Musical memories
Classic Music Reignited series features Amanda Jackson Trio, Mark Haines and Max Keenlyside
Amanda Jackson Trio, Mark Haines and Max Keenlyside to be featured.
Watermark Theatre’s Classic Music Reignited program is bringing music of the 1930s and ‘40s to North Rustico this weekend. “Zoot Suits and Speakeasies” is the title of Sunday’s show, the final in the series featuring Island musical artists interpreting classic composers. This summer’s theme is Songs Through the Decades. The Aug. 19 show at 7:30 p.m. will feature the Amanda Jackson Trio, Mark Haines and Max Keenlyside. Inspired by jazz roots from the early 1900s, the music of the ‘30s and ‘40s combined show tunes, big band swing and pop music of the times and created many songs still popular today. Featuring the music of the likes of Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday and more, that era was a prolific time for American music. The Music P.E.I. award-winning Amanda Jackson Band is will be performing as a trio, bringing their own new and fresh arrangements to some time-tested standards. Supporting them will be multitalented Haines, who many will recognize from his shows with comedian Patrick Ledwell. Haines’s career has spanned over 40 years and has taken him around the world. Special guest for this show is the virtuoso ragtime piano player, Max Keenlyside, a regular performer at the famous Scott Joplin Festival in Missouri since he was 16. All tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling 902963-3963 or at watermarktheatre.com.