November / December, 2008

Blues Will Swing at
Final ’08 Concert
Published by America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society • San Diego, CA • www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
$2.00 Per Issue
November - December, 2008
Vol. XXVI No. 6
Festival #29 is Finally Here!
Enjoy Our Fantastic Lineup
The San Diego Thanksgiving
Dixieland Jazz Festival is finally here!
From Nov. 26-30 the 29th Annual
Festival will take place at the Town &
Country Resort & Hotel in San
Diego’s Hotel Circle.
2008 marks the last appearance by
the Buck Creek JB at any festival.
Buck Creek is a fantastic traditional
group who has routinely played to
standing ovations since 1977. For the
Thanksgiving Festival they will be
joined by the wonderful pianist Ray
Templin, who is a particular favorite
of our Festival patrons.
Though we will bid goodbye to
Buck Creek, we will welcome new
bands in 2008: Tim Laughlin’s New
Orleans All Stars, with Connie
Jones; John Gill’s New Orleans-style
Delta Stompers, the Statesmen of
Jazz/Clarinet Summit (Bob Wilber,
Antti Sarpila, Pieter Meijers,
Rossano Sportiello, Howard Alden,
Nicki Parrott, Ed Metz, Jr.); and,
from San Diego, Sue Palmer and her
Motel Swing Orchestra, Dixie
Express and The Jazz Ensemble.
John Gill will sing a tribute to Bing
Crosby with the Sentimental Serenaders.
Other bands returning from
previous appearances at the Festival
are Grand Dominion JB, Uptown
Lowdown, Fulton Street JB, Blue
Street JB, Titanic JB, the Hayriders
(Rockabilly), Cornet Chop Suey,
Heliotrope Ragtime Orch., Night
Blooming Jazzmen, High Society
JB, Natural Gas JB, Coyote Hills JB
and the Mission Bay High Dixie Band.
Ace vibraphonist John Cocuzzi
will guest with several bands, as will
young San Diego reed virtuoso Chloe
Feoranzo. Eva Evingerová, from
the Czech Republic, will be the
featured vocalist with High Society
JB and multi-instrumentalist Katie
Cavera will lead small combos in the
Ray Templin will perform with
Buck Creek JB at its swan song.
Golden Foyer and perform with a
variety of bands.
In addition to our Pianorama sets
on Friday and Saturday, the Festival
will feature world-class pianists Mimi
Blais, Carl Sonny Leyland, Virginia
Tichenor, Ray Skjelbred and Chris
Dawson.
Dick Williams will be in charge
of the JazzSea Jams at the Festival.
Musically-inclined patrons are
welcome to join in on the organized
jam sessions during the weekend. He
will also lead Dick Williams and
Friends, including some of the
musicians who are regulars with the
JazzSea Jams.
The Festival begins Wednesday,
Nov. 26 with two terrific bands from
San Diego: the High Society JB with
Eva Emingerová and Dixie Express.
Thursday, at the Town & Country’s
lavish Thanksgiving Buffet, diners
may enjoy live music played by Carl
Sonny Leyland. Thursday night, six
bands perform in the Golden Ballroom
and Town & Country Room, then all
the groups will play on Friday and
Saturday.
On Sunday, the Festival day begins
with Gospel music by the Night
continued on page 3
Sue Palmer Motel Swing Orch.
Nov. 16
The queen of Boogie Woogie piano,
San Diego’s own Sue Palmer, will lead
the Motel Swing Orchestra at the final
AFCDJS monthly concert-dance of
2008. Sue and Motel Swing will play
from 1-4pm at the Mississippi Ballroom
of the Lafayette Hotel & Suites, 2223 El
Cajon Blvd.
The band is one of the most popular
in San Diego, appearing numerous times
at Croce’s, Dizzy’s, Tio Leo’s, the
Adams Ave. Street Fair, Gator By the
Bay, La Jolla Concerts by the Sea and
many park concerts. Sue and her group
also drew rave reviews at the Sacramento
Jubilee and the Mammoth Lakes Jazz
Jubilee. Sue and Motel Swing will debut
at the San Diego Thanksgiving
Dixieland Festival Nov. 26-30, where
Sue will also play with the Hayriders
rockabilly band.
Earlier this year, her “Sophisticated
Ladies” disc won the International Blues
Competition award in Memphis, for the
best self-produced CD.
