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AND has brought traditional jazz and classic swing in its most foot-stomping and vital way to its many fans in the U.S. and around the world. The band returns to the Me&Thee every year for a holiday concert that keeps the reindeer jumping, and they appear regularly at the Sherborn Inn and J. P. O’Hanlon’s Pub in Massachusetts. If you live in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Holland, France, Canada or points east, west, north or south, you may have seen them play at jazz festivals, clubs, colleges, and music series, not to mention with symphony orchestras and on TV and radio. All of this is to say, they’re a pretty hot band that loves to play and will delight music lovers of all ages. If the Eagles concert is not already a holiday tradition for your family, it’s time to start it now!
$15
The key ingredient in all the Black Eagles music is soulful quality. Relying on a powerful sense of dynamics, dramatic ensemble interplay and driving rhythm, the band ranges over the entire emotional spectrum from hushed intimacy to brawling uproariousness, with stops at every point in between. Each of the seven members of the group has a strong musical personality, which can be expressed either individually, or as one voice of the rich and varied ensemble choruses the Black Eagles are famed for. They draw their repertoire from the entire spectrum of New Orleans music. www.hotsteamedjazz.com/
