The Swingin' Hermlins, a German group dedicated to American big band music, vow to play nightly online gigs till the end of the coronavirus crisis.
Andrej Hermlin was pounding his heart out on the piano, playing with a swing-dance orchestra through what he feared might be his last-ever concert back on March 14. The coronavirus was rapidly spreading dread across Europe, all his forthcoming gigs had just been canceled and his future looked bleak.
The performances start at 7 p.m. in Berlin and last about 30 to 40 minutes. Anywhere from 1,500 to 15,000 people from dozens of countries around the world — including fans in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego — have been watching the mix of toe-tapping music, sprightly dialogue and good-natured ribbing between band members on digital platforms such as Facebook Live, Instagram and.
Hits from that era like “We’re in the Money” and “Happy Days Are Here Again” are infused with an optimism that strikes a chord with many lockdown-weary listeners today.for a lot of people,” said Vincent Pelote, a senior archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, one of the world’s most important jazz archives. “It was music that made people want to get up and go dance.
On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon, the Pankow Buergerpark’s music pavilion was filled with about 400 appreciative spectators obediently spread out on park benches across the spacious venue,. Many unsuspecting passers-by got off their bikes or interrupted their walks after stumbling upon the world-class sound coming from the stage.
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