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Dukes of Dixieland
Jazz is an American tradition celebrated by the Dukes of Dixieland during every performance. The group has maintained its preeminent position in its art for four decades and is the oldest continuallly performing jazz ensemble in New Orleans. From the original group founded in 1949 by the Assunto brothers, trumpet player Frankie and trombonist Freddie, to the current members who keep the sound alive and growing, the group has kept its determination to bring to their audiences the very heart and soul of New Orleans.

Today's Dukes of Dixieland group has a distinctive blend of traditional Dixieland, New Orleans jazz and rhythm and blues, all mixed in with innovative jazz stylings and arrangements. The group preserves such Dixieland favourites as Bourbon Street Parade and South Rampart Street Parade, blends them with cool mellow blues such as Basin Street Blues and St. James Infirmary Blues, tosses in some hand clapping and toe-tapping ragtime numbers including Scott Joplin's The Entertainer and Maple Street Rag, and then tops it all off with a true New Orleans second line to When the Saints Go Marchin' In. The result, like jazz itself, is more than the sum of its parts, it's the music of New Orleans!

The Dukes of Dixieland have stirred audiences throughout the world, sharing the stage on tour with Mel Torme, Red Skelton, George Gobel, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Woody Herman and scores of other jazz greats. The Dukes also claims the distinction of being one of the few Dixieland jazz ensembles to appear as a special guests with numerous symphony orchestras.

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