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Castle Jazz Band
The Castle Jazz Band was a Dixieland jazz band, part of the "West Coast revival" of traditional jazz music. Their recordings were popular worldwide for a time, although touring outside their Portland, Oregon base was limited.
==History==
The Castle Jazz Band started in 1944, part of a West-Coast revival of traditional jazz that un-apologetically rebelled against then-current developments in jazz. It was named after the Castle, an iconic roadhouse tavern located south of Portland. The band, a cooperative venture that never paid its members, was led by banjoist Monty Ballou.〔 The first recordings took place in 1944, and their first issue was limited to 200 copies.〔 Wartime and employment difficulties ensured the band would not record again until 1947, but this record was more widely released, and garnered the attention of jazz fans.〔 Shortly after, Ballou changed from guitar to banjo, and this had a significant effect on the band's sound.〔 The most famous lineup was formed in 1948, and played music at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland, dressed as various characters.〔〔 They were regulars at the Rathskeller Cafe in 1948, and then moved to a more upscale location, the Sportsman Club, where they were a draw not only locally, but also from the traditional jazz fanbase in San Francisco. Their heyday was from 1949 to 1951. This time period included being a featured performer at the 1949 Dixieland Jubilee concert, and a series of recordings on the Castle Records label.〔 Cornet player Don Kinch claimed one of these records, ''Floating Down the Old Green River'' sold more than a million copies. George Bruns left in 1950 to join the Turk Murphy band,〔 and was replaced by Rod Levitt. Levitt was considered too "modern" for the band and initially found it difficult to fit in.〔 The cooperative band disbanded in 1951, and Ballou formed a new version of the band that performed in a club he bought called the Diamond Horseshoe, in good part due to the success of the Castle Records releases.〔〔 Ballou sold the club in 1954, and disbanded Castle, in order to join forces with Doc Evans.〔 Ballou periodically reformed the group for concerts and recordings, including sessions in 1968 and 1972.〔
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