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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Max Raabe of the Palast Orchester, which keeps pre-World War II German jazz alive for modern audiences. In the 1920s and 30s, jazz was taking off in the United States and ...

With his hair slicked back, tuxedo neatly fitted and a wry smile on his face, Max Raabe is the face of a musical time warp. Accompanied by his Palast Orchester, Raabe travels the world singing German ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The music of decadent but elegant Weimar Germany and of the ...

From the time he was 11, Max Raabe was hooked. The haunting and whimsical songs of 1920s and '30s Berlin kept him mesmerized via shellac records and movies, including American films translated into ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s the sound of romance. Horns sing with reeds and strings, seeming to ...

A Berliner, however, in white tie and tails. Champagne in hand. A study in elegance, charisma and silkily ironic wit. A Jazz Age Berliner, that is, from the Weimar era. Wait, sorry. I got a little ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Created in the late 1980’s by German musician Max Raabe and some of his ...

Max Raabe sings the sardonic songs of Weimar-era Germany as if it were still 1930. An androgynous figure in white tie and tails, he projects an air of elegant nonchalance as he stands poised before ...

Things to do Get ready to party like it’s 1929 with Max Raabe and his cabaret orchestra Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email ...

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When musician and acclaimed baritone Max Raabe arrived in Berlin in the mid-'80s, he was expecting to find the cabarets and variety theaters his grandmother told him about, but they were long gone. So ...