Tues 16 August - Charlie Shavers 1930s trumpeterPhantom Dancer Radio Show feature artist TUNE IN
With 1920s Music, Magic, Dance Floor & 3-Course Dinner
Sorcery and Swing Speakeasy – 1920s music and magic, champagne and canapes, three course dinner, drinks package and dance floor at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel
More6:30 pm - 10:00 pm | |
Cellos, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel | |
Directions | |
All ages | |
Dance floor | |
150 dollars | |
Dress code: Guys in ties, girls in pearls | |
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Hi, I’m Greg Poppleton, Australia’s #1 authentic 1920s-30s singer with 8 albums and 1.3 million total YouTube views.
When I was 3, I saw Louis Armstrong on TV. I’ve been hooked on 1920s – 1930s jazz and swing ever since.
I bring the era to life so your event will be a dazzling Hollywood experience. Think vintage glamour, prohibition and speakeasies.
Now also think MAGIC with the new Sorcery and Swing Speakeasy dinner show!
You’ve seen me in sold out shows for the Sydney Festival (twice), Waiheke International Jazz Festival (NZ) and the annual Great Art Deco Ball.
Each week I bring you the award-winning Phantom Dancer show on 30 radio stations and online.
You’ve also seen me in movies and on TV. Top 3: Moulin Rouge!, Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and the ABC TV series Barons
Sorcery and Swing! It’s the perfect 1920s Music and Magic accompaniment for your dinner event
Vaudeville brought back to life as you dine in style.
Make your dinner event a magical 1920s Speakeasy! Enjoy the 1 minute show clip here…
◆ THE SORCERY… The engaging magic of The Gentleman Magician
◆ THE SWING… The superb 1920s-1930s music of Greg Poppleton
Poppleton’s vocals capture the essence of the swing years with uncanny accuracy.
John Gilbert
eJazzNews (U.S)
It would take an extremely jaded heart not to smile and tap your feet, much less dance around the room, to Greg Poppleton Sydney Jazz Band.
Budd Kopman
All About Jazz (U.S) (Link)
Last year at the Melbourne Jazz Festival and the Thredbo Jazz Festival I saw some great acts. I made Greg Poppleton Sydney Jazz Band an offer on the spot.
John Quigley
Director Waiheke International Jazz Festival (Link)
Greg’s pleasing, vintage voice... impressive portamento slides on "The Charleston"... refreshes well-worn standards again and again on “Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue” and “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.”
Dave Doyle Jr
The Syncopated Times (U.S) (Link)
Charlie Shavers was an American jazz trumpeter. He played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey. and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer. One of his songs, “Undecided”, is a jazz standard. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here…
Bud Freeman was an American jazz musician, bandleader and composer. He is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature artist. Bud Freeman was one of the first tenor saxophonists in jazz along with Coleman Hawkins. Read his story, watch videos, see playlist and listen to show here…
Sonic Journey with Simon Marnie, ABC Radio Sydney, Staurday 3 September, has myself chatting to Simon about obscure women swing and jazz singers who broadcast live on 1920s-50s radio. In between, you’ll hear their songs from those live vintage radio shows. That’s happening 11am – 12 noon, Saturday 3 September, on ‘Weekend Mornings’ over 702 ABC Radio Sydney.
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