Tag Archives: Dixieland

An excellent if today forgotten dixieland music group, the Riverboat Five played no-nonsense New Orleans jazz through the second about half from the 1950’s. Founded and led by clarinetist Ed Reed, the initial group contains cornetist Ted Butterman, trombonist Wray Thomas, pianist Keller Merck, banjoist Dargan Fitch, tuba participant Ed …

An excellent supportive participant in Dixieland settings, Gene Mayl was most crucial being a leader of stimulating and hard-swinging bands that went beneath the name from the Dixieland Rhythm Kings. He founded the group in 1948, plus they had been active in to the 1980s. Mayl spent 1948 and 1949 …

This artist performed on greater than a dozen recording sessions in the late ’30s and early ’40s, including controversial big band beneath the leadership of Red Nichols. Billy Shepherd can be often defined as Costs Shepard. In any case he shouldn’t be confused using the trombonist from the same name …

This name was presented with to a casual band of Midwestern musicians whose mainstays had all attended Austin Saturated in Chicago through the ’20s. The alumni list included Jimmy McPartland, Dave Hard, Frank Teschemacher, Joe Sullivan and Bud Freeman.

Armen Von Der Heydt’s traditional jazz revival group. They possess played a whole lot in Chicago night clubs, but scarcely documented. A good-time, sweet-swinging group.

Orchestra. Danish traditional jazz music group that recorded record of New Orleans favorites for Danica label in 1980.

Fred Gennett was responsible for the record division of Starr Piano, Gennett Information, perhaps one of the most essential indie record labels of the first twentieth century. Starr Piano was a family group business, going by Fred Gennett’s dad, Henry Gennett, and in addition operate with Fred’s brothers Clarence Gennett …

The longer career of clarinetist Jerry Fuller includes an intriguing group of recordings below his name, a protracted collaboration with the fantastic trombonist Jack Teagarden, and in Fuller’s final years participation in the prophetic Style Is Back Style combo. Fuller’s name if frequently associated with traditional Dixieland stylings — for …

Never children name, John Letman even so had an extended and sometimes productive career as a good and swinging trumpeter. He caused Gerald Valentine in Illinois, Scat Man Crothers and Jimmy Raschelle in Columbus, OH, and spent period playing in Chicago with Delbert Shiny, Bob Tinsley, Johnny Lang, Nat Ruler …

An excellent supportive participant (whether about drums or banjo), John Gill (who’s someone different compared to the pianist from the same name) has recorded four enjoyable sets for the Stomp Off label. He was raised in the same community that Tony Sbarbaro of the initial Dixieland Jazz Music group lived; …