From Louis Armstrong to Chris Barber:
50 years of "Very Old Stoariegler Dixielandband"
It has been 50 years since the most original jazz band in Austria was founded, and since then it has performed all over Austria. Now the remaining founding members of the "Old Stoariegler Dixielandband" are "on tour". With a combined age of 408 years, they travel the country as the "Very Old Stoariegler Dixielandband". At their celebrated concerts, no eye stays dry. They bring along jazz arrangements for the Strauss Year 2025, cheerful tunes from the US jazz greats Mickey Katz and Spike Jones, many important Dixieland earworms from "Icecream" to "Struttin`with Some Barbecue" to "Oh When The Saints" and the best songs from Louis Armstrong, Chris Barber, Sidney Bechet, or Louis Prima. There are also plenty of stories and anecdotes from their 50-year "life tour" and their concerts with Fatty George, Oscar Klein, Hans Van der Sys, Peter Rapp, Chris Lohner, and appearances in "Musikantenstadl". There is no end to this success story in sight: "The Rolling Stones have been around for 64 years. We want to top them by at least one year - because we are unstoppable," say the musicians.
The current lineup of the "Very Old Stoariegler Dixielandband":
Jiri Masacek, trumpet, Johannes Hödl, clarinet, Johannes Fruhwirth, trombone, Peter Lorenz, piano, Sigi Flamisch, vocals, banjo and singing, Gerhard Steinrück, double bass, Aaron Ofner, drums.