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Screening of Feature Documentary “Vince Giordano—There’s a Future in the Past”

How crazy do you have to be to keep a Jazz Age enterprise going in the 21st Century?

Bandleader, historian and collector Vince Giordano created the period music in Todd Haynes’ Carol, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club, half-a-dozen Woody Allen films including his upcoming Cafe Society and HBO’s Grammy-winning series Boardwalk Empire. A New York institution for nearly 40 years, Vince and his eleven-member band The Nighthawks bring the hot, syncopated music of the 1920s and ’30s to life with their virtuosity, vintage musical instruments and Vince’s encyclopedic collection of over 60,000 period band arrangements. But between the moments of glory on stage, there is the constant struggle to find gigs, manage personnel and shlep a van full of equipment and 400 lbs of music to every job, with no road crew. Meltdowns occur and the threat of going out of business constantly looms. Vince Giordano — There’s a Future in the Past captures the hard work, endurance, and joy of being true to one’s calling.

“Vince Giordano is Hollywood’s go-to guy to authentically re-create vintage jazz music.” – The Wall Street Journal

Vince Giordano — There’s a Future in the Past (New York Premiere)
Directed and Produced by Dave Davidson & Amber Edwards

Join Vince Giordano, Bill Charlap and  filmmakers Dave Davidson and Amber Edwards in conversation followed by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks in performance











When: Sun., Jul. 10, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $40
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How crazy do you have to be to keep a Jazz Age enterprise going in the 21st Century?

Bandleader, historian and collector Vince Giordano created the period music in Todd Haynes’ Carol, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club, half-a-dozen Woody Allen films including his upcoming Cafe Society and HBO’s Grammy-winning series Boardwalk Empire. A New York institution for nearly 40 years, Vince and his eleven-member band The Nighthawks bring the hot, syncopated music of the 1920s and ’30s to life with their virtuosity, vintage musical instruments and Vince’s encyclopedic collection of over 60,000 period band arrangements. But between the moments of glory on stage, there is the constant struggle to find gigs, manage personnel and shlep a van full of equipment and 400 lbs of music to every job, with no road crew. Meltdowns occur and the threat of going out of business constantly looms. Vince Giordano — There’s a Future in the Past captures the hard work, endurance, and joy of being true to one’s calling.

“Vince Giordano is Hollywood’s go-to guy to authentically re-create vintage jazz music.” – The Wall Street Journal

Vince Giordano — There’s a Future in the Past (New York Premiere)
Directed and Produced by Dave Davidson & Amber Edwards

Join Vince Giordano, Bill Charlap and  filmmakers Dave Davidson and Amber Edwards in conversation followed by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks in performance

Buy tickets/get more info now