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The Glyn Dryhurst Dixieland Jazz Band At Arts Garage August 11 at Arts Garage
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180 Ne First Street
Delray Beach, FL
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Fri, August 11, 2017
8:00 pm
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The Glyn Dryhurst Dixieland Jazz Band at Arts Garage August 11
Friday, August 11 at 8: Arts Garage presents the Glyn Dryhurst Dixieland Jazzz Band. "Dixieland" is the name given to the style of jazz performed by early New Orleans jazz musicians. The name is a reference to the "Old South," specifically anything south of the Mason-Dixon line. Dixieland, which was developed in New Orleans, is one of the earliest styles of jazz music. The style combined earlier brass band marches, French Quadrilles, biguine, ragtime, and blues with collective, polyphonic improvisation. While instrumentation and size of bands can be very flexible, the "standard" band consists of a "front line" of trumpet (or cornet), trombone, and clarinet, with a "rhythm section" of at least two of the following instruments: guitar or banjo, string bass or tuba, piano, and drums. Not often heard today, a handful of dedicated bands keep the music alive. The Glyn Dryhurst Dixieland Band is South Florida’s leading band dedicated to this genre of music....




