Kinda Dixie

Kinda Dixie Jazz Band: Treasures

by Todd S. Jenkins
September 25, 2003

The Kinda Dixie Jazz Band were one of the big hits of the 2003 Mammoth Lakes Jazz Jubilee in California's Sierra Nevadas. Trombonist/leader Jim Fitzgerald, who wears the raconteur hat as if he were born to it, led his eminently entertaining sextet through an upbeat, wild-eyed set that ranged from vibrant Four Freshmen vocal arrangements to trumpeter Ed Sherry's dead-on Ziggy Elman recreations and even Ray Stevens' “Mississippi Squirrel Revival." This new album captures much of the band's live spirit ...