Kevin Dorn's Dixieland Band September 22, 2007

Born in New York City, Kevin Dorn took up drumming at
the age of 14. Since then, he has become one of the busiest
drummers in traditional jazz. A solid timekeeper in the tradition
of Cliff Leeman, Kevins exciting career has included performances
with artists such as Dan Barrett, Ed Polcer, Johnny Varro, Bob
Wilber, Dan Levinson and Howard Alden. Kevin has performed
with the Loren Schoenberg Big Band, The Flipped Fedoras, New
Orleans Hot Jazz, and many others.
Kevin has played at jazz festivals and jazz parties throughout
the country, including the JVC Jazz Festival, Jazz at Chautauqua
and the Los Angeles Sweet and Hot Music Festival. Kevin has also
toured Japan with the New York Ragtime Orchestra.
Kevins own band, the Traditional Jazz Collective (TJC),
has received praise from The New York Times, The Mississippi
Rag, The Smithsonian Magazine, and Cadence Magazine. They
perform every Monday night at The Cajun in New York City and
have also appeared at concerts, festivals and new Yorks famed
Rainbow Room.
Kevin has taught drumming at the Mangattan School of
Music, the United Nations International School, and the Stanford
summer Jazz Workshop.
Visit the TJC website at www.kevindorn.com
Dixieland is the style brought to the stage by Jazz greats such
as Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, Jelly
Roll Morton and Earl Hines in the early 1920s. This New Orleans
style of playing also shares its roots with bluegrass and ragtime
music

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