Dixieland Jazz at its Finest!
The Dixie Cats started as an idea our sax player, Richard “Hollywood” Thompson had; let’s get together a band to perform the early New Orleans Dixieland jazz style and bring that to Jacksonville. The core Dixie Cats consist of Ron Palmer on drums, Richard on Sax and Clarinet, Howard on Keys and Vocals, Eric on Guitar, Banjo and Vocals, Greg Lake on upright bass, and George Eckenrode on Trumpet. We also have a rotating set of trombone players that attach to the cats depending on availability.
The Dixie Cats are also available as a five-piece band and in that configuration, we cover more classic 50s, 60s and 70s songs but still intersperse classic blues and Dixieland.
The Cats mix classic real book jazz, Bossa Nova and early New Orleans style jazz with popular tunes to give a really eclectic show. The video below shows some clips from recent shows.
Open this section to see a partial list of The Dixie Cats setlist.
| Basin Street Blues | Louis Armstrong |
| Autumn Leavers | Jacques Prevert |
| Summertime | George Gershwin |
| Ain’t misbehaving | Fats Waller |
| St James Infirmary Blues | Louis Armstrong |
| what a wonderful world | Louis Armstrong |
| Way down yonder in new orleans | Turner Layton/Harry Creamer |
| Bill Baily won’t you please come home | Hugie Cannon – Louis Armstrong |
| Mack the knife | Weill-Brecht |
| Bourbon Street Parade | Bill Bardain |
| Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans | Louis Armstrong |
| Just a closer walk with thee | Traditiional |
| Down by the riverside | Traditional |
| Misty | Errol Garner |
| georgia | Hoagy Carmichael |
| Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out | Jimmy Cox |
| Glory of Love | Jimmy Durante |
| Hello Dolly | Louis Armstrong |
| Amazing Grace/Swing Low | Traditional |
| The Thrill is Gone | Roy Hawkins |
| Goin to Kansas City | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
| Stormy Monday | Alman Brothers |
| Spooky | Classics Four |
| Saints | Louis Armstrong |
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