Franz Hatts & Castle

<p><strong>An evening of music with the band takes the listener through the lesser explored areas of early jazz music: from the show pieces of once-world-famous Nick Lucas (who recorded the first guitar solo on 78 rpm record) — to Jelly Roll Morton piano and band arrangements with guitar assuming the trumpet or clarinet role — to the duo arrangements of Eddie Lang and Rube Bloom the prolific jazz rhythm section — to blues vocal numbers from Georgia White, Merline Johnson, Bessie Smith, Leroy Carr, and Milton Brown. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Hawaiaan tunes on the lap steel also make an appearance on some familiar jazz and swing tunes.</strong></p>