The musicians who will join Sue
onstage Nov. 16 are April West,
trombone/vocals; Jonny Viau, tenor sax;
Steve Wilcox, guitar; Pete Harrison,
bass; Sharon Shufeldt, drums/vocals and
featured vocalist Deejah Marie.
Please join AFCDJS at the
Mississippi Ballroom Nov. 16 for an
afternoon of swinging blues and jazz!
Reminder: There is no concert in
December, but on Jan. 18, 2009 the Hot
Jazz Instructors will perform for
AFCDJS, following the completion of
the 2009 Adult Jazz Camp.
The AFCDJS
Monthly Concert Series
All concerts take place on the
Third Sunday of the Month except Dec.
The Mississippi Room at the
Lafayette Hotel & Suites
2223 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA
Sun., Nov. 16 – Sue Palmer and
Motel Swing
No Concert in December
Sun., Jan. 18, 2009 – Hot Jazz Instructors
Sun., Feb. 15, 2009 – High Society JB
Sun., Mar. 15, 2009 – Red Pepper JB
Sun., Apr, 19, 2009 – Nannette and her
Hotsy Totsy Boys
All concerts are from 1-4pm.
Full bar service is available.
Jazz Alive
NOV.-DEC., 2008
VOL. XXVI - NO. 6
The JAZZ RAMBLER is published bi-monthly
for $10 per year ($15 foreign) by America’s
Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society. Address
all correspondence to P.O. Box 880387, San
Diego, CA 92168-0387.
America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society
is a Non-Profit 501 (c)3 organization.
For information about the Society, call
(619) 297-5277.
Website: www.dixielandjazzfestival.org.
Fax number (619) 297-5281. Single copy
price $2.00. Editorial contributions
welcome. Contents of Jazz Rambler are
copyrighted © (2008) by America’s Finest
City Dixieland Jazz Society and may not
be reprinted without permission. Jazz
Publications and Jazz Club Newsletters
may reprint articles provided the following
credit is included: “Reprinted from the
Jazz Rambler, San Diego, California.” The
Jazz Rambler and Society functions are
funded in part by the City of San Diego
Commission for Arts and Culture.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hal Smith, President
Bill Adams, Vice President
Alice Contreras, Treasurer
Myrna Goodwin, Secretary
Jane Brown, Everett Crouse, Paul
Daspit, Curtis McKee, Ruthe Monteith,
Hans Reuter, Carey Jo Thoza.
AFCDJS STAFF
Alan Adams, Executive Director
Hal Smith, Assistant Director
RAMBLER STAFF
Editor: Jay F. Levine
Staff Writers: Hal Smith • Alan Adams
Myrna Goodwin
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— Here, There, Everywhere
(To be included in updates, submit
material for the Jazz Alive Column to
[email protected]
attention Myrna or 619-992-3787 by
the 10th of the month.)
RAMONA SENIOR CENTER
DIXIE EXPRESS
GOLDEN EAGLES
Fridays, George Newman, Dixieland
and “oldies” piano, 11:30am-1pm.
Musicians welcome, 434 Aqua Lane,
Ramona, (619) 233-4720
Wednesday, 6-8pm at Fuddruckers,
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa.
Steamer’s Restaurant, in Fullerton. Call
for dates at (626) 799-1761
SOUTH BAY JAZZ RAMBLERS
CJ SAMS and KATIE CAVERA
Mondays, 6-8pm at Fuddruckers, 340
Third Ave., Chula Vista
SAN DIEGO BANJO BAND
McDonald’s at El Cajon Blvd. & 54th
St. every Tuesday from 5:30-7:30pm
UPTOWN RHYTHM MAKERS
Wednesdays, Curley’s Café, 1999 E.
Willow (at Cherry), Signal Hill, CA. Free.
Best to confirm dates and times. Info:
www.katiecavera.net.
