Shanghai Vice Jazz
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 (EST)
08:00PM - 10:00PM
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The Red Pavilion
1241 Flushing Ave
Brooklyn, New York 11237
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Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s tantalized the British, American, French and Chinese alike with its lawless streets and dens of sumptuous iniquity. Known as "the wickedest city in the world," artists, politicians, entrepreneurs, diplomats and the dispossessed roamed its winding streets, chasing thrills at every turn.
Strains of jazz mingled with Hollywood film music and Chinese folk melodies in the night air, while this heady sonic melange drew the ire of burgeoning leftist and Nationalist movements, who denounced these hypnotic new sounds as "opium for the masses." The so-called "Paris of Asia" even surpassed its European counterpart with the sheer volume of drugs, sex, sights and sounds offered to bold adventurers from far and wide.
Dive deep into the sultry sounds of Shanghai jazz and dirty blues by the Red Pavilion Jazz band, led by Gordon Au, as we extol the mystery, danger, and romance of this iconic era, and explore themes deemed socially scandalous and morally obscene.
Walk-ins welcome any time. Doors 8pm. All events are 21+, and a valid physical ID is required for entry. Please be reminded that tables have a 2-drink minimum on Fridays and Saturdays, 1-drink minimum all other days. All sales are final.