Join us for two sets of dancing at our inaugural Swing Dance with Matt Munisteri's TEMPO All-Stars featuring Tamar Korn.
Guitarist, singer and bandleader Matt Munisteri has assembled a crack team of seasoned NYC/Hudson Valley All-Stars in Swing. The members of this special 8-piece band have had long associations with Catherine Russell, Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, and worked with OGs like Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton and Tony Bennett.
They will be augmented by a special guest vocalist, the always engaging and “beyond category” Tamar Korn, and along with Matt the band will feature: Jon Kellso (trumpet); Mark Shane (piano); Harvey Tibbs (trombone); Tom Abbott (sax/clarinet); Sean Cronin (bass); and Rich Levinson (drums).
The band will fill the rafters with everything from 1920’s New Orleans traditional Jazz, to 1930’s and 40’s swinging favorites, as Tempo’s brand new dance floor receives its christening from your Happy Feet!
Friday, May 22 in the TEMPO Concert Hall
7 PM - Free dance class with Emily Vail!
8 PM - Two sets of dancing in the big hall on our new professionally sprung dance floor!
Matt Munisteri is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter hailed as one of “New York’s finest vintage guitar stylists” (Downbeat Magazine), and a player with a reputation as a genuine virtuoso of American guitar styles, Matt routinely works with a wide range of artists, from folk and Bluegrass, to mainstream jazz and even the avant-garde.
Tamar Korn is one of NYC’s unsung musical heroes for the past quarter-century and a Brooklyn Folk Fest favorite. The southern California-born Korn is known for singing early jazz and roots music. NY Times has praised her “smartly mewling” singing.
Emily Vail, Founder & Managing Director of Uptown Swing and Artistic Director of the Uptown Lowdown, is a social Lindy hop/vintage jazz dancer, organizer, DJ, and choreographer. Emily directs the Uptown Lowdown vintage jazz dance troupe.
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