BURKE GARRETT’S SEPTET PLAYING DIXIELAND MUSIC
In the late Fifties and throughout the Sixties the Burke Garrett Orchestra could be heard playing for dancers at Proms, Tolos, Conventions and Company
parties throughout the Northwest region. The band was Young and infused with good energy (Burke was born right in the middle of the Swing Era). With the bands versatile instrumentation (horn players in the septet doubled twelve instruments); and, with both Burke and Keith Mirick singing, the band covered a wide spectrum of music from the early Twenties up until the time these tapes were made. Dixieland Music was just one genre the band could dive in to - playing mostly evolved head arrangements that were readily available at the count of a down beat. So, here's Garrett's Septet swinging out on some Dixieland head charts. Most of these live recordings were made more than sixty years ago.
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