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Mike Robbins. Website. dukesofdixieland.com. The Dukes of Dixieland is an American, New Orleans "Dixieland"-style revival band, originally formed in 1948 by brothers Frank Assunto, trumpet; Fred Assunto, trombone; and their father Papa Jac Assunto, trombone and banjo. Their first records featured Jack Maheu, clarinet; Stanley Mendelsohn, piano ...
Pages in category "Dukes of Dixieland members" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Herb Ellis; F.
Fountain at JazzFest, 2006. Fountain returned to New Orleans, played with the Dukes of Dixieland, then began leading bands under his own name. He owned his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s. He later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club" at the Riverside Hilton in downtown New Orleans. The New Orleans Jazz Club presented ...
Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band (which shortly thereafter changed the spelling of its name to "Original Dixieland Jazz Band") fostered ...
Nick LaRocca. Dominic James " Nick " LaRocca[1] (April 11, 1889 – February 22, 1961), was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being "the father of modern jazz". [2] He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag".
The Dukes of Dixieland: The Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland - You Have To Hear It To Believe It! Vol. 2 [11] 1958: Dinah Washington: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith: 1959: Johnny Hartman: And I Thought About You [12] 1959: Joni James: Joni Sings Sweet: 1959: Sonny Stitt: The Hard Swing [1] 1960: Tony Bennett: Alone Together: 1961: Judy Garland: Judy at ...
The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz record ever issued. The group composed and recorded many jazz standards, the most famous being "Tiger Rag". In late 1917, the spelling of the band's name was changed to Original ...
Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years ...