Montclair Women's Big Band

Montclair Women's Big Band

The Montclair Women's Big Band is one of jazz's best kept secrets. Since 1998, the ensemble has upheld a lofty tradition dating back to 1884, when the first 'Ladies Orchestra', as they called it back then, was formed in Chelsea, Massachussetts. The Roaring 20s gave birth to bands like the Parisian Redheads, later known as the Bricktops. The Swing era produced bands such as the all Black Dixie Sweethearts and the Harlem Playgirls. Ina Rae Hutton and her Melodears, an integrated band, had to fudge
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