Oregon Jazz Band
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The Oregon Jazz Band is America's longest established dixieland jazz band, according to the Mississippi Rag (April 1998). It was founded by Dr. Bill Borcher in Coos Bay, Oregon in 1947.
Borcher went on to become the mens' basketball coach at the University of Oregon and founded the Sacramento Jubilee, the world's largest dixieland jazz festival.
Internationally, several other current bands predate the Oregon Jazz Band. They are Graeme Bell, Australia, 1940; Roger Bell, Australia, 1943; Humphrey Lyttelton,England and Dutch Swing College, Holland, 1945; Dave Dallwitz, Australia and Claude Luter, France, 1946; and High Society, France, 1947
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