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Links to Traditional Jazz on the Internet

Sharing some Internet sites that we have discovered.

Ontario Bands Playing Traditional Jazz

Bourbon Street Buskers, Dixieland Jazz Band
Cameo Jazz Band
Climax Jazz Band
The Excelsior Jazz Band
The Happy Pals
Hot Five Jazzmakers
The Red Peppers Dixieland Jazz Band
The Silver Leaf Jazzmen



Ontario Venues that Host Traditional Jazz Performances

C'est What? 67 Front Street (at Church) in Toronto.
The Chick'N'Deli 744 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto
Grossman's Tavern 379 Spadina Ave., Toronto.
Jeff Healey's Roadhouse 56 Blue Jays Way, Toronto.
The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar 194 Queen St. West, Toronto.


Listen to and Learn about Traditional Jazz

Classic Jazz Society of Toronto
Dixieland Jazz - An Overview
Jazz Roots
Jazz Standards
John Grimley's Toronto Jazz
Red Hot Jazz Archives
Traditional Jazz in the North West of the U.K.

Some Glimpses Into the History of Traditional Jazz

Ken Colyer & The First Traditional Jazz Band

A six part interview series with Humphrey Littleton (May 23, 1921 - April 25, 2008):
.....Part 1..... Part 2..... Part 3..... Part 4..... Part 5..... Part 6

There is a lot of traditional jazz on the Internet. Some of this is simply in the form of audio selections but there are also videos of live performances as well as some clever video compilations that feature a traditional jazz selection playing in the background as pictorial representations of an earlier era of jazz music are displayed.

Some Early Jazz Selections

Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - The Chant
Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton - Dr. Jazz
Bunk Johnson - Panama
Bunk Johnson - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bunk Johnson - Maryland, my Maryland
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Sobbin' Blues
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Canal Street Blues
Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Jazz Me Blues
George Lewis - Burgundy St. Blues



More Recent Jazz Selections

Bloor Street Breakdown Climax Jazz Band (1973)
Milenberg Joys Canadian Hot Jazz Orchestra (1999)
Just a Closer Walk with Thee Climax Jazz Band - Herb Hall (1979)
Just A Closer Walk With Thee Climax Jazz Band with Peter Sagermann on Trombone.(1991)
Ory's Creole Trombone Climax Jazz Band with Peter Sagermann (1992)
Silverleaf Jazz Band (Toronto) - Savoy Blues (1979)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Hindustan (Live)
Sammy Rimington - Don't Sweetheart Me
Sammy Rimington - In The Sweet Bye And Bye


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