Chester Whitmore at the Cicada Club

Submitted by somebody on 11 August 2008 - 3:51pm.
24 Aug 2008 - 8:30pm

Chester Whitmore's Central Avenue Dance Revue will be performing at Maxwell DeMille's beautiful Cicada Club on August 24th, 2008.

Maxwell DeMille's Cicada Club

617 S. Olive Street

Los Angeles, CA

Dinner Reservations: 213 488 9488
Info: 877 463 7773

http://www.ClubCicada.com
 

CHESTER WHITMORE is perhaps the most versatile and knowledgeable tap artist of the current generation with an already unique career as a dancer, choreographer, arranger and dedicated historian. A master of a variety of American vernacular dance styles from Tap to Lindy Hop and from Jazz, to Hip-Hop, Mr. Whitmore has choreographed such productions as Porgy and Bess, Guys and Dolls and Treemonisha, directed tributes to Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers and Fats Waller.

For the Central Avenue Revue, Mr. Whitmore presents his dance orchestra recreating the hot Big Band and jazz sounds from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their material includes many popular tunes from the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, with musical sources such as Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Chick Webb and Cab Calloway.

About Central Avenue: By day, Central Avenue was the economic and social center for black Angelenos. By night, it was a magnet for Southern Californians, black and white, who wanted to hear the very latest in jazz. The role of Central Avenue became as significant in the jazz world as that of Harlem and New Orleans. From the 1920s through the early 1950s, Central Avenue was a flourishing South-Central scene that was as much a haven for nearby Hollywood celebrities as it was for local residents. Take a trip back in time to Central Avenue's legendary nighclubs such as the Downbeat and the Club Alabam, as Chester Whitmore presents his Central Avenue Revue!