"Snake Rag" by Dinny's Goodtime Jazzers

October 25th 1985
This was a short-lived band but all the members played at Jake's Boathouse in Brampton in the 1980's, under various band names, starting with "The Louisiana Joymakers" (formerly resident at Grossmans Tavern and then briefly at the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto) Then the name changed to "The Louisiana Jazzmakers" which changed to "The Goodtime Jazzers" which changed to "The Toronto Jazzmakers" who ended up as "The Hot Five Jazzmakers" Whew!!
Brian Dinsdale (tpt) now leads "Dinny's All Stars". Jack King (bjo) is leader of the Silver Leaf Jazz Band. Rainer Hunck (bass) now plays banjo with the "Happy Pals"
Brian Towers (tbn) leads "The Hot Five Jazzmakers". Gary Breithaupt was on drums but we have lost touch with him. Janet Shaw plays the reeds with "The Hot Five Jazzmakers"
See also the other clip by this band playing "Tight Like that"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• trad;
• jazz;
• New
• Orleans;
• Dixieland;
• tranditional;
• 1920's

[Jazzbonick]

Too fast

"Ragtime should never be played fast" Quote Scott Joblin

OK I know he didn't write this one but chack out Joe Olivers version

[BertyBloggs]

You are absolutely right! Unfortunately we had to cope with time constraints due to TV commercials every 2 or 3 minutes on this show. Hence the breakneck tempo!

BT

[CarsbytheGovernment]

Though it is called The "Snake Rag", this is actually a Dixieland piece and not an actual Scott Joplin type rag.

[BertyBloggs]

New Orleans Jazz and ragtime are very close relatives. Buddy Bolden (often considered the first jazzman) called his music ragtime and that is going back to before 1900, when the word jazz did not even exist. What we call jazz evolved from ragtime, blues, church music, pop songs of the day and the march tunes of the parade bands.

[MrBdean52]

Never the complaints , these are brilliant musicians .

[Murrangurk2]

@Jazzbonick When people say "Should never" i do as a matter of reflex. If Joplin told me to, I'd listen. But I'd still do what feels good.

[Jazzbonick]

OK Berty, think I'll copy the sound into Magix Audio cleaning lab and slow it down without changing the pitch so I can listen to it properly

[golcowie]

bardzo ok !!

wesoło i kolorowo ...

pozdarawiam

Golec Orkiestra

[Teknics]

thats my uncle playin trumpet!