The Unsung Jazz Geniuses of Prohibition with The Ghost Train Orchestra
Jazz Through the Looking Glass: The Hot Jazz Agepresented with Catskill Jazz Factory and the New York Hot Jazz Festival
July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018
Trumpeter Brian Carpenter leads the inspired Ghost Train Orchestra – a little big band renowned for performing almost-forgotten musical gems – in a concert of the unearthed works of the lesser-known and rarely-heard composers and band leaders that served as fixtures of the dance halls, speakeasies, and nightclubs of the late prohibition-era years of the Southside of Chicago and Harlem.