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Bricktop's A Montmartre jazz party Thu, Aug 9, 8:00 - 10:30 pm Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute |
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"My greatest claim to fame is that I discovered Bricktop before Cole Porter." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The indisputable queen of Jazz Age Paris nightlife was Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, known to the world then and now simply as "Bricktop". Bricktop got her start (and her nickname, due to her red hair) at Barron's Exclusive in Harlem and moved to Paris in 1924 at the invitation of Gene Bullard, who had just opened his club Le Grand Duc on that corner of Rue Pigalle and Rue Fontaine in Montmartre. Over the next 16 years, first at Le Grand Duc and then at a series of her own clubs, she hosted the most luminous of Paris Jazz Age scene, from Scott Fitzgerald and T. S. Eliot to (for a brief period) the Montparnasse avant garde to, finally and most prominantly the worlds of Cole Porter, Noel Coward and the Prince of Wales.
The 2012 OFAM jazz party pays tribute to Bricktop and those golden years, including everything from solos to group jams, with Clairdee on vocals and some surprises from Ian Whitcomb. The format for the evening will be our usual jazz party: top-ticketed cabaret seating down front of the 21+ main floor, and reserved seating for all ages up in the balcony, with a full bar in the Tykeson Lobby. We won’t be getting going at midnight, mercifully, but at the far more civilized hour of 8 pm. And while formal wear is not required, in the spirit of the event, we encourage it for those who opt for the Gold Circle cabaret seating.
As usual, the evening’s program will be shaped by audience requests from the provided program list of music played at Bricktop’s, as well as favorite songs of Bricktop and the itinerant musicians, dancers and singers that passed through her world. Be prepared for a relaxed evening featuring some of the best standards-based jazz anywhere...with plenty of great singing.
| | | Event Personnel | | | Ken Peplowski, director, clarinet, reedsClairdee, vocalsIan Whitcomb, vocalsHoward Alden, guitarDoug Miller, bassBucky Pizzarelli, guitarChuck Redd, drums, vibesTed Rosenthal, pianoTerell Stafford, trumpetAaron Weinstein, violin |
| The eveningy's program will be selected from the following: |
| | Stormy Weather(1933)
- introduced in Cotton Club Revue of 1933 | T. Koehler (w), H. Arlen (m) |
| | Ballin' The Jack(1913) | J. Burris (w), C. Smith (m) |
| | What Is This Thing Called Love? (1929)
- introduced in Wake Up And Dream | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Creole Love Call(1927) | D. Ellington/B. Miley/R. Jackson (m) |
| | Truckin'(1935) | T. Koehler (w), R. Bloom (m) |
| | Sweet Georgia Brown(1925) | K. Casey (w), B. Bernie/M. Pinkard (m) |
| | I Must Have That Man (1928)
- introduced in Blackbirds of 1928 | D. Fields (w), J. McHugh (m) |
| | All Alone(1924)
- introduced in Music Box Revue 1923 | I. Berlin (w/m) |
| | Beale Street Blues(1916) | W. Handy (w/m) |
| | Diga-Diga-Do(1928)
- introduced in Blackbirds of 1928 | D. Fields (w), J. McHugh (m) |
| | After You've Gone(1918) | H. Creamer (w), T. Layton (m) |
| | Dinah(1925) | J. Young/S. Lewis (w), H. Akst (m) |
| | The Blue Room(1926)
- introduced in The Girl Friend | L. Hart (w), R. Rodgers (m) |
| | Everybody Loves My Baby(1924) | S. Williams/J. Palmer (w/m) |
| | Doin' The New Lowdown(1928)
- introduced in Blackbirds of 1928 | D. Fields (w), J. McHugh (m) |
| | Miss Otis Regrets(1934) | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | How Deep Is The Ocean?(1932) | I. Berlin (w/m) |
| | Embraceable You(1930)
| I. Gershwin (w), G. Gershwin (m) |
| | The Man I Love(1924)
- introduced in Sing You Sinners | I. Gershwin (w), G. Gershwin (m) |
| | Am I Blue(1933)
- introduced in Cotton Club Revue of 1933 | T. Koehler (w), H. Arlen (m) |
| | I'm In Love Again(1924) | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Rosetta(1933) | E. Hines/H. Woode (w/m) |
| | Honeysuckle Rose(1929)
- introduced in Load of Coal | A. Razaf (w), F. Waller (m) |
| | Bye, Bye, Blackbird(1926) | M. Dixon (w), R. Henderson (m) |
| | I Got Rhythm(1930)
- introduced in Girl Crazy | I. Gershwin (w), G. Gershwin (m) |
| | Sugar(1927) | J. Yellen/M. Ager/R. Nichols/F. Crum (w/m) |
| | That Old Feeling(1937)
- introduced in Vogues of 1938 | L. Brown (w), S. Fain (m) |
| | | Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | | | Milt Ager Harry Akst Harold ArlenIrving Berlin Ben Bernie Rudy Bloom Lew Brown Ernie Burnett Jim Burris Kenneth Casey Henry Creamer Frank Crum Mort Dixon Duke Ellington Sammy Fain Dorothy FieldsGeorge Gershwin Ira Gershwin W. C. Handy Lorenz Hart Ray Henderson Earl "Fatha" Hines Rudy Jackson Ted Koehler Turner Layton Sam Lewis Jimmy McHugh Bubber Miley Red Nichols George Norton Jack Palmer Maceo Pinkard Cole PorterAndy RazafRichard Rodgers Chris Smith Fats WallerSpencer Williams Henri Woode Jack Yellen Joe Young |
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Bricktop's Ticket Prices |
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| Gold | 48.00 | 43.25 | 41.00 | 38.50 | - | | Red | 36.00 | 32.50 | 30.75 | 29.00 | - | | Youth | 22.00 | - | - | - | - |
 | Jaqua Concert Hall The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts 285 E Broadway
Eugene, Oregon
541-434-7000 |
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Purchase tickets at: 1. The Shedd Ticket Office 541.434.7000 2. The Hult Ticket Office 541.682.5000
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