The Jazz Musical
By Eli Yamin and Clifford Carlson
The Story…
Sarah, a seamstress at the Liberty Pants Factory and fellow suffragettes fight for the right to vote. They enlist the spirit of women to fight the forces of inequality. They are provoked by Wild Boars; a boisterous group of male chauvinists, but with the help of The Statute of Liberty overcome the obstacles against them.
The Songs…
- Newsgirl Rag
Ragtime, historical piece (circa 1917) - It’s the Way That You Talk
New Orleans second line a la W.C. Handy’s St. Louis Blues. - Don’t Go Back On Your Raisin’
Jazz Ballad. - Wildcat Strut
Honky Tonk blues with built-in line dance. - What is America?
Anthem for voting rights for women
(2003 Louis Armstrong Middle School production of Holding The Torch For Liberty)
