Appearance Schedule

COMING UP SOON

  Aurora Theatre has a new 2010 - 2011 Swing night season.  dates will be published soon.

 

 

Recent Hot Events

June 25 and June 26,  2010- 8pm
Aurora Theatre presents Lawrencevegas Nights.  Combination of Comedians  and music make for a wonderful evening      

Reserve seats early

June 27, 2010-7:30pm
Mtn. Park UMC Fund Raiser: Swing and Jazz concert open to the public at Lilburn Park.  Tables are available for Chastain style dinner

July 3, 2010-8:30pm
Metro Jazz Club plays a concert for the Town of Duluth Festival just prior to the fireworks.  Free to the public…all are welcome

  
 
THE METRO JAZZ CLUB PLAYS...
One O'Clock Jump, Count Basie
> A jazz standard, a 12-bar blues instrumental, written in 1937 by Count Basie, with arrangement from Eddie Durham and Buster Smith. The original recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young; trumpeting by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano. It was reportedly titled "Blue Ball", at first, but a radio announcer feared that title was too risqué. It was listed in the Songs of the Century. The song is typical of Basie's early riff style. Instrumentation based on "head arrangements" where each section makes up their part based on what the other sections are playing. Individuals take turns improvising over the top of the entire sound. Basie later released "Two O'Clock Jump" and "Jumping at the Woodside" in a similar style.
 
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