NEW ORLEANS NORTH

THE MUSICIANS

LLOYD ARNTZEN
VOCALS, CLARINET
SOPRANO SAX
AND STORY-TELLING


GRANT SIMPSON
STRIDE PIANO


ALAN MATHESON
Trumpet & Cornet


BRIA SKONBERG
TRUMPET & VOCALS


CRAIG SCOTT
DRUMS


GRAEME PETERS
DRUMS

DON OGILVIE
GUITAR

NEW ORLEANS NORTH!

Hurricane Katrina ravaged much of the quaint, old, Southern city that gave birth to America’s greatest artist gift to the world, New Orleans Jazz. The blues, the joys and the stomps so lovingly created by Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Joe King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and others, are still bringing people together around the world in such diverse places London, Paris, Moscow, New York, Vancouver and Whitehorse.

And it is this soul-soothing, spirit-lifting music that has brought together the members of New Orleans North. Lloyd discovered Sidney Bechet by way of 78 rpm records on the dusty plains of Saskatchewan eons ago, and brought this passion with him to the Pacific Coast.

Meanwhile, in the remote Canadian North, Grant Simpson was honing his skills as a stride pianist in Whitehorse, Yukon. Lloyd and Grant met and the seed was planted that they wanted to play together as often as possible.

Trumpeter Bria Skonberg and drummer Graeme Peters were added to the mix a little later - and when the circumstances are just right, guitarist Don Ogilvie is a welcome addition to the group..

And thus, New Orleans North was born.

And just as we still cherish Bach, Mozart and Beethoven let us also remember Morton, Bechet and Armstrong and make sure that this wonderful music does not perish from the earth.

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Upcoming Concerts


Vancouver Dixieland Jazz Festival
Oct. 9 - 11, 2009
Surrey, B.C.
Their website is here

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