Dixieman Four

Karlheinz Drechsel (Sächsische Festival Vereinigung e. V./Internationales Dixieland Festival Dresden):

'With an unorthodox combination of instruments, the professional Hot-Jazz-Quartet from southern Germany plays music from the 'golden twenties'- pleasurable, brassy, irreverent, self-ironic - and in knickers! The amazingly colorful repertory includes hits from the old film- and Hollywood times, also wonderfully ludicrous Charleston street ballads like 'Ausgerechnet Bananen' ('Yes, We Have No Bananas') or 'Mein Papagei frisst keine harten Eier' ('My Parrot eats no hard-cooked Eggs'). Louis Armstrong and the swing of Benny Goodman are also not ignored. The mixture is jazzy, masterfully prepared, jazz and fun are tastefully interwoven, and perfect solo-and-group singing add that special touch.