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