Dan Levinson - Reeds,
Andy Schumm - Cornet,
Matt Musselman - Trombone,
Gordon Webster - Piano,
Molly Ryan - Guitar and Vocals,
Rob Adkins - Bass,
Kevin Dorn - Drums
Early Jazz from the 20's and 30's appears to be fading away
with us, the generation that was raised on it. Trad and Dixieland
Festivals that have been thriving for 25-30 years are either closing
completely, or incorporating other genres to fill the seats.
Fortunately for us, Dan Levinson has devoted his life into finding
and teaching our kind of music to some of the younger, upcoming
musicians, so that it doesn't just disappear.
He's brought hundreds of them to the Hot Steamed Jazz Festival, for
all but one year of its existence. This year, he really picked
some All Stars who have built names of their own, some even have their
own bands - playing Our Kind Of Music. Hence The New Millennium All
Stars.
It's obvious that they enjoy it!
Clarinet Marmalade, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Fidgety Feet.
Check out Rob Adkins on the string bass:
New Millenium ensembles are superb, and Dan gives each a chance to STAR!
Milenberg Joys
Molly now also plays guitar.
Darkness on the Delta
Smoldering interchange between the front liners, especially Dan on tenor and Matt Musselman on trombone.
With Dan on tenor sax, she continued with I Can't
Give You Anything But Love
She recently kickstarted a fund for a new Swing
CD which has already reached it's goal. We're looking forward
to it!
Dan took off on clarinet for There'll Be Some Changes Made and the New Millenium
pursued him,
even letting drummer Kevin Dorn take some licks.
There'll
Kevin has been one of the busiest drummers of this genre all over the
country. Settling in New York, he started his own band, The Traditional
Jazz Collective - now known as The Big 72.
We look forward to
hearing him every year!
Andy Schumm
prefers to work as a ’20s musician than a modern player - that
started after he heard a Victor recording of Bix Beiderbecke.
Andy plays with many bands, including Jon Erik
Kelso's EarRegulars, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, and The West End
Band.
He, like Dan, is an advocate for teaching young
students good music.
Matt "Grandpa" Musselman assimilated a group of of Manhattan School of Music graduates
and started a band in 2006 called Grandpa Musselman and His Syncopaters, playing
classic New Orleans Music.
Rob Adkins is new to us. He has a
relentless pulse on the string bass. (See his solo on
The Original Dixieland One Step again.)
He plays with many classic NY bands, including Gordon Webster, and regularly with Gordon Au's
Grand St. Stompers.
Every year, Dan Levinson brings in another group of young musicians.
Thank you, Dan. We're grateful to you for preserving our kind of music,
and looking forward to who and what you will feature next year!
