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Hi De Ho! The Cab Calloway Orchestra Performs During The Cab100 Tour
Napa, CA- The whole audience bouncing and swaying to the irresistible rhythm, everybody singing, “Hi De Ho!” Who could forget the incredible sounds and imagery of Cab Calloway and his hot jazz orchestra?” C. Calloway Brooks, grandson of Cab Calloway and the director of the Cab Calloway Orchestra, has been carrying on this musical tradition, consistently dazzling audiences to standing ovations. Calloway and the CCO perform at the Napa Valley Opera House on Saturday, April 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 and $35.
Under Brooks’ direction, the CCO, delivers the authentic sound of a hot jazz orchestra with a snazzy stage style that brings out the music in the audience with “Swing that is king and jive that’s alive.” Using the Calloway bands’ vintage orchestrations as a starting point, coupled with some of the finest jazz musicians around, the CCO creates the unforgettable sensation of a real swinging jazz orchestra in full flight.
In 2007 through the end of 2008 as major CAB100 celebrations-the official, family endorsed celebration of Calloway’s 100th birthday-get under way, Brooks will lead the way with the CCO’sCAB100 Tourin duel roles as director of the CCO and CAB100, coordinating events in both organizations to their mutual benefit - and everyone else’s. The Calloway family has been surprising and delighting audiences since the 1920’s and this year is expected to be one of the best!
The success of the CCO is due in large part to the fact that Brooks was trained by both the New England Conservatory of Music, his alma mater, and by Cab Calloway himself. As the eldest grandson of Cab, Brooks had the opportunity to experience his famous grandfather’s music, first hand. In fact, one of his earliest childhood memories at five-years-old was watching one of Cab’s fantastic Orchestra rehearsals, which transformed him forever. Brooks’ combined Cab Calloway and New England Conservatory training make him uniquely suited to research and develop the CCO with full authenticity and a sure and knowing hand.
Brooks believes in the ongoing success of the CCO because of the enduring love that the musicians have for the music. In addition to the fact that the CCO, under his direction, is the world’s only major legacy big band that is led by a descendent who was directly trained by the founder, who performed and toured with the founder, and who performs on the same instrument as the founder. Another critical component is that Brooks performs and directs the orchestra in a way that reflects his grandfather’s profound influence, while maintaining his own identity. His performance style with the CCO, is often aptly described as, “directly, clearly and closely related, though not at all identical.” A powerful approach to a tremendous artistic inheritance – The Calloway legacy!
Under Brooks’ direction, the CCO, delivers the authentic sound of a hot jazz orchestra with a snazzy stage style that brings out the music in the audience with “Swing that is king and jive that’s alive.” Using the Calloway bands’ vintage orchestrations as a starting point, coupled with some of the finest jazz musicians around, the CCO creates the unforgettable sensation of a real swinging jazz orchestra in full flight.
In 2007 through the end of 2008 as major CAB100 celebrations-the official, family endorsed celebration of Calloway’s 100th birthday-get under way, Brooks will lead the way with the CCO’sCAB100 Tourin duel roles as director of the CCO and CAB100, coordinating events in both organizations to their mutual benefit - and everyone else’s. The Calloway family has been surprising and delighting audiences since the 1920’s and this year is expected to be one of the best!
The success of the CCO is due in large part to the fact that Brooks was trained by both the New England Conservatory of Music, his alma mater, and by Cab Calloway himself. As the eldest grandson of Cab, Brooks had the opportunity to experience his famous grandfather’s music, first hand. In fact, one of his earliest childhood memories at five-years-old was watching one of Cab’s fantastic Orchestra rehearsals, which transformed him forever. Brooks’ combined Cab Calloway and New England Conservatory training make him uniquely suited to research and develop the CCO with full authenticity and a sure and knowing hand.
Brooks believes in the ongoing success of the CCO because of the enduring love that the musicians have for the music. In addition to the fact that the CCO, under his direction, is the world’s only major legacy big band that is led by a descendent who was directly trained by the founder, who performed and toured with the founder, and who performs on the same instrument as the founder. Another critical component is that Brooks performs and directs the orchestra in a way that reflects his grandfather’s profound influence, while maintaining his own identity. His performance style with the CCO, is often aptly described as, “directly, clearly and closely related, though not at all identical.” A powerful approach to a tremendous artistic inheritance – The Calloway legacy!
WHO: Cab Calloway Orchestra, Directed by Calloway Brooks
WHAT: Big Band Jazz Orchestra
WHEN: Saturday, April 7, 8 PM
COST: $40/$35
WHERE: Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
PUBLIC INFO: (707)-226-7372, www.NVOH.ORG
CONTACT: Teri Stevens, teri@nvoh.org, 707-603-2338
WHAT: Big Band Jazz Orchestra
WHEN: Saturday, April 7, 8 PM
COST: $40/$35
WHERE: Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
PUBLIC INFO: (707)-226-7372, www.NVOH.ORG
CONTACT: Teri Stevens, teri@nvoh.org, 707-603-2338
More than 30 years in the making, The Napa Valley Opera House, a national historic landmark, restored the Margrit Biever Mondavi Theatre in June 2003, a second-floor theatre that was originally constructed in 1879. The NVOH 2007 Fall Season marks the fifth year of programming in the intimate 500-seat theatre, the “Jewel of Napa Valley” located in the heart of downtown Napa. Patrons experience an eclectic array of performing arts including theatre, dance, comedy, jazz, blues, world music, and family programming in a world class setting.
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