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The New Excelsior Jazz Band is a six-piece traditional jazz band playing in the Dixieland/New Orleans style. Our repertoire includes blues, spirituals, marches, show tunes from the 20s, 30s, and 40s, and novelty numbers. It's toe-tapping, listening and dancing music at its finest!

The New Excelsior Jazz Band is the latest incarnation of the Excelsior Jazz Band founded by John Charles and others nearly 30 years ago. The band is well known in Toronto, thanks to a long list of regular engagements in local clubs, including:

A 14 year run at the Delta Chelsea Inn on Saturday afternoons
A four year run at The Ports of Call
Appearances at Harbourfront,
The Brunswick House,
Malloney's,
The Chicken Deli,
Licks,
The Maritime Club,
Natchez, and
Grossman's Tavern
Sunday afternoon concerts at the Scarborough Civic Centre

Currently, the band plays every Sunday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at The Rex Jazz Bar on Queen Street in Toronto .