Join us and the Cab Calloway Orchestra for an unforgettable evening!
There will be two shows on New Year's Eve: The first show is a concert
from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. The second show is a concert and dance party
from 9:30 PM - 12:15 AM, and will include party favors and a champagne
toast at midnight. The whole audience bouncing and swaying to the
irresistible rhythm. Everybody singing HI-DE-HO! They’re echoing the
King himself, Cab Calloway, as he thrusts his baton into the air, and
in his Zoot Suit, jumps, twirls and signals to the band to begin
another joyous chorus. Who could forget the incredible sounds and
imagery of Cab Calloway and his hot Jazz Orchestra! The Cab Calloway
Orchestra continues to delight audiences nationally from the historic
jazz club “Birdland” in New York City to jazz and other venues all
over the country under the baton of Cab’s grandson C. Calloway
Brooks. The Calloway family has been dazzling audiences since the
1920’s and this year is no exception. Calloway Brooks, along with
the Cab Calloway Orchestra deliver both the authentic sound of a hot
Jazz Orchestra and a snazzy stage style-bringing out a Jump, Blues,
and Boogie experience of “Swing that is king and Jive that’s
alive”. Using the Calloway bands original vintage orchestrations as
a starting point, coupled with the awesome musicians who have played
with this big band for decades, The Cab Calloway Orchestra creates the
authentic unforgettable sensation of a Modern Jazz Orchestra in full
flight. Cabell (Cab) Calloway became famous leading his hot jazz
orchestras at the Cotton Club in the late 1920’s. Among the great
famous musicians who came from the Calloway Orchestra over the years
were famous trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, Doc Cheatham, and
Shad Collins trombonists Tyree Glenn, and Quentin Jackson,
saxophonists Chu Berry, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Carter, Ike Quebec,
Ben Webster, Hilton Jefferson and Eddie Barefield, bassist Milt
Hinton, drummer Cozy Cole and Panama Francis. Cab’s career went on
to include major films and musicals such as Stormy Weather, Porgy and
Bess, The Cincinnati Kid, Hello Dolly!, The Blues Brothers and even a
video with Janet Jackson in Design of a Decade. Cab Passed in 1994. in
1995 Cab was inducted posthumously into the International Jazz Hall of
Fame.
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