Illiana Club of Traditional Jazz

Webmaster: Debbie Heer dmheer@gmail.com

August 15, 2010

Red Rose Ragtime Jazz Band

                2010 Illiana Concerts

at Glendora House,

2 to 5:30 pm

102nd & Harlem, Chicago Ridge,

$15 in advance and $17 at the door.

To reserve tickets

call: 708 425-4596 

left to right:Art Davis, Jack Meilahn, Joan Reynolds, Wayne Jones, Tom Bartlett, Steve Ley 

     

Although Joan Reynolds heads a male ensemble, her 20-plus year tenure as leader of this group has made her a noteworthy figure among women in

early jazz in Chicago and beyond.

More important, her band plays classic ragtime and historic jazz fare with verve and scholarship.  They consistently respect the conventions of music conceived nearly a century ago. Their repertoire includes many colorful and seldom heard tunes played in classic ragtime orchestral style, with perhaps a touch of Turk Murphy.

The tempos chosen by Reynolds and company avoid the hurried pace that often characterizes modern versions of vintage ragtime. Nothing about the music of Joseph Lamb, James Scott or other

ragtime giants suggests that the tempos were nearly as frenetic as many of today's

performers believe.  Red Rose takes a generally leisurely pace to allow every melodic strand and rhythmic detail to be heard and savored.

Red Rose has appeared in the U.S. at:

•Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee (California)

•Central City Jazz Festival (Colorado)

•St. Louis National Ragtime & Jazz Festival (Missouri)

•Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival (Iowa)

•Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival

(Sedalia, Missouri)

•The Great American Dixieland Jazz Festival (San Diego, California)

•Connecticut Jazz Festival (Essex, Connecticut)

•Milwaukee Jazz Jubilee (Wisconsin)

•Central Ohio Jazz Festival (Columbus)

•Albany Jazz Festival (Washington)

•Banks of the Wabash Jazz Festival (Indiana)

•Olde Towne Jazz Festival(Michigan)

•(San Juan Island Dixieland Festival

( Friday Harbor, Washington)

•Chicago Historical Society

•Del Mar Jazz Festival (California)

•Tribute to Bix Festival (Racine, Wisconsin)

•......and others....