[Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

[Don Robertson]

I had only Friday to attend the Jubilee, so started with the F2F at the 
Delta King.  Always great to see old friends and some new ones.  I had 
seen Tamas and the Bohem Ragtime band in San Pablo the previous Sunday 
at the New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California, and then saw them 
riding down the Old Town Main Street on a fire engine in the parade.  
What an amazing and versatile group.  They go from classic ragtime to 
modern swing tunes with ease, and do it well.  It was interesting to see 
and hear Tamas's Stroh (sp) violin.  I also thought there was something 
unusual about the trombone player, then realized he was playing left handed.

The rest of the day was spent mostly at the Convention Center with Bob 
Schulz, Climax and Uptown Lowdown.  Climax from Toronto Canada had a 
California touch with Mark Caperone from Paso Robles on trumpet and our 
own bay area Clint Baker on drums.

We finished up back at Old Town with Nightblooming Jazzmen at the 
Embassy Suites.  What a lousy venue.  It's like watching a concert in a 
bowling alley, two alleys wide.

We caught our last set with Hal Smith's Louisiana Hayriders.  Definitely 
not a mouldy fig band.  It was Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis rolled up 
into one with listmate Katie Cavera playing a very energetic upright 
bass and singing "let's have a party".

There seemed to be plenty of "trad" bands to follow, although we had 
only 5 sets to choose.  There were several of our favorites conspicuous  
by their absence  such as Royal Society Jazz Orchestra  and Devil 
Mountain.  Some were there only one day. All in all it was an enjoyable 
day, and probably the best weather as I understand it drizzled most of 
Saturday and was cold and windy Sunday.

Don Robertson