The Jazz O'Maniacs Owe Hansen (banjo); Claus Jurgen Moller (clarinet); Christoph Ditting (alto saxophone); Roland Pilz (cornet); Ullo Bela (trombone); Dietrich Kleine-Horst (tuba); Andreas Clement (piano); Gunther Andernach (washboard)
Personnel: Norm Field (clarinet); Frank Youngwerth, Mike Durham (trumpet); Dave Ramey, Frank Gualtieri (trombone)
The band traveled from Hamburg, Germany to Chicago last March to perform at the Ace Hardware store on 35th Steret, an official Chicago landmark. It was once home to the Sunset Cafe, Louis Armstrong's gig in the late 1920s. |