NICKEL-A-DANCE: Norbert Susemihl's New Orleans All-Stars

Trumpeter, singer and drummer Norbert Susemihl has been a traveler in New Orleans music for many years, performing on international festivals and concerts. For over 4 decades he has been commuting between his second home in New Orleans, his birthplace of Hamburg, and later also Denmark. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Susemihl made extensive connections in New Orleans with the still living legends of his music, studied their style and learned their concept of music. 

As a bandleader, he lets his experience flow into numerous projects, building the bridge between traditional New Orleans Jazz, and the music of the new generations, developing it further stylistically. His improvisations and interpretations of the musical material display an ever-present melodical approach. Over the years, Susemihl has brought many New Orleans musicians for tours to Europe, where he leads "Norbert Susemihl's Joyful Gumbo Jazz & Blues Band." 

In 2022 Susemihl was given the “Louis Armstrong Memorial Award” by the “Swinging Hamburg Foundation.”He has recorded and produced over 50 recordings, both with his own bands  and as soloist with other groups.

Part of his program at Nickel-A-Dance will be in celebration of Louis Armstrong’s 100-year anniversary of his first recording, which took place on April 6th, 1923 -- almost exactly 100 Years prior to this Nickel-A-Dance concert date.