Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band, by Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band

Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band

by Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band

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1.	Muskrat Ramble 03:40	buy track
2.	At the Jazz Band Ball 03:27	buy track
3.	Up a Lazy River 04:40	buy track
4.	Indiana 02:43	buy track
5.	South Rampart Street Parade 04:42	buy track
6.	Ookpic Ramble 03:10	buy track
7.	I Will Wait for You 03:34	buy track
8.	Lonesome Road 02:00	buy track
9.	American Patrol 01:44	buy track
10.	Basin Street Blues 02:46	buy track
11.	Down By The Riverside 02:39	buy track
12.	Bridge City Blues 03:02	buy track
13.	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 02:58	buy track
14.	Washington & Lee Swing 02:10	buy track
15.	Birth Of The Blues 04:07	buy track
16.	Ja-Da 02:28	buy track
17.	Hindustan 03:38	buy track
18.	Mahogany Hall Stomp 02:25	buy track
19.	St. Louis Blues 04:43	buy track
20.	Look What They've Done To My Song 03:03	buy track
21.	Royal Garden Blues 03:46	buy track

about

The Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band was one of the many good things to come out of Canada's Centennial celebrations in 1967. Just for the fun of it, six musicians donned boater hats and candy-striped blazers and played on a float in Saskatoon's annual Travellers Day parade. Much to the surprise of the musicians, bookings began coming in, and in less than a year the band was firmly established in Saskatoon and well known in the surrounding area.

In a full-page feature on the band, the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix enthusiastically announced, "Jazz Is Back In Town." Regional and national recognition followed with performances on the CBC national radio network, the release of an album of Dixieland favorites, and television credits.

Over the next three decades, the Bridge City Dixieland Jazz Band has played for every imaginable event, venue, and audience, including dances, concerts, receptions, exhibitions, floor shows, official openings, commercial promotions, breakfasts, luncheons, banquets, anniversaries, picnics, weddings, and funerals. One of the highlights of the band's career was a week-long run in the Saskatchewan pavilion of Expo-86 in Vancouver. It was also featured at the Chilliwack International Jazz Festival in 1990, and is a regular at the annual Saskatchewan Jazz Festival in Saskatoon.

In a very real way, the Bridge City players are closer to the originators of jazz than many full-time musicians. Like the first New Orleans jazzmen, they have supported themselves in other professions and played in their leisure hours, not because they have to in order to earn a living, but for the sheer love of playing.

credits

released November 13, 2017

Joe Campbell, Trumpet
Bobs Caldwell, Valve Trombone
Don Watson, Clarinet
Scottie Gordon, Piano
John Diduck, Bass (2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16-21)
Barney Kutz, Bass (1, 4, 6, 8-11, 13, 15)
Eigil Jensen, Drums (1-6, 8-16, 18)
Clayton Carey, Drums (7, 17, 19-21)