Jazz Appreciation Month - Backstage Bar / BNY Mellon Jazzlive

Drummer Thomas Wendt leads an ensemble and a multimedia presentation about the integration of American jazz bandstands in the 1930’s.

Thomas Wendt, drums; Paul Cosentino, clarinet; Theron Brown, piano; Mark Strickland, guitar; Eli Naragon, bass

When clarinetist Benny Goodman hired pianist Teddy Wilson in the spring of 1936, and then hired vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and guitarist Charlie Christian shortly thereafter, America's music would never sound or look the same. Musically trace the integration and innovation that took place on America's bandstand in the mid/late 1930s.

Tuesday night - 5-7pm. #jazzlivepgh

Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian

Thomas Wendt