Does every jazz lover not secretly long for the old days of smoky jazz clubs, where the very best music was played by the legends of yore? On August 7 at De Observant, join us for a trip down memory lane through the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Holiday and Nina Simone. You might struggle to resist the urge to dance.. But it wasn’t just these grand dames performances and their voices, but also the catchy songs from the Great American Songbook such as My Baby Just Cares For Me and What A Difference A Day Makes that immortalized them.

New York Round Midnight’s Grand Ladies of Swing program brings you back to New York’s most famous nightclub, The Cotton Club. Travel with us through the most beautiful music and wonderful stories about these icons in jazz history, interlaced by the great hits of this era performed by the American singer Deborah Carter and the Round Midnight Orchestra!

Line-up:
Deborah Carter – Zang
Tom Ridderbeekx – Trompet
Alexander Beets – Tenor Saxofoon
Ben van den Dungen – Tenor Saxofoon
Sebastiaan van Bavel – Piano
Marius Beets – Basgitaar
Tim Hennekes – Drums