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UGE24; SPORTS FORM SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1981 [Tribute To Harlem's Great Musicians 'Let Me Off Uptown" Is Smashing Success At Trop Harlem, in its golden ears, produced more num- er one hit classics and jazz [ rtists in its tiny concen- rated four block string of | ightclubs than any other action or city of the United | tates or the entire world ! >r that matter. Names like Duke Elling- m, Nat Cole, Lionel Hamp- m, Errol Gamer, Biilic loliday, Fats Waller, Dinah Vashington, the list goes on, ecame legends within their wn time in the music in?╜ ustry. Jazz music, with its rhythm and blues style, epitomized the hard times; the down and out periods that characterized the Depression, and the sunny golden years that reflected the prosperous Roaring 20s with the renewed hope instilled in the late 40s and early 50s. Songs like "Low Down Blues" by Eubie Blake, "Midnight Sun" by Lionel Hampton and "What A DhV ference A Day Makes" by Dinah Washington, recreated the emotional strife, that was commonplace dur-*' ing this historical era. Likewise, Roy Aldridge's "Let Me Off Uptown," Duke Ellington's "A Train" and Fats Waller's "Feets Too Big" and "Fat and Greasy" reflects the slap-happy carefree attitude that symbolized the days when Harlem was "in" and the dance was "swing." ' Tropicana entertainment chief, Lenny Martin, and co- producer wife, Mickey, have completed the writing and staging of a new musical tribute to these jazz greats and their sounds from yesteryear. "Let Me Off Uptown" presents an original cast of celebrated performers that will sing their way into your memory. * "Let Me Off Uptown" slices a historical piece out of an important era in the music industry, and in its campy and broadway style presentation, becomes a musical revue that is sheer entertainment. rFolies Bergere master, Jerry Jackson, staged and directed "Let Me Off Uptown" with arrangements and vocals by Lenny Martin and Terry RyanTJ Music is provided by the Terry Ryan Orchestra made up of Terry Ryan on keyboards, Rudy Aikels on bass and Eagle Eye Shields on drums. "Let Me Off Uptown" has been booked in for a minimum of 12 weeks in the Trop*s Cabaret, and is the only show in Las Vegas today that features the fine sounds of jazz performed in a perfected staged presentation, r s This new musical revue performs two shows nightly at 10 P.M. and 12 Midnight with a special 2 A.M. show on weekends.