The Jazz Age

I teach a fashion design course at a middle school and we are currently using musical eras as inspiration to create Mood Boards.  In my research of The Jazz Age I discovered the Dreamland orchestra.  They've been playing at the annual Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island.  and I was able to purchase some enjoyable tracks from iTunes, hoping to plant the seeds of expanded musical tastes for my students...

"Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra is an ensemble steeped in the hot-dance band tradition of the Jazz Age. Their size ranges from a full dance orchestra to smaller incarnations. They play their "Hot-and-Sweet" music anywhere that fine and eclectic tastes meet. "