At The Darktown Strutters Ball - Dixieland Crackerjacks

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A tune that was not yet full covered on youtube by the band. Only a short example was once recorded by TV Bolsward.
This version was recorded in Kijkduin, Tha Hague, July 2008.

Dixieland Crackerjacks :
Koos Greven - banjo
Slidin' Selena - trombone
Bert Brandsma - bass saxophone
Michel Muller - trumpet
Lielian Tan - drums

'Darktown Strutters' Ball.' One of the earliest traditional jazz songs to become a standard. The words and music, by Shelton Brooks, were inspired by a ball at the 1915 Pacific-Panama Exposition in San Francisco. The music, in arrangements for band and for orchestra, was first published 18 Jan 1917 by Will Rossiter, Chicago. The version recorded 30 Jan 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band may be the earliest commercially made jazz record. 'Darktown Strutters' Ball' was subsequently recorded by many pop and jazz artists, including the Six Brown Brothers (1917), the Brunswick Military Band (Brunswick 5170, 1918), Miff Mole's Molers (1928), Trump Davidson (1937), Jimmy Dorsey (1938), and Benny Goodman (1945). The song has also been recorded by musicians as varied as Ella Fitzgerald, the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, and the Beach Boys. It was selected in 1963 by ASCAP for its All-Time Hit Parade. It has often been featured in film soundtracks. 'Darktown Strutters' Ball' has been arranged for barbershop ensemble, piano solo, brass quintet, and choir.

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[InBy9OutBy5]

Hey Bert, how's your back feel after a gig playing the Bass Sax ?

[ABrandsma]

@InBy9OutBy5 Yesterday I had 2 four our gigs on it. Felt tired but it didn't hurt. Not really.....

[myousiknlaw]

I loved Trump Davison's music. Any idea where there may be any film footage? You guys are great too!

[ABrandsma]

@myousiknlaw No, I don't really know. But there have been TV shows. Maybe CBC has it in their files? You can always ask them......

[Porterchrille]

wonderful and hot music, but I would play rather naked than waering these clothes :-)

[ABrandsma]

We could get a series of 400 gigs if we were willing to play in these outfits, that ment 4 years enough work to live from. So it was not difficult to say yes. Now other people know us from these outfits and want it.

That's why.

[merfe97]

Great trumpet..........

[kabrinkley]

great tune by the best dixieland street band I ever heard.

[jazzchf]

HEY Ienjoyed that. I could you use soprano sax player to jump in? I'd be willing. But I live in central Kansas USA!

[InBy9OutBy5]

Damn that's good !

[Veggieman87]

@ABrandsma These look exactly like the Dapper Dans costumes from Disney World.