Enjoy an entertaining evening of music and story, as they come together in a special program of reading and live Jazz.
Come hear Mick Carlon’s story of the intersection of Jazz, history, American society and the Holocaust, interspersed with live Jazz by Bart Weisman's Cape Cod Jazz Quartet and vocalist Leslie Boyle performing Jazz classics featured in the book. Among these are: "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; "Swing, Brother, Swing"; "Them There Eyes"' and "Basin Street Blues."
This performance is open to the public and everyone is invited. Facilities are accessible to all. The event will take place cabaret-style in Speen Hall, with complementary light refreshments. A book sale and signing by Mick Carlon will follow.
Advance ticket sales only. Tickets cannot be purchased at the door.
Purchase tickets online (the preferable and easy method).
If you are unable to do so, you may purchase tickets through the office by mailing a check (payable to Falmouth Jewish Congregation with the memo Girl Singer), to 7 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, MA 02536. Ticket request by mail must be received by September 17.
Patrons: $50 (choice seating)
FJC Members: $25
General Admission: $35
Youth (under 18): Free for FJC members / General Youth Admission $10
"An arresting and wonderful story that communicates—through a deep relationship between a singer and a Holocaust survivor—the joy of music, self-discovery, pain, and racism." —Dick Golden, host of George Washington University Presents American Jazz
Carlon, a 30-year veteran English and journalism teacher on Cod, specializes in stories that convey to youth the people and issues of the Jazz era. The story of Girl Singer is one that will resonate with FJC members of all ages. The setting is Harlem in 1938. Eighteen-year-old Avery, aspiring singer, is heard by Lester "Pres" Young, Count Basie's tenor saxophonist. Pres recommends her to Basie, and Avery is whisked into the jazz life. Years later, with several hit records to her credit, Avery settles in Greenwich Village. But her life takes a sharp turn when she meets Karl, a Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany.
Carlon, author of the novels Riding on Duke’s Train and Travels with Louis, will sell and sign copies of Girl Singer after the performance. Might there be a young person or adult in your life who would enjoy this tale?