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Joe Wulf & The Gentlemen of Swing: Dixieland Jubilee 2005

by Edward Blanco
March 22, 2006

German trombonist/bandleader Joe Wulf and the so-called Gentlemen of Swing recorded this live performance in Kornwestheim, Germany in January of 2005, mixing traditional jazz swing with the blues sound of the '30s and '40s. The members of Wulf's seven-piece band provide some outstanding solo performances and collectively deliver a respectable big band feel on this fifteen-track sampling of blues, pop and mostly Dixieland-style music.

The group plays “Shoeshine Boy" straight, with fine alto and piano solos. “That's A ...