AUNTIE SKINNER’S
WINNERS JAZZ BAND
LUCKY
Second Saturday of each month, 811pm, Claire de Lune, featured artist Bobby
Gordon, 2906 University Ave. San Diego
1st & 3rd Monday, El Patio
Restaurant, 1750 W. La Palma Ave.,
Anaheim, 7-9pm
BAYSIDE DIXIE STOMPERS
CROWN CITY DIXIELAND BAND
Tuesdays, 7-9pm, Padre Gold, 7245
Linda Vista Rd., San Diego, CA
REY VINOLE’S DIXIELAND
WORKSHOP
Tuesdays, 7-9pm, Casa de Mañana,
849 Coast Blvd., La Jolla, (858) 581-9293
RED PEPPER JAZZ BAND
Sundays, 2-5pm, San Clemente Inn,
Adele’s Restaurant, 2600 Avenida Del
Presidente, San Clemente, (949) 492-6103
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
Saturday, Nov. 15, California Center
for the Arts, 8pm, 8450 Escondido, CA
PARAGON JAZZ BAND
Thursdays, Nov. 6, 20, Dec. 18 and
Monday, Dec.1, St. Paul’s Villa, 6:30-8pm
2340 4th Ave., San Diego; Fridays, Nov. 7,
Dec. 12, Casa de Oro Café, 6:30-8:30pm,
9809 Campo Rd, Spring Valley; Friday,
Dec. 19, La Mesa Adult Center, 7-10pm,
8450 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa
BENNY JACKSON TRIO
Tuesdays, 7-9pm, Metaphor Café, 2nd
& Juniper, Escondido.
THE SAINTS
Friday, 2-4pm at St. Paul’s Villa Senior
Facility, 2340 4th Ave., San Diego.
Musicians, dancers, listeners invited. (619)
384-7574
LAKE SAN MARCOS JAZZ CLUB
Wednesdays from 6:30-9pm, Burger
Continental Restaurant, Pasadena (626)
792-6634
ROYALE GARDEN DIXIELAND JB
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6-8pm, Dolce Café
& Bakery, 8821 Central Ave., Montclair.
Info — Alan Shelton (951) 898-2174
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BANJO
1st Thursday, 7-8pm, (818) 882-1877,
Lamplighter Family Restaurant, 9110 De
Soto Ave., Chatsworth. Reservations
suggested
BALDY MOUNTAIN SWING
1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8-10:30pm, at
The Press, 129 Harvard Ave., Claremont
Info: (909) 625-4808
SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO SEVEN
Mondays, 7-10 pm, at Le Carousse
Roughe, White Lane, Bakersfield Info:
(909) 625-4808
JERRY ROTHSCHILD’S RAGTIMERS
Mondays, 6-9pm Curley’s Signal Hill
[email protected]. (562) 4240018 or (310) 412-5985
SEAL BEACH, CA
Tuesdays, 6-9pm, Leisure World
Dixieland Workshop, 13550 Seal Beach
Blvd., Club House 3, rm. 8, (562) 594-5722
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLUB OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Lake San Marcos Resort, 2-4:30pm,
1105 La Bonita Dr., Lake San Marcos,
Nov. 23 - High Society JB. $10 at the door
(760) 591-4231.
3rd Sunday, 1pm. Westminster
Lanes, 6471 Westminster Ave.,
Westminster
LAKESIDE JAZZ CLUB
SOUTH BAY NEW ORLEANS
JAZZ CLUB
1st Sunday (951-699-8646) Trevi
Entertainment Center, 32250 Mission
Trail, Lake Elsinore, CA 1:30-5pm
(Featured band at 3) Nov. 2 - “Surprise”
Guest Band
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
2nd Sunday, 12:30-5pm, Knights of
Columbus Hall, 224½ S. Sepulveda
Blvd., Manhattan Beach. (310) 376-7083
continued on page 4
JAZZ RAMBLER
Fantastic ...
continued from front page
Blooming Jazzmen and the Blue Street JB.
In the afternoon, Johnny D’Artenay will
sing a tribute to Johnny Cash, backed by
the Cash Kings. Fest #29 will wind to a
close between 5-7pm as Buck Creek takes
the stage for its final two Festival sets.
This event is not to be missed!
You can order badges for the 29th
Annual Festival and make hotel
reservations at the Town & Country by
using the ad on page five. Badges are also
available online (using PayPal) from our
website, www.dixielandjazzfestival.org.
Festival #29 promises to be one of our
best ever. Plan now to spend Thanksgiving
with us, Nov. 26-30!
Jazz Roots on
KSDS FM
Jazz Roots is
heard on Sunday
evening, 8-10
pm, on KSDS FM
(88.3 on the dial).
