Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011 • Picnic Pops @ OWG: Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks • {REL[3907][sponsor]MQa5PaGzREL}
Wednesday, July 20th
Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks - In 30 years as a bandleader, Vince Giordano has become the authority on recreating the sounds of 1920s and ‘30s jazz and popular music. “I just love the energy of the early jazz,” says Giordano. “I wanted to recapture some of that.” Early appearances with Leon Redbone and on the Prairie Home Companion and lending his talents to Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Cotton Club, led to working with Dick Hyman’s Orchestra in half a dozen Woody Allen soundtracks then as a bass player in Sean Penn’s band in Woody’s Sweet and Lowdown. He and the Nighthawks were featured in Gus Van Sant’s film Finding Forrester, in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Robert DeNiro’s film, The Good Shepherd, Tamara Jenkin’s The Savages and recently Sam Mendes’ film: Revolutionary Road, and Away We Go; plus Michael Mann’s film Public Enemies.
Bring a lawn char or blanket and a couple of friends, and OWG will provide the soundtrack for an enjoyable evening under the stars. Arrive early to picnic and stroll the gardens.
Gates open at 5:00 pm. Dance lesson at 6:30 pm. Concert starts at 7:00 pm. $10.00 General Admission; $8.00 - 62 and older; $8.00 - OWG members; free for children 17 and under.