New Black Eagle Jazz Band: Newport Jazz 2011

WBGO | By Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published August 6, 2011 at 2:42 PM EDT

Trumpeter Dave Whitney performs with the New Black Eagle Jazz Band on the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival.

You might not exactly expect one of the world's premier traditional jazz groups to play their regular gigs in exurban Boston. But the members of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band are experts in ragtime, early New Orleans and Chicago styles, and small group swing — and have been together in one form or another since 1971. The Black Eagles headed south to the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival to kick off action on the Harbor Stage with a joyously ambling set.

Personnel

Dave Whitney, trumpet

Bill Novick, clarinet/alto saxophone

Stan Vincent, trombone

Bob Pilsbury, piano

Peter Bullis, banjo

Jesse Williams, bass

Bill Reynolds, drums