The program
features the roots
of
jazz
—
ragtime, blues,
country music
and more.
Jazz Roots is
hosted by Lou
C u r t i s s ,
proprietor
of
Folk Arts Rare
Records
and
founder of the
San Diego Folk
Festival and the
Adams Avenue
Roots Festival.
The official drums for the San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival and Adult Jazz Camp
JAZZ RAMBLER
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
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Jazz Alive . . .
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SO CAL HOT JAZZ SOCIETY
1st Sunday. American Legion Post
335, Southgate. (323) 566-9128.
SIMI VALLEY JAZZ CLUB
2nd Sunday, 1-5pm, Simi Valley Senior
Center, 3900 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley
GOLDEN EMPIRE HOT JAZZ SOC.
1st Sunday; 1-5 pm, Kern City Town
Hall, 1003 Pebble Beach Dr., Bakersfield
CHANDLER, AZ
19th Annual Arizona Classic Jazz
Festival, Nov. 6-9, www.azclassicjazz.org,
(877) 766-3387
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL
18th Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic Nov.
21-23 www.jazzclassic.net, (727) 536-0064
AFCDJS
Music for Youth Bands
Small instrumental combo and Dixiestyle musical arrangements are now
available for school and youth bands
and other community or start-up bands.
Please check our updated website at:
www.dixielandjazzfestival.org and click
Small Band Music, or you may contact
our Archives volunteer by email:
[email protected].
Monthly Jazz Concerts
Sponsored by America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society
(Every Third Sunday of the month except December)
Sun., Nov. 16 – Sue Palmer and Motel Swing
NO DECEMBER CONCERT
Sun., Jan. 18, 2009 – Hot Jazz Instructors All Programs: 1-4pm
Sun., Feb. 15, 2009 – High Society JB Admission-$10 • Members-$7
Under 22 (with photo ID)-$5
Sun., Mar. 15, 2009 – Red Pepper JB
Sun., Apr, 19, 2009 – Nannette and her Hotsy Totsy Boys
Lafayette Hotel & Suites
Mississippi Room • 2223 El Cajon Blvd. • San Diego
PLEASE SUPPORT LIVE TRADITIONAL JAZZ!
ATTEND OUR MONTHLY CONCERT/DANCES!
Check the AFCDJS website at www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
for the latest information.
SUNDAY DIXIE HOUR
The Dixie Hour, one of the few
trad jazz radio shows in San Diego,
is heard Sundays, 34pm on KSDS FM 88.3
on the dial. The show
is hosted by AFCDJS
Executive Director,
Alan Adams. It also
streams live at http://
jazz88online.org.
AFCDJS PRESENTS
FREE 2008 DIXIE
WORKSHOPS
(2nd Thurs. of month, 7-9 pm)
Final 2008 Workshop:
Nov. 13
~~~~~
2009 Dates:
Jan. 8 • Feb. 12 • Mar. 12
Apr. 9 • May 14 • June 11
July 9 • Aug. 13 • Sept. 10
Oct. 8 • Nov. 9
AFCDJS-sponsored workshops are
held the second Thursday of every
month (except December) from 7
to 9pm at the San Diego Musicians
Hall, 1717 Morena Blvd.
Requirement:
Desire to play Dixieland Jazz!
Furnished:
Drums, piano and a core
group of instructors.
~~~~~~~
ALL LEVELS OF
TALENT WELCOME!
~~~~~~~
(619) 297-JASS (5277)
www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
The personnel of many of the
local Bands that have appeared
in our Festivals have been
participants in the AFCDJS free
Jazz Workshops.
