s, you’ll be rocked by the rhythms of military and post-war period.

Cast:

Shiny Stokings Chorus Line is thirteen girls dancing like Josephine Baker and Mabel Lee. Their synchronization and complex rhythms back to the tradition of women’s groups of the golden age of jazz.

Jazz Band:

Alexander Remez – vocals, guitar, (retro band Ruki’V Briyki)

Vyacheslav Krasnopolskiy – bass (retro band Ruki’V Briyki)

Anatoly Tkach – drums (retro band Ruki’V Briyki)

Andrei Stepanov – saxophone (retro band Ruki’V Briyki)

Mitya Gerasimov – clarinet (jazz band Pushkin Klezmer Band)

Yuri Krasnoglazov – trumpet (jazz-blues-band Tompsons Band)

Alexey Kravchenko – keys (jazz band Garret Jazzz)

Alexander Charkin – trombone (Brass Band)