Tag Archives: Dixieland

Group. Traditional jazz ensemble that was well-known in ’60s and ’70s, issuing recordings both independently label as well as for GHB.

Offering a hearty bottom for most rings on either bass or tuba, this early jazz player continued to be over the St. Louis music picture his very existence. He first obtained notoriety executing and documenting on tuba with cornetist and vocalist Oliver Cobb from the past due ’20s, including four …

Oscar “Papa” Celestin was a cornetist and the first choice of the initial Tuxedo Orchestra, perhaps one of the most popular of the first jazz bands located in New Orleans. From 1910 Celestin led the home band on the Tuxedo Dance Hall on North Franklin St. in the French One …

In Apr. 1971, altoist David Hutson noticed veteran banjoist Dave Wilborn becoming interviewed on the air. He was impressed by Wilborn’s vitality but dismayed that he was overlooked and hadn’t worked well in music for 15 years. Since Wilborn (who also sang) was the last living survivor of McKinney’s Natural …

Although he previously a reasonably long career, Jim Lanigan will be most well-known for his involvement on some important early Chicago jazz recordings through the 1920s. Both of his parents had been music artists and he was well-trained on violin and piano in early stages. Lanigan performed piano and drums …

Preservation Hall is definitely New Orleans’ leading house for traditional Dixieland jazz, maintaining its high-caliber house music group and gaining numerous special occasions. In July 1962, Atlantic Information co-founder Nesuhi Ertegun — a longtime lover of classic-style jazz — journeyed to New Orleans for a particular week of concerts documenting …

This pianist really got around for the Dixieland scene and includes a real diamond of the discographical credit within a mid-’40s live recording within a combo co-led by brassman Utmost Kaminsky and clarinetist Pee Wee Russell. Teddy Roy began being a cornet participant himself and it is said to haven’t …

An excellent swing-era drummer, Keg Purnell was a very important if underrated accompanist. Purnell went to West Virginia Condition University from 1932-34, using the Campus Revellers. He toured using the declining Ruler Oliver (1934-35), freelanced, led his very own trio, used the youthful Thelonious Monk in 1939 and got stints …

Freddie Moore certainly had an extended career. He began playing drums when he was 12 in 1912 and was still energetic 80 years afterwards. Moore started his profession playing in journeying displays and he found much encounter in variety displays and on vaudeville. He was with Charlie Creath in 1927 …

Charles “Pickup truck” Parham played bass with a few of the most renowned jazz and Dixieland music artists from the 20th hundred years, including pianist Artwork Tatum and cornet participant Muggsy Spanier, amongst others. Created and elevated in Chicago, Parham offered newspapers through the town’s famous Dreamland Café, where he …