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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
JAZZ RAMBLER
Make a Beeline for Fest #29
America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society Presents
The 29th Annual San Diego
Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival
No
v. 26-30, 2008
Nov
Town & Country Resort and Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North (I-8 & SR-163) San Diego
www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
Featured Bands and Guest Artists
Tim Laughlin’s New Orleans All Stars with Connie Jones • Mimi Blais, pianist • Delta Stompers
Buck Creek JB • Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra • John Cocuzzi, guest artist • Blue Street JB
Grand Dominion JB • Cornet Chop Suey • Katie Cavera, guest artist • Hayriders (Rockabilly)
Statesmen of Jazz with Pieter Meijers, Bob Wilber, Antti Sarpila • Chris Dawson, pianist • Titanic JB
High Society JB with Eva Emingerová • Fulton Street JB • Carl Sonny Leyland, pianist • Dixie Express
Natural Gas JB • Sentimental Serenaders • Virginia Tichenor, pianist • Night Blooming Jazzmen
Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra • Ray Skjelbred, pianist • Cash Kings (Americana) • Uptown Lowdown JB
The Jazz Ensemble • Chloe Feoranzo, youth guest artist • Mission Bay High Dixie Band
Coyote Hills JB • Dick Williams’ JazzSea Jams
FOR 2008 HOTEL RESERVATIONS, CONTACT THE TOWN & COUNTRY
500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 • Phone: (Toll-Free) 1-800-772-8527 or (619) 291-7131
Room Rates: Garden: $109 • Regency Tower: $120 • Royal Palm Tower: $130 (Ask for Jazz Festival Reservations)
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Parking is limited at the Town & Country.
The San Diego Trolley is a convenient alternative.
The Festival is funded in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
BADGE REGISTRATION
AMERICA'S FINEST CITY DIXIELAND JAZZ SOCIETY
P.O. BOX 880387, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92168-0387
Telephone: (619) 297-5277
email: [email protected] • website: www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
No. of 5-Day All Event Badges (Wed- Sun) ___ @$90 ea.
Total $ _______________
No. of 4-Day Badges
(Thur - Sun) _______
@$85 ea.
Total $ ______________
No. of 3-Day Badges
(Fri - Sun) _________
@$80 ea.
Total $ ______________
I would like to join the Society. (Check one) ‰ Single $15
Amount of check or money order
‰ Couple $25
TOTAL $ _______________
Name ____________________________________________________________________
Address _________________________________________________________________
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Email: ___________________________________________________________________
DAILY BADGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE FESTIVAL
Festival Sponsorships are
Still Available for 2008
Take an active role in producing the
Festival! AFCDJS encourages our Festival
attendees to consider sponsoring a
room, band or musician at the 29th
Annual San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland
Jazz Festival — Nov. 26-30, 2008.
E-mail [email protected] or call
Paul Daspit directly at 619-222-9535.
Multiple sponsors for the same room,
band or musician are welcome.
7-day Mexican Riviera cruise, roundtrip from Los Angeles aboard the Crystal Symphony. Jazzdagen Tours and Arbors
Records are working again on an incredible lineup. Combine with the San Diego Jazz Festival. Transportation from San
Diego to Los Angeles available. Information: www.jazzdagen.com.
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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
JAZZ RAMBLER
Society’s Concerts
SAN DIEGO
ADULT TRADITIONAL JAZZ CAMP
The original and only music camp by AFCDJS
January 15-18, 2009
All facilities are located at the Lafayette Hotel & Suites in San Diego.
Instruction will include sectionals for front line and rhythm. Students play music
together and with faculty members throughout the weekend.
THE 2009 FACULTY:
Clint Baker - cornet
SOLD OUT
Alan Adams, Director - trombone
Jim Buchmann - clarinet, sax
SOLD OUT
John Royen - piano
Katie Cavera - banjo, guitar
SOLD OUT
Marty Eggers - tuba, bass
Hal Smith, Assistant Director - drums
TUITION: $355.00 * Enrollment is limited.
* There is a $50.00 tuition discount for Jazz Camp students who stay at the Lafayette Hotel &
Suites. For room reservations, contact the hotel at 1-888-272-6343 or (619) 296-2101;
www.lafayettehotelsd.com. Ask for the “Jazz Camp Suite rate” which includes breakfast each day.
Make checks to AFCDJS (deduct discount if staying at the Lafayette Hotel & Suites).
Complete the form below and mail it with your check to: AFCDJS, PO Box 880387, San Diego, CA 92168-0387
To receive further information, call (619) 297-5277 or E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dixielandjazzfestival.org
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JAZZ RAMBLER
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
Aug. 17
BAND: Coyote Hills Jazz Band
PERSONNEL: Gene Marklevits, trumpet;
George Gibbs, trombone; Brooks
Coleman, reeds; Jack Sodikoff, piano;
Art Levin, helicon; Don Hooker, drums;
Evie Fiorani, vocals.
