DUKES OF DIXIELAND

The band's musical expertise cannot be overstated. The musicians are truly superior and are as incredible as they are entertaining. These guys are as technically good as any classical musician in any orchestra. I was awed by their talent.

- The Decatur Daily

SYMPHONY REVIEWS

"The audience leaped out of their seats with applause!” - The Philly Pops

"The Concert Was Fabulous! Everyone Was Great!" - Sue Kellogg, Exec. Director."

- SW Michigan Symphony Orchestra

“They aren’t a bunch of old guys from your father’s day with straw hats and string ties!”

— Greensboro News

"Audience members of every generation hollered and clapped...Thanks again for a great set of concerts...the audience is really in love with you."

- Keith Lockhart, Conductor, Boston Pops Orchestra

It was the summer of 1975 and New Orleans’ own Dukes of Dixieland were invited to play with the Grant Park Pops Orchestra in Chicago. The idea of a Dixieland band playing with a symphonic orchestra was intriguing to both the Dukes and the orchestra. Henry Brandon, the conductor, wrote several charts for the band + pops orchestra combination and the combination sizzled.

The Dukes have been performing with symphonies and orchestras ever since. And following each concert, letters arrive exclaiming that the event was a first, with the audience on its feet and second-lining with the Dukes. Today the band has huge shipping boxes of musical scores for band and orchestra, boxes which are sent out to orchestras in advance so that all the musicians can come together “on the same page.” (Henry Brandon, by the way, is well known for writing the music for the Oscar Mayer jingle!)

Dukes of Dixieland Official Website

https://www.dukesofdixieland.com/

DUKES OF DIXIELAND

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