[Dixielandjazz] A Review of: The Performance that never was.

[Stephen G Barbone]

The band got a huge kick out of this review in Tuesday's Levittown  
Patch. Because, this performance, originally scheduled for August 28  
NEVER TOOK PLACE. It was cancelled because of Hurricane Irene. The  
rain date was Sept 4, but we couldn't do that because of another rain  
date scheduled for the 4th to which we were committed. So a bebop band  
under a different name,  took our place. I think the reviewer got the  
bands mixed up. <grin>

He describes our BSJB pretty well and even included a photo of us,  
which I guess, pissed the other band off. <grin>

BTW. We did get our rain date with them via a 2012 booking.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband

The Barbone Street Jazz Band: Elder Statesmen In Their Prime.
Jazz Purists Bring Many Years of Musical Skills to Levittown

The Falls Township 2011 Summer Concert Series closed out its diverse  
lineup with bee-bop bang The Barbone Street Jazz Band, which took  
stage Sunday to deliver some of its premium jazz tunes.

TBSJB is a talented collective of world-class musicians whose average  
age hovers around 60. In that circle, a ripe age is not indicative of  
looming retirement but rather, it serves as a badge of honor and a  
hallmark of time-tested quality comparable to wine that betters with  
age.

Its members are well acquainted and qualified as curators of the music  
they perform as most were in their prime during jazz’s formative  
years. As jazz quickly became a countrywide phenomenon, they were  
right there in the thick of it all seeing each brick of its ensuing  
culture being laid. The club scene flourished back then and provided  
ample venues and opportunities for the genre’s creators to display  
this newly founded art form en masse. This also gave some members of  
TBSJB an opportunity to perform alongside some of the 20th century’s  
great jazz legends.

It was in this era that jazz took on many different forms congruent to  
the individual styles of each varying artist. This was key and helpful  
in the formation of TBSJB because each member though working in  
different creative outfits brought with them a unique palate of tested  
experiences and skill. Per the group’s own admission they were united  
by the common goal and desire of "exploring the roots of jazz and  
traditional jazz modernized by their own inventiveness."

TBSJB was founded with the goal of blending varied individual styles  
into one cohesive, energetic, distinct and easily identifiable  
sounding band. In the band’s simplest form it is a six-piece Dixieland  
ensemble. However, the group is quick to note they are not merely  
confined to jazz as they play all types of music and organize bands  
from a skilled pool of about 45 musicians. These guys put in work. It  
is not uncommon for them to have as many as four different bands  
simultaneously working separate venues and disseminating grooves  
ranging from foot stomping jazz to more mellow background toned music.

Bandleader Steve Barbone, as a retired CEO for a multi-billion dollar  
corporation, is well aware of the need to deliver to clients a top- 
notch product with praiseworthy service. The goal is simple. Give  
customers what they want. Their satisfied clientele includes major  
corporations, jazz festivals, parades, universities, fundraisers,  
socials, jazz concerts, weddings, municipalities and more. Were you  
added to the list of happy feet?