[Dixielandjazz] New YOUNG Dixieland Band in Philadelphia Atrea.

[Stephen G Barbone]

There is a new YOUNG Dixieland Band gigging in the Philadelphia /  
South New Jersey Area. Perseverance Jazz Band. Today they are playing  
at the Cape May (NJ) Trad Jazz Society event. They also work other  
venues such as Elena's Soul Lounge where a young audience congregates.

They've just posted a bunch of you tubes so if you want to hear them  
go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUd74yBQ7c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHeSfG3YfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1dfw8dTyeM  (lots of energy on this one)

No, the audience for OKOM is not going to come back to what it was  
BUT, it is increasing, at least here in the Philadelphia area. In part  
because some really YOUNG kids are starting to play the music in  
venues where kids hang out. And at street festivals, municipal gigs  
etc. We now have 2 YOUNG Dixieland bands gigging as much as they want  
to, and more perhaps than some of the old fart bands around the  
country who insist that the young do not like this music.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband