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Vor 5 Tagen · 8. Savoy Ballroom. Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom was located on 140th Street and Lenox Avenue and took up the second floor of an entire block. An evening at the Savoy Ballroom usually...
Vor 4 Tagen · Swing music and big band jazz are names used to describe new directions in 1930s popular music, that featured large jazz ensembles. These groups usually had somewhere around 16 members: 5 saxophonists (some of whom “doubled” on clarinet and/or flute), 3-4 trombonists, 4 trumpeters, the “rhythm section” (piano, upright bass, drums, and sometimes guitar), and very often a vocalist.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Savoy Ballroom In New York City, ballrooms dominated Harlem, but one, The Savoy was to become the king of Swing. The Savoy was huge, taking up the whole block at 141st Street and Lenox Ave. Lindy flourished there, partly because it was one of the few racially integrated ballrooms where White and Black could dance, be inspired and shared moves like no other place.
Vor 4 Tagen · The Interfak Big Band grew out of an occasional ensemble that accompagnied the revue show of the engineering students in 1984. Since 1986, the Interfak Big Band recrutes musicians from all faculties of the University of Leuven, Belgium. Hence the name Interfac (ultary) Big Band. The Interfak Big Band plays a varied repertoire that ranges from ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Not all were music venues, but all have a unique story to tell as part of the city’s history. Here are 12 historic ballrooms: 11. Audubon Ballroom. The Audubon Ballroom at 165th Street and ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Lindy Hop Swing jumped out of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. It was one of the few places of that time where everybody could dance with everybody. All that mattered was how well you could dance. New York City’s old cabaret law (no dancing without a permit) was made to keep White kids from dancing with Black kids up in Harlem. It took almost ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Once located at 53rd Street and Broadway, the Palladium Ballroom (not to be confused with The Palladium on 14th Street) is best known for its promotion of Latin big band music. But when it first ...
