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Heritage Festival Concert - New Black Eagle Jazz Band
Bring a picnic and a chair, to a performance by the band that delights audiences with their repertoire of jazz from the 1920's and 30's.
Sunday, July 31st, 6:30pm - 8pm on Newton Center Green
If you like the uplifting and soulful music of New Orleans you'll love the sound of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band. Bring a picnic, a blanket or chairs to sit on, and enjoy a free summer concert by the band that has delighted audiences all over the world with their huge and eclectic repertoire of jazz from the 1920's and 30's. The group has a mature mastery of this great American music- from Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton to early Duke Ellington to Cole Porter; from blues to rags to popular songs of the era. Bringing the sounds of traditional New Orleans Jazz to audiences all over the world for more than 40 years, they regard themselves as the "Keepers of the Flame”. http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/summer.html#heritage
