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Billy Novick's Blue Syncopators

Join us for an evening of Gatsby-era jazz with one of New Englands best-known horn players, Billy Novick, heading up a seven-piece group of some of the finest traditional jazz musicians in the country, joined by a dynamo of a singer, Gabriela Martina.

In 2010 The Washington Ballet commissioned Billy Novick to create a 1920s period musical score for their original production of The Great Gatsby. The score includes some 1920s hot jazz classics (The Charleston, Happy Feet and more), some popular music of the era, and some of Novicks era-specific original music. The ballet was premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and it was a rousing success, selling out seven shows and garnering rave reviews.

Billy Novick has had a whirlwind career in music for over 40 years as a performing artist, studio musician, arranger and composer. His musical collaboration with guitar wizard Guy Van Duser has resulted in frequent appearances on the Prairie Home Companion radio show and a feature-length interview on NPRs All Things Considered. In 1986, Mr. Novick joined the internationally-acclaimed New Black Eagle Jazz Band and continues to perform with them. BILLY NOVICKS BLUE SYNCOPATORS at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, Saturday, June 2, at 8:00 P.M.

The Homegrown Coffeehouse is located at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and wheelchair access. Admission is $20/ $15 students & seniors to benefit the Church. For more information, call (781) 444-7478, or visit us at www.uuneedham.org for directions, performer links, and advance tickets.