Oh wow..!! Someone liked my comment about Gene..!! Well thanks, whoever you are... you have musical taste.. 😉

@@aaronharvey7523 KICKASS!!

@@aaronharvey7523 I love Krupa too

I played at the Rush Up on Rush St back in 1971. Too many steps !!!

Ha! Yes, the meter was hovering around 5 when Krupa cracks a rim shot sending it to 7.. :)

Your welcome...that was part 1 there is a part 2, finale you can watch.

Not just talent.. SKILL that was worked for, many hard years..

The Dukes had many drummers over the years. Barrett Deems played with them in the mid 60's.

Deemus was the greatus.

Your welcome Johnny glad you enjoyed that. I always laugh about them being smart enough to pull my grandfather out on the banjo which I think really helped them win.

Your welcome Johnny glad you enjoyed this. We also have a FaceBook page you might enjoy. facebook.com/therealdukesofdixieland/

But without that exploitation we wouldn't be enjoying such jazz greats on the same stage more than a half century later. It provided a unique set of circumstances and quality of audio and video recording that was rare for lives performance back then, not to mention a wonderful archive.

No, it was Kenny Clarke that hipped Gene to that.

A Bee Bop thing

@@edgarcook9607 : Poppa Jo was doing that in the 30’s, to a degree.

It's posted just look for pt.2 the fanale. Or you can search our facebook page called The Original Dukes of Dixieland.

Here's pt. 2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y71pncyjla-0YHU.html&feature=em-upload_owner

We prefer to keep it about the music and not about race. That's what real musicians are all about...the music will always unite.

@@deanoassunto4118 : No one likes being uncomfortable. I understand that. However, to enjoy the music and not be cognizant of where it came from is willful ignorance at best.

@@Riddim4 sorry your uncomfortable. Music transends race.

Well you would be wrong....sorry watch the entire video to the end.

That's hilarious....Shakey's Pizza! The waiters dressed in Dixieland attire in the 1970's

A very funky version of the St.Louis Blues.I liked it.

The Assuntos aren't 'pizza' players. The packaging can be tiresome. When I first heard it, the term 'Dixieland' was used pejoratively by New Orleans musicians.

@@johncoffin9354 Wiki- Some consider Dixieland a derogatory term implying superficial hokum played without passion or deep understanding of the music and because "Dixie" is a reference to pre-Civil War Southern States. Many black musicians have traditionally rejected Dixieland as a style distinctive from traditional jazz, characterized by the staccatic playing in all-white groups such as The Original Dixieland Jazz Band in contrast to the slower, syncopated back-beat style of playing characterized by musicians like King Oliver or Kid Ory.

I was never a fan of Gene Krupa and still don't know what all the hype was about his drum playing.

N'importe quoi ! Gene Krupa est le passeur entre les grands batteurs de la N.O. ( Baby Dodds, Zutty, Paul Barbarin...) qu'il découvrit à Chicago , et le style "Swing de batterie dont il fut l'un des grands noms et des grands solistes. IL n'est en aucun cas un bûcheron , ne tire pas la couverture à lui comme Rich, reste toujours au service de la mélodie. De l'autre coté, un groupe Dixieland (pas N.O. comme le dit le présentateur) qui ferait honneur à n'importe quel Pub, sans plus....

@@deanoassunto4118 I found Dean Barrett in Chicago, Illinois more of a showman and an excellent drummer when he played at the Bourbon Street Night Club.