[Dixielandjazz] Duke Heitger & The Hot Jazz Septett

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi All,

Steve posted links to videos of the above band form their German tour last year. Lovely to see old pals, Duke, Evan, Dan and Dave Blenkhorn in great relaxed form. For those of you who aren't familiar with Dave, he's a marvellous guitarist: lovely even time and a very swinging soloist. Originally from Oz, he's been living in Europe for years and works a lot of the time with Evan's bands. Maybe Dan can tells us: is the Jeff Hamilton on drums the same Jeff Hamilton who played with Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown? If so, he sounds entirely different in this setting.

Cheers,

Ken Mathieson