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| Dixieland Jazz with Tex Wyndham Thursday, April 5 Dixieland jazz with Tex Wyndham on Keyboard will perform at Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta Florida. An author, scholar, versatile musician, singer and all-around great entertainer, Tex Wyndham is a recognized authority on ragtime and early jazz. He performs as a ragtime soloist, band pianist and as cornetist and leader of The Rent Party Revellers, The Red Lion Jazz Band, and The MTB (Margery Thompson Birthday) Jazz Band. A prolific author, Mr. Wyndham has written several books on Dixieland music. He's been writing columns and ragtime and classic jazz reviews for numerous publications over the last 35 years, including The American Rag, The Mississippi Rag and the Rag Times. From 1966 to 1997, he had more published reviews of ragtime, Dixieland jazz and related music recordings than any other U.S.-based writer. He also has more than 30 recordings of ragtime and jazz music on the market. Mr. Wyndham has been headlining national ragtime and jazz festivals for many years, as well as playing jazz clubs and cruises. He conducts numerous music seminars every year, and his three ragtime and Dixieland appreciation programs have been widely broadcast and are used in music courses everywhere, from grade school to college level. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |