Jazz88’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 such as those led by Johnny Hodges and Barney Bigard, and music of the underrated 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 Four A.M. Orchestra.
