Sharing his birthday with Fred Astaire, some say Matt Tolentino was born 80 years too late, but Tolentino will argue that this is not the case as his mission is to preserve traditional music for the modern audience for years to come.
Tolentino will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Pemberville Opera House. Tickets are $12 and are available at Beeker’s General Store or at the door.
He has made it his life’s mission to preserve and perform pre-swing American popular music-hot jazz, ragtime and roots of swing, as well as traditional German, Czech, French and Italian music. As a true multi-instrumentalist, he plays accordion, piano, banjo, guitar, tuba, clarinet, saxophone and vibraphone.
