Shows
Jazz88Jazz Age Rumpus IV Spotlights New York Sounds of Bix, Duke, and Lee WileyJazz88's Peter Solomon spoke with Tony Balluff, clarinetist and founding member of the Southside Aces, about the Jazz Age Rumpus IV taking place at the Hook and Ladder Theater on Sunday, March 23rd from 3 - 7 PM. The music will focus on the New York sounds of Bix Beiderbecke, Ellington small groups, and singer Lee Wiley. The Southside Aces will perform at Sunday's event, as well as singer Maude Hixson and her Town Talkers, and a new combo Balluff has organized called the 4 AM Orchestra.
2025-03-1810 min
Jazz88Southside Aces Present a Night of New Orleans Jazz at the Dakota in Minneapolis This Coming MondayThe Southside Aces performs New Orleans Jazz, old and new. This Monday night at 7, the Aces are at the Dakota in Minneapolis, with a show called a Night in New Orleans. Tony Balluff leads the Southside Aces. When Tony met with Phil Nusbaum, the talk turned to the great appeal of New Orleans jazz to Tony and the other Southside Aces
2024-10-0508 min
Jazz88Tony Balluff’s Big Three Carries on the Fats Waller LegacyFats Waller is one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, and also one of the most loved by the public. His music was at the same time intellectually deep and danceable. The Tony Bailuff Big 3 digs deeply into the Waller catalog on its performances. Tony talked to Phil Nusbaum about the Big 3, and about Fats Waller himself.
2024-09-2408 min
Jazz88Tony Balluff’s Big Three Carries on the Fats Waller LegacyFats Waller is one of the most influential musicians in the history of jazz, and also one of the most loved by the public. His music was at the same time intellectually deep and danceable. The Tony Bailuff Big 3 digs deeply into the Waller catalog on its performances. Tony talked to Phil Nusbaum about the Big 3, and about Fats Waller himself.
2024-09-2408 min
Jazz88Tony Balluff on Jimmie Noone, Jazzclectic, and the Jazz Age RumpusJazz88's Peter Solomon caught up with clarinetist Tony Balluff of the Southside Aces. Balluff talked about one of his musical heroes: New Orleans clarinetist Jimmy Noone. He also discussed the formation of the South Side Aces, the group he co-founded twenty years ago with tuba player Erik Jacobson (The Southside Aces will be featured in the next Jazz88 Jazzclectic Concert on Saturday April 18th). Finally, Tony laid out the details of the Jazz Age Rumpus, taking place at the Hook and Ladder on May 19th.
2024-05-1015 min
Jazz88Southside Aces Celebrate New CD of Original Music by Bandleader Tony BalluffThe Southside Aces celebrates its new CD June 3 at the Dakota in Minneapolis. Performing New Orleans jazz means playing from a catalog of thousands of songs spanning at least a hundred years. But the new Southside Aces recording presents fifteen new pieces, all composed by Southside Aces bandleader Tony Balluff. When Tony got together with Phil Nusbaum, Phil asked Tony bluntly, with all of that music already out there, why compose?
2022-05-3108 min