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“[T]he Great Sophie Tucker was not, in fact, the last of the Red Hot Mamas. That title can now be claimed by the young Ms. Carole Bufford.” — The Wall Street Journal Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department is proud to introduce the Pompano Beach Arts Music Series 2022, featuring virtuoso performances by award-winning, globally acclaimed vocal artists and musicians, starting April 9 Celebrating International Jazz Day with Carole J. Bufford in ROAR! Music of the Jazz Age. Carole features classics from the Jazz Age songbook made famous by the likes of Sophie Tucker, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Helen Morgan, Ruth Etting, and more. Come join Carole as she travels back to a time where flappers, vamps and sheiks were shimmying in gin joints as a whirl of great social and political change happened all around them. At the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, 50 W Atlantic Bvd, 8pm - 9:30pm. Artists courtesy of KCC Productions. Tickets are $45 and more info at https://www.pompanobeacharts.org/programs/pompano-beach-arts-music-series-1 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5dlIQnStKc