The Grammy-nominated New Black Eagle Jazz Band returns to Me&Thee Music on Friday, April 19 for their first time since before the pandemic for an evening of uplifting, traditional New Orleans jazz and more. For decades, the New Black Eagles have paid homage to the greatest jazz musicians of the early era including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Duke Ellington but have also developed their own eclectic sound, which incorporates old spirituals, popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s, and even a few songs recorded by Elvis and Bob Dylan.
The seven-member band has been featured at many of the greatest concert halls and festivals in the world including Newport, Kool, JVC, Tanglewood, Edinburgh, Singapore, and New Orleans, as well as with the Scottish National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Boston Pops among many others. The New York Times wrote that the Black Eagles were “so far ahead of other traditional bands, there is scarcely any basis for comparison.”
Fee-free general admission tickets and student tickets are only available at meandthee.org. Locally, tickets for all concerts are on sale at Arnould Gallery, Washington Street. No phone orders are accepted and no other ticket websites are authorized.
Doors open at 7:15 p.m., and the music begins shortly after 8 p.m. Me&Thee is an all-volunteer, nonprofit arts organization at the UU Church, 28 Mugford St., now in its 54th Season. Freshly baked desserts, mulled cider, coffee, and tea are available before the show and during intermission.