[Dixielandjazz] Dukes of Dixieland

[Bert Brandsma]

I played with the "new" Dukes of Dixieland in 2004, on board of the Natchez.They had a regular gig there at that time.
They have an excellent piano player, Scott Obenschain, in fact the best stride player that I heard ever in a life situation.Didn't miss one single note in all the left hand jumps.Very impressive.
Kind regards,
Bert Brandsma

> From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:18:07 -0500
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Dukes of Dixieland
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
> 
> To clear up possible confusion, Bill Sargent's post was correct.  
> Dickie Taylor was the drummer for the Dukes of Dixieland. And as Jack  
> Mitchell stated, he played with the Dukes of Dixieland from 1991 to  
> 2002.
> 
> Mike Marois was also correct in that Dickie did not play with the  
> "Real" Dukes of Dixieland which was made famous by the Assuntos. Jack  
> also correctly echoed this.
> 
> The "Real" Dukes as Mike describes them, were active from about 1946  
> (under various names).
> Then in 1949, the named themselves the Dukes of Dixieland. The did a  
> lot of great things until 1974 or so when Frank died and Papa Jac  
> stopped playing.
> 
> You can see the "Real" Dukes history at: http://www.thedukesofdixieland.com/
> 
> In 1975 someone else took the name Dukes of Dixieland and formed a  
> successor band using the name Dukes of Dixieland.  That band is still  
> active today under that name and is the band that Dickie Taylor spent  
> a decade with. Last I heard they had been performing on the steamboat  
> Natchez in New Orleans.
> 
> Their website is:  http://www.dukesofdixieland.com/
> 
> There is a disclaimer on their website that they "have not been  
> affiliated with the Assunto family for 37 years."
> 
> A while back there were law suits about the name etc., and I lost  
> track of current developments.
> Mike can no doubt fill in the details for any who are interested.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> 
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