Dan Kassell is member of the:
Jazz Journalists Association, The Duke Ellington Society, The Institute of Jazz Studies-Rutgers Roundtable. He's promoted the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band's documentary film “The Last of the First” shown at the 2004 Tribeca Film Fest; Initiated the 100th birthday Celebration for guitarist Lawrence “Larry” Lucie at Local 802 supported by the Jazz Foundation of America. Publicized the opening of Minton's Playhouse; Copeland's; Creole; The Jazz and Gospel Getaway and can be found out and about around town shooting “Watch Jazz Happen” archival digital video footage as an Independent Producer.

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My Desert Island Picks

1. Anything played by Algiers musicians across the Mississippi from New Orleans before 1917, that includes
2. All Folkways releases.
3. Duke Ellington at the piano with Louis Armstrong playing "Azalea".
4. Anything Louis Armstrong recorded including all his Hollywood movies.
5. Commodore Records featuring Eddie Condon and his Chicago friends.
6. Any filmed or digital video footage of Swing-Jazz performers.

1. Jimmy Noone - "Classics"
2. Pee Wee Russell - "Jazz Original"
3. Bud Freeman - "Great Original Performances"
4. Dick Hyman - "Sweet and Lowdown"

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