The oldest continually playing Dixieland band in America. Fifty-five years of musical frivolity, In 1947, trumpet player Bill Borcher, who was basketball coach of the Marshfield High School Pirates in Coos Bay, Oregon started the Oregon Jazz Band with a group of teachers and students. In 1951, he moved on to be the head basketball coach at the University of Oregon, and continued to book the band around Oregon. In 1964 he moved to Sacramento, California as the Dean of Community Services at American River College, and continued to play weekend gigs with his OJB. While there, Bill founded the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, and the Oregon Jazz Band has played every Jubilee since. The band has played at 27 other American festivals and four European festivals, and is the oldest continously-playing Dixieland band in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2002, the band celebrated it's 55th year "hitting the double nickel."

Struttin' With Some Barbeque: Written by Louis Armstrong's second wife, Lillian Hardin-Armstrong (who also played piano for him), one of several she wrote for Louis' Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. Ken Bielman's piano solo is a delight.
When It's Sleepy Time Down South: Vicki Cox plays Louis Armstrong's tune with a beautiful trumpet sound that is fun to hear, while the rest of the band adds some great background harmony.
Borneo Bay: Clancy Hayes and Bob Scoby made a lot of people smile with this one. Give Wayne Travillion a beer or two and he'll take you "down on Borneo Bay" for a fun time.
720 In The Books: From 1939 and the Big Band Era, a nifty arrangement with a parody for a title. Hey Mr. Leaderman...what's next? Why, it's 720 in the Book. Les Senff counts the tempo and we're off!
New Orleans Shuffle: A great set opener. The clarinets set up the tune with quiet verse and then everybody better grab their hats and hang on. Jack Dawes shows why he is one of the most requested drummers in the Northwest on this one.
The Torch: Charlie Hickerson's tenor vocal of this classic reprises an earlier OJB recording of what Bill Borcher calls the saddest song ever written!
Tippin' In: An Erskine Hawkins big band tune perfect for listening or a little swing dancing. Try keeping your toe still on this one...can't be done!
I'm Satisfied With My Gal: Another Bill Borcher favorite, the gang vocal doubting the braggadocio vocal. She's really not as naughty as he wants to believe! It's a classic jazz call and answer.
Night Train: The OJB rendition of the classic Buddy Morrow hit, this time featuring the tenor saxes rather than Morrow's 'bones. Rick Campbell and Charlie Hickerson get their licks in on this one.
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans: Dave Johnson tackles the vocal with gusto and the band gets to show off some of their traditional jammin'.
Good Morning Judge: Hey! Did OJB miss the R & B period entirely? No way! It's right here. Sung by Wayne Travillion with great solos by Rick Campbell, Vickie Cox and Dave Johnson.
San: This is the 1920 tune written by McPhail and Michels. How did a tune written about the King of Senegal longing for his Queen Lona to return ever make it into this genre? Be grateful it did.
I Found You Out: First recorded by Bill Borcher twenty years ago, this 1929 O'Flynn and Ponce tune was a Ted Weems hit. Some of the best lyrics ever.
One O'Clock Jump: The Basie favorite just builds and builds. In live performance the tune can go on and on and still leave you shouting for more.
Washington and Lee Swing: Over the years Louis Armstrong and others sang it as The Dummy Song. Rick Campbell covers the forgettable lyrics.
Storyville Blues: That famous part of New Orleans known as Storyville has a lurid history and it only stands to figure there would be blues written for it.
Radio: Remember those radio days? Relive those times right now with the OJB as they return to those wonderful times with Radio.
The Flat Foot Floogie: With composers named Slim and Slam (Gaillard and Stewart), how could you go wrong with this novelty swing tune from 1938?
Armed Services Medly: Here is the oft requested OJB salute to our men and women of uniform performed at the Sacramento Jubilee.
Woodchopper's Ball: Woody Herman's big, big hit is often used as a closer by the OJB. Bass Les Senff's walking bass brings the band in and takes us home!

PERSONNEL

Charlie Hickerson, Clarinet and Tenor Sax, is a music graduate of Lewis and Clark College and taught music throughout Oregon during his long career. He first played with the OJB in the 1960's when he was a teacher in Elkton, Oregon.
Jack "Boom Boom" Dawes, studied at Drum City in Hollywood, California, and began his career in the 50's playing jazz, rock 'n roll and cowboy music in clubs and coffee houses in Southern California. This is his fifth year with the Oregon Jazz Band.
Dave Johnson, Guitar and Plectrum Banjo, learned rudiments of his instrument from his mother and father. He first played with the OJB in 1986, and has played with other Oregon musicians including Ernie Carson, Jim Beatty, Rip Robinson, and Phil Hatton.
Les Senff, Electric Bass, has been playing bass for thirty years and played his first jazz gig with his father, Duffy Senff, in 1974. He has played bass since 1989 with OJB in ten Sacramento Jazz Jubilees.
Ken Bielman, Piano, was a Civil Engineer from 1948 to 1990. He played piano with OJB in the late 1950's and rejoined OJB following retirement, making 4 trips to the Sacramento Festival with OJB.
Vicki Cox, Trumpet, Cox studied music education and performance at the University of Oregon while concurrently serving a tour of duty with the National Guard 133rd Army Band. She played her first "official" festival with OJB in 2002.
Wayne Travillion, Trombone, holds a music degree from the University of Oregon and is Director of Human Resources, Reynolds School District. He has been a member of the OJB since the mid-80's and has played at the Sacramento Jubilee 14 times.
Rick Campbell, Clarinet, Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, began playing saxophone in Eugene area clubs in the 1960s while still in high school, and has fond memories of the OJB of that era. This is his third year with OJB.

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