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THE FATS WALLER DANCE PARTY: SMALL'S PARADISE TRIBUTE
with Jason Moran & Meshell Ndegeocello
A Harlem Jazz Shrines Event / Presented by Harlem Stage
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
Saturday, May 14, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.

With its first-class musical acts, elaborate floorshows, dancing waiters and famously integrated audience, Small’s personified the excitement of Harlem nightlife during the “Roaring Twenties.”   It was a magnet for top talent and Fats Waller, stride master and composer of countless standards, was a star among stars.  MacArthur Genius Award-winner Jason Moran and multiple Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello and, along with a full band and DJ, re-imagine Waller’s historic style and swing tunes in a 14-karate tribute that mixes music, social dancing, and a Small’s-inspired sense of “only-in-Harlem.”  Additional performers include Mark Kelley, Marvin Sewell, Charles Haynes, Lisa Harris, Leron Thomas and Corey King.

Tickets: $10
Details and tickets available at Harlem Stage.
Harlem Stage Gatehouse:  150 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street

HARLEM JAZZ SHRINES is made possible by generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and The New York Community Trust - Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz Fund. Also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.