Traditional jazz and Dixieland
You might call it Dixieland or classic jazz or New Orleans jazz. There are a lot of
different definitions or styles of this music that made its way into American pop music
in the 1920’s. The Dixieland Jazz Mailing List gave up trying to categorize 2 beat, 4
beat, vintage, traditional, etc., and refers to this music as OKOM — Our Kind Of
Music.        Phil has been playing this music in many places for 40+ plus years and is still
trying to get it right!  Phil plays with several bands in NE Ohio; Each band has its own
distinctive character.  Click on
Phil's Bands to get a sense of the style and hear audio
clips of the bands.  
About Phil  is a brief music bio of Phil -- where he has played and with which bands over
the past 45+ years.  You can figure out the academic connections as well!
Jazz Venues lists places where you might hear some traditional jazz.
Songs and Composers is a constantly changing list of tunes played by the various
bands.  Some lists include brief song histories, dates and composer information.
Contact Phil to say nice things.  Complaints should be directed to: White House, 1600
Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC.
Phil Cartwright: Traditional Jazzer
PhilCartwright.info
Phil's regular gigs are at the following venues:

Barking Spider Tavern (216) 421-2863 is located at 11310 Juniper in University
Circle near the Glidden House, and behind Arabica coffee house.  (216) 421 2863.
Night Owls: 2nd Sundays        3:00 - 5:00
Hot Jazz 7: 3rd Sundays        3:00 - 5:30

Raintree Restaurant.  25 Pleasant Dr., Chagrin Falls, OH 44022.  (440) 247-4800
New Orleans Jazz Ensemble: 2nd Wednesdays      6:30 - 9:00

Rusty Nail restaurant. 7291 State Route 43 in Twin Lakes, OH, 44240, midway
between Streetsboro and Kent.  (330) 673 2297.
Minstrels of Earlville:  1st Thursdays      6:30 - 9:00
3rd Thursday       6:30 - 9:00  (Occasionally sub in Earlville JB.)
Note: Rusty Nail hosts Earlville JB and Minstrels in alternate months:   February,
April and June.
I'll be playing a few casuals this month:
Friday February 12, New Orleans Jazz Ensemble, 700-900 pm, Church of our
Savior, 2537 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights
Saturday February 13, Earlville JB, 500-700, St. Bendan's Hall,  753 N. Main
St., Akron
Sunday, February 14, Hymns of Dixie, 1000 am, Olmsted Falls Community Church
Sunday February 14, usual gig with Night Owls at the Barking Spider
Tuesday February 16, Fat Tuesday, New Orleans Jazz Ensemble, 630-900,
Raintree Restaurant, Chagrin Falls.
Thursday February 25, New Orleans Jazz Ensemble, Cleveland City Club
Here's a gig that's a bit different
from my usual gigs.  On Sunday March
21, I'll be playing as a soloist with the
60 piece Western Reserve Community
Band in Hudson, OH.  We'll be doing a
special banjo feature on
Russian Rag,
based on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C#
Minor.  I will also do a medley of
Russian oriented tunes:  
Lara's Theme
from Dr. Zhivago and the 1927 Irving
Berlin protest song,
Russian Lullaby.  
The performance will be at 300
Sunday March 21 at the Hudson Middle
School.