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The New Orleans Jazz Band Live (Again) at the Casa do Povo, Moncarapacho
The New Orleans Jazz Band will be playing on Saturday 4 July at 7.30 pm at the Casa do Povo in Moncarapacho. Following their huge success on Saturday 6 June when over 90 people attended their concert, the Algarve´s hardest working jazz band returns by popular demand. At their last concert the band helped raise €250 for the improvement of the facilities at the Casa do Povo for the local community. We hope they can match that amount at the event on 4 July.
Whether you are American or not, you are welcome to join in celebrating 239 years of American Independence following the 8 years revolutionary war against Great Britain.
The New Orleans Jazz Band was formed in 1998 by a group of international jazz musicians, all now living in the Algarve. The Band performed at the 1999 Loulé International Jazz Festival and since then it has become the busiest band in the Algarve. The current line up of the Band is Ray Charsley (trumpet/vocals), Dave Lawson (clarinet/saxophones), John Ballinger (trombone/vocals), Cory Sea (guitar), Luís Hilário (contra bass) and Tony Scriven (leader/percussion/vocals). The Band play a mixture of blues, stomps, marches, spirituals and ragtime. Great music for dancing! They will be playing two sets of 80 minutes with a 30 minute interval.
There will be food available with an American theme at the price of €12 (and there will be a parade (the NOJB famous umbrella parade!).