It was the largest indoor jazz festival ever at the time. In 1959, the New Orleans native Dukes of Dixieland were the “number one jazz combo in the country,” according to Ed Sullivan ...
In the city of Houghton, Fat Tuesday also marks a time for the Workshop Brass Band to go out and show the town what Mardi ...
Jim moved to New Orleans in 2018, to front a new Jazz Band, The Assunto Dukes Tribute, who play the music of Frank and Freddie Assunto, who were The Original Dukes of Dixieland.
The Sheridan College Jazz Ensemble will present JAZZ @ SC, a free concert 7 p.m. Thursday in Kinnison Hall at the Whitney Center for the Arts.