NICKEL-A-DANCE: Lars Edegran & The Palm Court Jazz All-Stars
Sun, Oct 20
|Favela Chic (formerly Café Brasil)
Lars Edegran & The Palm Court Jazz Band represent some of the best traditional jazz offered in the Crescent City. The veteran musician and bandleader most often plays piano, guitar, or banjo, but has been known to perform on the mandolin, clarinet, or saxophone when the mood is right...
Time & Location
Oct 20, 2024, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Favela Chic (formerly Café Brasil), 525 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
About The Event
Lars Edegran & The Palm Court Jazz Band represent some of the best traditional jazz offered in the Crescent City. The veteran musician and bandleader most often plays piano, guitar, or banjo, but has been known to perform on the mandolin, clarinet, or saxophone when the mood is right.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Edegran moved to New Orleans in 1966 and has been called “Scandanavia’s gift to jazz” by prestigious author Jason Berry. He has performed with a who’s who of jazz greats ranging from Earl Hines to George Lewis, from Percy Humphrey to Billie and DeDe Pierce, and carries their legacy forward in his work with younger musicians.
His theatrical arrangements include the music for the Off-Broadway musical “One Mo’ Time,” created in New Orleans and starring the late great Topsy Chapman. He founded the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra early in his career; the current iteration of which,…