52 Skidoo

52 skidoo

52 Skidoo are a Harlem swing band that turn back the clock to play a dazzling repertoire of vintage American music. Influenced by all the stride piano professors from James P. Johnson and Eubie Blake via Willie 'The Lion' Smith and Fats Waller through to Dick Wellstood as well as such diverse performers as Billie Holiday and Tom Waits, they recreate an authentic 1920/30's Harlem rent party atmosphere. The band brings back to life the long-forgotten era of Prohibition, Speakeasys, Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley and hot nights Underneath the Harlem Moon.