But what sets this band apart from the average?
First of all it is the close friendship among the seven band members, which has been developing over the years and enables us to stand our ground against professional bands. Moreover, we wish to unleash this vital and infectious music and let it carry away our audience whenever we get together on stage.
Throughout our stylistic development we have been constantly moving back towards the intrinsic roots of Jazz. In discovering New Orleans Hot Jazz from the early 20's and 30's, we admit that we were at first put off by the hiss and crackle of the old recordings, but fortunately we persisted in our diligent search. Hence, we take great pride in paying our utmost tribute to those great Jazz musicians who are widely considered as the creators of Jazz. To list only a few of them: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Luis Russel, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Clarence Williams or Duke Ellington. We wish to take a leaf out of their book.
Wherever this is going, we'd love if you strolled along with us "back to the roots"!
Festivals, Jazz clubs & Jazz venues
England
Oliver Cromwell Jazz Festival, Upton on Severn, '06-‘07
Starbucks Birmingham International Jazz Festival,
'05-'06, ‘08
Tynemouth Festival, Newcastle, '06
Whitley Bay Jazz Festival, Newcastle, '06
Nottingham Rhythm Club, '06
Warwick International Festival, '06
France
New Orleans Jazz Competition, St. Raphaël, ‘07
Spain
Marbella Jazz Festival, Spain '06
Oldtime Jazz Festival Mallorca, Spain '04
The Netherlands
Jazz By The Sea, Domburg, Netherlands '03
Jazz Festival Enkhuizen, Netherlands ‘07
Belgium
Cercle du Jazz Hot, Verviers, '98, '01
Germany
Jazz festival Düsseldorfer Jazzrally '96-'07
Jazz festival Gronau, ‘07
Jazz festival Gelsenkirchener Jazztage
Jazz festival Siegen '05-'06
Jazz festival Lüdenscheid '05-'06
Jazz festival Düsseldorfer Altbiertage '97-'99
Jazz festival Mülheimer Jazz-Night, '97
Jazz festival Dillenburg, ‘07
Jazz festival Wuppertal '05-'06
Jazz festival Remscheid '05-'06
Jazz club Uerige, Düsseldorf
Jazz club Das Feuerschiff, Hamburg
Jazz club Siegburger Brauhaus, Siegburg
Jazz club Hothouse Jazzclub, Gelsenkirchen
Jazz club Wuppertaler Brauhaus
Jazz club Dr. Jazz, Düsseldorf
Jazz club Em Pöötzke, Düsseldorf
Jazz club Fritzel's Jazzpub, Gelsenkirchen
Jazz club Mülheimer Jazzclub, Mülheim
Companies & Organisations
EUCAR, European Council for Automotive R&D, Bruxelles
Siemens-Nixdorf AG, Düsseldorf
Mercedes-Benz France, Paris
Ferrostaal AG, Essen
Audi Zentrum, Duisburg
BMW, Essen
Potts Brauerei, Oelde
Gothaer-Versicherung, Hamburg
National-Bank, Essen
IBM, Bad Kissingen
Siemens AG, Essen
Geno-Volksbank, Essen
DKV, Cologne
Biba Pariscope, Duisburg
Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Essen
Privatbrauerei Moritz Fiege, Bochum
Danzas Logistic GmbH, Neuss
Steinwerke Kupferdreh, Essen
Niggemann AG, Bochum
Kunsthalle Cubus, Duisburg
Steinkohletag 1999, Essen
Various medical congresses of Uni-Klinik, Essen
Various medical congresses of Ruhrlandklinik, Essen
Ford Winkler, Velbert
Alfa-Romeo-Centro, Essen
Aachener Nachrichten
... and uncounted private events.