[Dixielandjazz] Midsummer Night Swing

[Stephen G Barbone]

Wonderful event in NYC every summer. Note next to last paragraph where  
it lists Meschiya Lake & Dem Little Big Horns, a New Orleans swing  
band, on June 29; This is a neat YOUNG band. See them at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ufBEGaFI8&feature=related

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql5mtmwbwRo

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com /barbonestreet jazz band




Midsummer Night Swing Unveils Its Lineup
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.
The lineup for the Midsummer Night Swing series of concerts this year  
includes a European boogie-woogie combo with Charlie Watts on drums  
and a concert by masters of forró music from northeastern Brazil, some  
of whom have rarely appeared outside their homeland, Lincoln Center  
announced on Tuesday.

Now in its 24th year, the dance concerts will be held from June 26 to  
July 14 at the band shell in Damrosch Park on West 62nd Street, and  
dance lessons are available for those in need of help with the steps.  
The series begins with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra doing a tribute to  
Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald and ends with the Harlem Renaissance  
Orchestra playing an evening of classic big-band swing. In between are  
concerts devoted to all manner of social dance: salsa, charanga,  
cumbia, boogaloo, cha-cha, forró, tango, foxtrot, Lindy Hop, swing and  
jitterbug.

Mr. Watts, of the Rolling Stones, will appear on June 28 with A,B,C &  
D of Boogie Woogie, a quartet led by the German piano player Alex  
Zwingenberger. The show will be the first time the combo has played in  
the United States.

In another United States debut, the Brazilian forró musicians Maciel  
Melo,Biliu de Campina and Walmir Silva are scheduled to take the stage  
on July 13 for an evening of accordion-driven folk music. They will be  
backed up by another forró outfit, Quarteto Olinda.

Other bands planned to perform include Celso Piña, a Mexican cumbia  
group, on June 27; Meschiya Lake & Dem Little Big Horns, a New Orleans  
swing band, on June 29; Orquesta Broadway, the New York salsa and  
charanga group, on June 30; Crytzer’s Blue Rhythm Band on July 2;  
Johnny Colon & His Orchestra on July 13; JD McPherson, a rock ’n’ roll  
singer-songwriter, on July 7; the Mambo Legends Orchestra with special  
guests on July 10; the Cristian Zárete Sextet, a tango group from  
Argentina, on July 11; and the Losers Lounge, a collective devoted to  
funk and Motown music, on July 12.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday at Avery Fisher Hall; they cost $17 for a  
single concert, $80 for a six-night pass and $160 for the full season.