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Live at Mahogany Hall - Dukes of Dixieland
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  1. Tiger Rag
  2. Avalon
  3. Swing That Music
  4. Creole Love Call
  5. Wolverine Blues
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  1. Tiger Rag
  2. Avalon
  3. Swing That Music
  4. Creole Love Call
  5. Wolverine Blues
  6. Slide, Frog, Slide
  7. New Orleans
  8. Cherokee
  9. South Rampart Street Parade
  10. A Closer Walk With Thee
  11. Me and My Shadow
  12. That's A-Plenty
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Longtime New Orleans mainstays The Dukes of Dixieland celebrated their 40th anniversary in 1989 with a robust live recording at Mahogany Hall on Bourbon Street. The festive occasion saw them take warhorses like "Tiger Rag," "Swing That Music," and "Wolverine Blues" and extend them, playing with less polish and more energy. This doesn't have the rehearsed, stiff quality that plagues much traditional jazz. Instead, things are loose, audience response is genuine and spontaneous, and the music has a crackling, unpredictable air ...

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