“I Got Rhythm” ~ Ballyhoo Foxtrot Orchestra & Amy Burgmaier @ Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Fest ~ July 2010

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Song Title: “I Got Rhythm” composed by George Gershwin

What fabulous orchestra and wonderful singer. I could listen to them from now on! This is 1920′s music like it sounded in 1920 – - SPECTACULAR!

This performance was captured on July 24th, 2010 during the annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival held in Davenport, Iowa.

Ballyhoo Foxtrot Orchestra ~ BAND MEMBERS
JOHN BENOIT (leader, arranger, trombone, piano)
JIM BOVINETTE (trumpet)
KURT BOWERMASTER (drums)
BOB LOHRENZ (banjo)
JAMIE POULSEN (piano)
MICHAEL SHORT (tuba)
DAN STEVENSON (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
AMY BURGMAIER (guest vocalist)

Founded in 2005, the BALLYHOO FOXTROT ORCHESTRA is a vintage ensemble dedicated to recreating the jazz and popular music of the 1910s and 1920s. The eight-piece ensemble employs an instrumentation that enables the group to perform a wide variety of musical genres from the period, including foxtrots, Dixieland jazz, blues, novelty songs, waltzes, tangos, cabaret, patriotic songs, and light classical music. So whether the occasion calls for the Art Deco elegance of the Great Gatsby or the zany exuberance of a Prohibition-era speakeasy, the BALLYHOO FOXTROT ORCHESTRA can supply just the right music.

In 2008, the BFO recorded its first CD, titled “I’m Gonna Jazz My Way.” The CD features nineteen songs that trace the life story of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.

In 2007, the BALLYHOO FOXTROT ORCHESTRA was added to the Iowa Arts Council’s Performing Artist Roster. Qualifying organizations may apply for matching funds when hiring the BFO.

The BALLYHOO FOXTROT ORCHESTRA has recently recorded its first CD, titled “I’m Gonna Jazz My Way.”
Here is a list of the songs on it.
High Society
Tiger Rag
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning!
Stars Fell on Alabama
I Want to Be Bad
It Had to Be You
Can’t We Be Friends?
Yes Sir! That’s My Baby
Shake Your Shimmy
I Wanna Be Loved by You
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
Je cherche aprés Titine
Il pleut sur la route
Au bord de l’eau
Kismet
Mood Indigo
The Mooche
The Song is Ended
I’m Gonna Jazz My Way

_ 7/24/10 July 24th, 2010

Duration : 0:3:49