The Good Time Dixie Crew will perform Dixieland jazz at Pines Village for residents and guests. If you’d like to attend, please contact us at 219-465-9918 or info@pinesvillage.org.

The ensemble is inspired by and plays early jazz, ragtime and blues music from the 1910’s through the 1930’s.

They are dedicated to the sounds of New Orleans and Chicago-style blues/jazz.

New Orleans music from the 1920s emphasized the heavy influence of marching bands in its square rhythm and in its ensemble focus.

The Chicago style incorporated more blues trademarks: the music emphasized the second and fourth beats (the offbeats) in each measure, and the soloist came to the fore.