On today's Saturday Jazz Performance we will hear Germany's New Orleans Jazz Band of Cologne playing the traditional gospel tune, Just A Closer Walk With Thee. At the time of this video recording the group was called The Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne.
The current members of the band are Bruno van Acoleyen on trumpet; Bart Brouwer on trombone; Benny Daniels on bass; Reinhard Küpper on drums; Hans-Martin "Büli" Schöning plays banjo & guitar; and Georg "Schroeder" Derks on piano. And the mystifying N.N. plays both clarinet and saxophone.
Just A Closer Walk With Thee has a murky past and it is almost impossible to know for sure where this tune was first developed and played. There is little doubt that it was a religious oriented song that was sung as early as the 1800s however, and it was quickly adapted by jazz bands and has been heard played by such bands since the dawn of Dixieland.
This video performance was recorded in 2007 as part of JazzAscona 2007 an annual jazz festival held in Switzerland. The musicians playing are: Jan Wouters - tp Gerhard 'Doggy' Hund - tb Dolf Robertus - cl, ts Hans-Martin 'Büli' Schöning - bjo Georg 'Schroeder' Derks - p Markus 'Benny' Daniels - b Reinhard Küpper - dr.
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