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Doreen J. Ketchens (born October 3, 1966) is an American jazz clarinetist who performs Dixieland and trad jazz.She has performed at concert halls, music festivals, and U.S. embassies, as well as in decades of weekly performances in Dixieland's tradition in the Royal Street Performing Arts Zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.
Michael White (born November 29, 1954, in New Orleans) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator. Jazz critic Scott Yanow said in a review that White "displays the feel and spirit of the best New Orleans clarinetists".
His friend and jazz enthusiast Al Rose said Burke spent no more than ten weeks outside of New Orleans. [2] Burke was the nephew of Jules Cassard, a jazz trombonist who played with the Reliance Brass Band, and the cousin of Dixieland musician Harold Peterson. [3] Burke said that his first instrument was a flute he carved from a fishing pole.
It was a typical New Orleans jazz band in instrumentation, consisting of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone backed by a rhythm section. The original New Orleans jazz style leaned heavily on collective improvisation , in which the three horns together played the lead: the trumpet played the main melody , and the clarinet and trombone played ...
Jazz at Preservation Hall 4: The George Lewis Band of New Orleans (Atlantic, 1963) [12] George Lewis Plays Hymns (1965) With Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band (Storyville, 1991) Hot Creole Jazz 1953 (DCC, 1991) George Lewis with Red Allen (American Music, 1992) In Stockholm (Dragon, 1992) For Dancer's Only (GHB, 1993) Jazz at the Ohio Union ...
The New Orleans Jazz Club presented "Pete Fountain Day" on October 19, 1959, with celebrations honoring the pride of their city, concluding with a packed concert that evening. His Quintett was made up of his studio recording musicians, Stan Kenton 's bassist Don Bagley, vibeist Godfrey Hirsch, pianist Merle Koch, and the double bass drummer ...
Samuel Rimington (born 29 April 1942, in Paddock Wood, Kent, England), [1] is an English jazz reed player. He has been an active New Orleans jazz revivalist since the late 1950s. Rimington, center, at jazz funeral for Danny Barker, New Orleans, 1994. He is flanked by clarinetists Chris Burke at left and Dr. Michael White at right.
Charlie Gabriel (born July 11, 1932) is an African American jazz musician who plays the saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, and flute. [1] [2] [3] Gabriel has been a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band since 2006. [4] [5] Gabriel is the Preservation Hall Foundation's musical director. [2]