Nighthawks (Musical group : Vince Giordano)
Description
Loudon Wainwright III partners up with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks for their take on some of the American songbook's finest classics. This album showcases a fresh side of LW3 with big band sounds and timeless songs from Irving Berlin, Cliff Friend, Lew Brown, and other Tin Pan Alley contemporaries. It is a collection of modern takes on timeless compositions from the American songbook spanning from the 1910s thru 1950.
Description
Documentary about musician, scholar, and bandleader Vince Giordano who, with his 11-member band the Nighthawks, has kept alive the popular music of the 1920s and '30s for the past forty years with vintage musical instruments and a collection of more than 60,000 period arrangements. It takes viewers behind the scenes of the recording of HBO's Grammy award-winning Boardwalk Empire soundtrack, and alongside Giordano as he shares his passion for hot jazz...