The Edgewater has been host to many different live musical experiences through the years. From our dances and jazz concerts, to our weekly music at the hotel, something always seems to be swinging at The Edgewater.
LITE BITE JAZZ NIGHTS
Meet up with others after work, enjoy small culinary delight plates,refreshing cocktails and FUN Jazz music by Gerri Dimaggio.
Join us by the fireplace February 9, 16 and 23 from 6:30-9:00 pm in The Cove.
No Cover charge at the place to meet & be seen!
The Cove Lounge also plays host to pianist David Bicknase.
David is scheduled to perform February 11th and 18th.
David Bicknase is the resident pianist in the Edgewater Hotel’s Cove Lounge. David has performed in the Cove Lounge since 1996.
David Bicknase has studied piano since 1953. He has performed consistently either solo or with bands since 1960. David’s diversity is represented in the selections he can play that range from rock to show tunes, from classical to big band. David has composed many of his own songs, and has six CD’s available for purchase.
UW Home Football Saturdays and New Years eve will feature the jazz piano of David Bicknase and friends!
Live at the Edgewater CD
Featuring: Tex Beneke, Stan Kenton and Ralph Flanagan
Throughout the 1950`s, Madison, Wisconsin`s Edgewater was the place to listen and dance to the nation`s most popular big bands. Although their peak years had passed, artisans of swing remained popular well into the first years of the rock and roll revolution. The Edgewater provided a classy venue for the genre`s biggest names and a lavish dance floor on its open Starlite Roof, as well as the more intimate Rigadoon Dining Room. This second volume of the restored Edgewater recordings preserves the sound of three celebrated bands of that period. Tex Beneke's appearance of July 14, 1952, Ralph Flanagan's performance on August 27, 1951, and a rousing August, 1957 show by the innovative Stan Kenton, capture the live sounds of swing and improvisational jazz. This album captures an era when big bands, soon to be eclipsed by smaller rock and roll combos, still drew a large crowd onto the nation's dance floors.
The cd is available locally at Mad City Music Exchange on Williamson Street, Strictly Discs on Monroe Street and Sam Goody at Hilldale Mall. Click to visit Jerden Records webpage.
Click the linked tracks to listen to a portion of that track.
Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
Rigadoon Dining Room, July 14,1952
1. Introduction / In The Mood
2. Pennies from Heaven
3. Moonglow
4. Somebody Loves Me
5. Tenderly
6. Tex Beneke Interview / Anytime
7. Night and Day
8. Charmaine
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Starlite Roof, August, 1952
9. Introduction
10. What's New?
11. When Your Lover Has Gone
12. Spring Is Here
13. Young Blood
14. Theme & Variations
15. The Intermission Riff
16. Artistry in Rhythm
Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra
Starlite Roof, August 27, 1951
17. Introduction / You For Me And Me For You
18. Too Young
19. Dancing In The Dark
20. Come On-A My House
21. Penthouse Serenade
22. Wang Wang Blues
23. While You Danced
24. The Winky Dink
