[Dixielandjazz] The Kid Bands in Austin Texas

[Dan Augustine]

Steve (c: DJML)--
     Thanks for posting that info about the video.  I took a 
look/listen at it, and recognized a couple of players.
     The guy with the sax is Jon Doyle, who also plays clarinet (with 
occasionally an Edmund Hall-like tone) in various bands around town 
(in fact, i like his clarinet-playing better than his sax work, but 
he's great on both).  Other groups he also plays with include Aunt 
Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies and the Jazz Pharaohs (at the Elephant 
Room).  In January he sat next to Jim Cullum there (who had driven up 
from San Antonio to sit in a couple of times), and Mr. Cullum seemed 
to like his playing a lot.  The guitar-player in the video with the 
long white hair is Slim Richey, who is also in the Jazz Pharaohs
     There are a lot of very talented musicians here in Austin, and 
some of the younger ones (ahem) like this old stuff called hot jazz, 
but they twist and spiral it a little to make it organic to their own 
tastes.  Very often their interpretations of our old standard 
dixieland or popular songs will have a vitality, immediacy, and a 
dance-ability that a lot of the older bands don't have.
     The next concert hosted by the Austin Traditional Jazz Society 
(http://www.atjs.org/) on April 20 will feature Aunt Ruby's Sweet 
Jazz Babies (http://www.arsjb.com/), where Mr. Doyle goes by the 
unlikely sobriquet of 'Tartan Purry'.  Some other friends of mine are 
in that band, such as an ace string-bass player named Ryan Gould, and 
the leader, Ed Hayes ('Frank Lee Devine') on guitar.  Together with 
Dave Stoddard on valve 'bone, a bunch of us played at the ATJS jam 
session in January, and had a great time.

     Dan
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>From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:55:43 -0400
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The Kid Bands in Austin Texas
>Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>
>Ginny was talking about Austin TX and the musical scene there. Like, 
>there are several young bands from Austin that play on the fringes 
>of OKOM, yet are largely unknown by us old folks on the DJML.
>
>To see/hear one of the young, swing bands, playing courtesy of 
>Lambert's, a joint  in Austin, go to Barbone Street's My Space page, 
>scroll down to the "Comments" section, and play the music video of 
>The Jitterbug Vipers.
>
>www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>Kind of like Mighty Aphrodite, except they have a token male.
>
>In any event, the music swings, is played with humor, and the band 
>is young. No doubt there are bands like this all over the USA that 
>we don't know about.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone
>www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

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