Dr. Warren Ertle's Corpse Revivers

The tuxedo-clad "Dr. Warren Ertle's Corpse Revivers" bring the authentic sights and sounds of the Jazz Age to the American Southeast. With vintage instruments, accessories, and over 500 charts at their disposal (all from the 1920s-1930s), the Corpse Revivers offer a unique entertainment experience that one would be hard-pressed to duplicate (in the Southeast region).

Dr. Warren Ertle’s Corpse Revivers is an authentic eight-piece “hot jazz” band comprised of
all-star musicians from Mississippi and Alabama. The band is committed to providing authentic
performances of 1920s-1930s jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix
Beiderbecke, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and many others.
The band is led by award-winning composer and ragtime pianist, Dr. Warren Ertle. The
Tuscaloosa-based musician and Mississippi native is an avid performer of ragtime and stride
piano music as well as an active composer and arranger. Ertle’s passion for both early jazz and
the American “Jazz Age” help to ensure that the band looks and sounds as if it stepped right out
of the vintage recordings that it recreates. The band employs the traditional “three horn front”
(clarinet, trumpet, trombone) of the original “Dixieland” bands, a myriad of vintage instruments,
microphones, accessories, and principal vocalist, Jamie Shannon.

- We prefer an acoustic piano and for the venue (hiring party) to provide a sound system when possible.

- We are a mostly acoustic ensemble but can provide a small sound system and electronic keyboard whenever needed.