Papa Joe's Jazzmen, 20 Jahre Dixieland.

New to the playlist on TJR this time (which was just upgraded to 150MB!) is the house band from Cologne's famous "Em Streckstrumpf" jazz bar, Papa Joe's Jazzmen. The band itself consists of Didi Zander (trumpet and vocals) Wolfgang Kreth (banjo and guitar) Klaus Wegener (sax and clarinet) Reiner Polz (drums) Weil Derix (trombone) and Michael Schöneich (double bass). The CD is well produced and contains many of the standards one would play in a public bar but the arrangements and musicality of the band is extremely good and worthy of merit. The titles on this CD,which celebrates 20 years of playing in the jazzbar, are Bourbon Street parade, The man I love, Honeysuckle rose, Shimme sha wobble, Rondo ala turk, Flat foot floogie, Always, Ory's creole trombone, Down home rag, African queen, What a wonderful world and Heebie Jeebies. For more information on the band and CDs available go to www.papa-joes-jazzmen.de or email ZCordi@aol.com.
The Em Strickstrumpf jazzbar in Cologne(Köln), Germany has jazz every night of the week and can be found in the "Altstadt" - one street in from the river Rhein, directly in the tourist walking street area. They have a website in English and German at www.papajoes.de and welcome visitors and musicians worldwide.