The Barbary Coast Dixieland Jazz Band holds a special place in Minnesota music history — and not just because its members were inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2001. The jazz band has ...

How do you keep Dixieland jazz from being mere repertory music? Trombonist Herb Bruce's approach is the way to go. As presented by his Herbicide Jazz Band, the music is solid, with clever, intricate ...

Fortnight ago in the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans two oldtime jazzists, one with a trumpet, the other with a clarinet, stepped into the spotlight, played with such authentic abandon, such valid ...

Manhattan recording studios last week were rocking to the loose-jointed two-beat tempo of slap bass and honkytonk piano, the syncopated blast of gutbucket trumpet, tailgate trombone and high-flying ...