Jazz at The Cajun
129 Eighth Ave. (btwn. 16th & 17th Streets)
212-691-6174
The only venue in New York City featuring Traditional Jazz Seven Nights a Week!
THE MANHATTAN RAGTIME ORCHESTRA
Radical Pop Music From The Ragtime Era
EVERY THURSDAY AT THE CAJUN
New CD coming in November from Stomp Off Records
The Cajun is pleased to announce the appearance of The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra every Thursday between 8 and 11 PM.
The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra is a brand new eight-piece group that was formed this year by world-renowned clarinetist Orange Kellin to play classic rags and other related forgotten American popular music from the ragtime era, approximately 1900 - 1920. Like working bands of the classic era, the MRO actually plays a variety of music of which so-called classic ragtime - the kind associated with the great Scott Joplin and his contemporaries - is only one part. The band's slogan, “Radical Pop Music From The Ragtime Era", sums things up neatly. The ragtime era was a freewheeling, tremendously exciting time in American music, full of wild invention and surprise. Ragtime, ragtime-flavored pop songs, blues, Latin American dance rhythms, jazz, concert and marching brass band set pieces, and various faux exotica (the Oriental foxtrot craze, for example) were just a few of the ingredients. Furthermore, just as it is today, pop music was based very much on dance - the unique and compelling beat that is America's contribution to the world.
MRO has already appeared, to great acclaim, for one week at the prestigious Bern Jazz Festival, where the audiences were delighted and surprised by the unusual sounds of what was once cutting edge popular music in the US.
The orchestra is comprised of some of the most outstanding and well-known musicians in New York City that specialize in vintage jazz. They all have made their names recording prolifically in various contexts and have extensive credentials playing major festivals, radio, television, motion picture sound tracks, and frequent worldwide touring.
The members are:
Skye Steele, violin, Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet, Orange Kellin, clarinet, Brad Shigeta, trombone, John Gill, banjo & guitar, Terry Waldo, piano, Conal Fowkes, bass, Rob Garcia, drums
129 Eighth Ave. (btwn. 16th & 17th Streets)
212-691-6174
The only venue in New York City featuring Traditional Jazz Seven Nights a Week!
THE MANHATTAN RAGTIME ORCHESTRA
Radical Pop Music From The Ragtime Era
EVERY THURSDAY AT THE CAJUN
New CD coming in November from Stomp Off Records
The Cajun is pleased to announce the appearance of The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra every Thursday between 8 and 11 PM.
The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra is a brand new eight-piece group that was formed this year by world-renowned clarinetist Orange Kellin to play classic rags and other related forgotten American popular music from the ragtime era, approximately 1900 - 1920. Like working bands of the classic era, the MRO actually plays a variety of music of which so-called classic ragtime - the kind associated with the great Scott Joplin and his contemporaries - is only one part. The band's slogan, “Radical Pop Music From The Ragtime Era", sums things up neatly. The ragtime era was a freewheeling, tremendously exciting time in American music, full of wild invention and surprise. Ragtime, ragtime-flavored pop songs, blues, Latin American dance rhythms, jazz, concert and marching brass band set pieces, and various faux exotica (the Oriental foxtrot craze, for example) were just a few of the ingredients. Furthermore, just as it is today, pop music was based very much on dance - the unique and compelling beat that is America's contribution to the world.
MRO has already appeared, to great acclaim, for one week at the prestigious Bern Jazz Festival, where the audiences were delighted and surprised by the unusual sounds of what was once cutting edge popular music in the US.
The orchestra is comprised of some of the most outstanding and well-known musicians in New York City that specialize in vintage jazz. They all have made their names recording prolifically in various contexts and have extensive credentials playing major festivals, radio, television, motion picture sound tracks, and frequent worldwide touring.
The members are:
Skye Steele, violin, Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet, Orange Kellin, clarinet, Brad Shigeta, trombone, John Gill, banjo & guitar, Terry Waldo, piano, Conal Fowkes, bass, Rob Garcia, drums
For more information contact All About Jazz.
