Joseph Reed Hayes Jazz Play "Solos" Comes With a Guide

Joseph Reed Hayes' jazz play "Solos" runs September 20-23, 2013 at The Gallery at Avalon Island (39 S Magnolia Ave Orlando). Get tickets here. For those who might feel a little intimidated by jazz, the subject of the play, Hayes has created The Beginners' Guide to Solos. Find out the strange story of Billy Tipton, the odd connection Fats Waller had with Al Capone, the lush life of Billy Strayhorn, hear music from the play's soundtrack and learn how ragtime begat "free". 

Local theater legend Paul Castaneda directing; the dynamic Michael Sapp, who the Orlando Sentinel called "a force of nature", as "Blue" Miller; theater, television and film actor Kareen Kennedy as Ellie Grace; the music of Brian Groder ("Best of the Year" from Downbeat Magazine, Washington Post and AllAboutJazz); live performances by jazz /wunderkinder/ La Lucha and Jun Bustamante; a play about love, deception and the hardships and joys of the jazz existence called "a welcome oasis of cultured smarts" by Orlando Weekly and "a must-see performance" by Orlando CityBeat. Solos is in rehearsal and opening night is less than a month away.