The New Orleans clarinetist has steadfastly clung to the early-20th-century way of doing things for almost four decades, but he always infuses it with freshness. On Tricentennial Rag, he celebrates 300 years of Crescent City music with 10 of his own compositions that are firmly rooted in his favorite era (plus a new take on “When the Saints Go Marching In”). If you told a longtime jazz critic that White’s tunes had been written 100 years ago, he’d believe you. - JazzTimes Dr. Michael White – Clarinet on All Songs Richard Anderson – Trombone Alexander R. Belhaj – Guitar Detroit Brooks – Banjo Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown – Trumpet & Vocals Shaye Cohn – Cornet David L. Harris – Trombone Herman Lebeaux – Drums Steve Pistorius – Piano Dimitri Smith – Sousaphone Gregory Stafford – Trumpet Seva Veneet – Banjo