Sounds of the American Dixieland Jazz are alive in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the traditional Dixieland music of the Texas Dixieland Band.  The band performs regularly at sports events, festivals, fairs, and gatherings throughout the year.

The Texas Dixieland Band has been opening the season for the Texas Rangers since 1994.  The band plays for several hours before the start of some of the games.  Besides the Texas Rangers, the Texas Dixieland Band plays, occasionally for the Fort Worth Cats and the Dallas Stars. The Texas Dixieland Band was one of the featured acts at the 2004 Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championship at Lone Star Park. The band has been playing at Lone Star Race Track since 1999.

The five piece band consists of trumpet, clarinet/sax, trombone, tuba and drums.  Dan Evans, who toured with the Glen Miller band, plays trumpet, Jim Brimer, outstanding Dixieland  Jazz  player,  plays clarinet, Bill Allen, who also leads a brass group called-Sounding Brass, plays trombone,  Scot Tignor, doctoral student at the University of North Texas, plays tuba and Danny Boyer, who owns Central Communication  Co., plays drums.

The jazz group repertoire includes all types of traditional Dixieland music including early jazz, blues, gospel, marches, ragtime, and some swing.   Many Dixieland songs are not well known by title or composer, but many of the melodies do sound familiar to the audience.  In fact many of the old sing-along songs were from the Dixieland era, songs like “Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey,” “When You’re Smiling”, and “Sweet Georgia Brown”.  Other blues songs like “Basin Street,” and “Tin Roof Blues” focused on the lifestyles of the period in our history.  It is difficult to play a set without the audience wanting “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”.  Our band tries to stay true to the spirit and style of the music yet adds a modern approach to keep the interest of today’s audience.