[Dixielandjazz] Imperial Jazz Band

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As far as I know the only time George Segal (vcl&uke) recorded with an  
outfit called the Imperial Jazz Band was around 1985, on Signature BFW-40112 "A  
Touch of Ragtime". The line-up varies but among the luminaries are Mel Davis  & 
Pee Wee Irwin tp; Warren Covington tb; Johnny Mince cl; Hank Jones, Dick  
Hyman p; Bucky Pizzarelli g; John Tropea el. bass; Richard Davis b; & Ted  Sommer 
d. Teresa Brewer sings on several tracks.
Europe has had a number of Imperial Jazz Bands, most notably Len Beadle's  
IJB of the late-1940s, and Mick Gill's IJB of the mid-1950s, plus a current  
(2007) IJB - all in Britain. Sweden had an Imperial Jazz Band from 1961.
Brian Wood