“The Era of Swing”: “Jazz with Andrei Slavinsky”

Concert cycle “Improvisation”

“THE ERA OF SWING”

On January 27, 2023 at the Belarusian State Philharmonic at 19.00 in the framework of the project “Jazz with Andrei Slavinsky” will be held the concert “The Era of Swing” – the second of the concert cycle “Improvisation”.

We’ll show you how swing began and discuss the history of this amazing era of jazz music. We will present the best compositions by Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others, and we will improvise, showing through improvisation the evolution of swing from the 1930s to the present.

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The concert cycle “Improvisation” is:

• thematic programs composed of jazz pieces from different eras in author’s arrangements made by VIP Jazz Andrei Slavinsky – one of the most famous professional jazz ensembles of Belarus;
• theme of each concert is a particular era of jazz development, characterized by an original style of performance;
• easy and relaxed atmosphere, jazz improvisations that are pleasant to listen to;
• information about different eras of jazz. In between the sound of music, we will tell you about the main jazz trends known and not quite, but very interesting facts.