• First Set: Clarinet Marmalade;
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye; I’m Gonna
Sit Right Down and Write Myself a
Letter (Fiorani); All That Jazz (Fiorani);
Singin’ the Blues; If I Had You; China
Boy; Mack the Knife (Sodikoff); Mandy;
Cabaret (Fiorani); Rose of Wasington
Square (Fiorani); The Second Line
(Marklevits)
• Second Set: San; Come Back, Sweet
Papa; Bill Bailey; I Love a Piano
(Fiorani/Sodikoff); Cakewalking
Babies (Levin); Somebody Stole My
Gal; All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor
(Marklevits); Yellow Dog Blues; Sister
(Fiorani); Bye, Bye Blackbird (Fiorani);
L-o-u-i-s-i-a-n-a
• Third Set: Big Butter and Egg Man;
Goody Goody (Fiorani); Willie the
Weeper; Messin’ Around; You’re
Nobody Till Somebody Loves You;
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie
Melody (Fiorani); Hindustan; We’ll
Meet Again; Bourbon Street Parade.
Sept. 21
BAND: Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra
PERSONNEL: Bruce Vermazen,
trumpet/co-leader; Bob Pinsker, piano,
co-leader; Ed Henson, cornet; Alan
Adams, trombone; Fernando Herrera,
flute/piccolo; Everett Crouse, clarinet;
Patrick McMahon, tenor sax; Cheryl
Swem, violin; Daniel Swem, violin; John
Winkleman, tuba; Ed Ducharme, drums.
• First Set: Alabama Jubilee; Take Me
to the Land of Jazz (Pinsker); Palm
Leaf Rag; In My Merry Oldsmobile
(Vermazen); Chills and Fever; Egyptia;
Just Try to Picture Me; At the Moving
Picture Ball (McMahon); Georgia
Sunset
• Second Set: That’s a Plenty; Blues
My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
(Adams); Red Wing; La Rumba; Get
Out and Get Under (Adams); Morocco
Blues (piano solo); Kinklets;
International Rag (McMahon); Climax
Rag
• Third Set: Lucy’s Sextette; Are You
from Dixie? (Pinsker); Hilarity Rag;
Dengozo; Bugle Call Rag; Do You Take
this Woman?; American Beauty; Suwanee
Echoes; Jamaica Jinjer.
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PASSINGS
John David Green, M.D.A.
(1940-2008)
David Green was born in
Independence, MO, on Sept. 3, 1940,
and passed away unexpectedly on Oct.
3, 2008. He was a professor emeritus of
music at Southeast Missouri State
University where he taught for 34 years.
He conducted the university’s orchestra,
wind ensemble and jazz bands and
taught music history before retiring and
moving to San Diego. After coming to
San Diego, he soon found his way into
the local music scene regularly playing
clarinet, saxophone, and/or bass with
the Crown Island Jazz Band, Elktones
Big Band, the Sheriff’s Band and
Wesley Palms Jazz Band. David has
performed at the Thanksgiving
Dixieland Festival for several years and
volunteered annually to teach OASIS
classes on traditional jazz for AFCDJS.
David is survived by his wife Janed
Guymon Casady whom he married last
May, a son and daughter-in law, two
stepsons and stepdaughters-in-law, two
grandchildren, and two stepgrandchildren. Donations in memory
of Dr. Green may be sent to The
Community Council for Music in the
Schools, (CCMS), a non-profit
organization which supports music
education in the San Diego City Schools
and loans musical instruments to needy
students. Donations should be mailed
to P.O. Box 22471, San Diego, CA
92192.
~~~~~
Richard M. Sudhalter
(1938-2008)
Cornestist and author Richard
Merrill Sudhalter was born Dec. 28,
1938 in Boston. His father Al was a
jazz saxophonist and an admirer of Bix
Beiderbecke’s music. The younger
Sudhalter took up cornet as a pre-teen
after hearing Beiderbecke recordings
from his father’s collection. Mr.
Sudhalter received degrees in English
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Literature and Music from Oberlin
College. He worked as a reporter for
UPI from 1964-72 and as a music critic
for the New York Post during the ’70s
and ’80s.
In the early ’70s, Mr. Sudhalter
collaborated with Phil Evans to produce
a monumental research work, Bix, Man
and Legend, which was published in
1974. While researching the book at
Williams College, Mr. Sudhalter
discovered the original arrangements
from the library of Paul Whiteman —
from the era when Bix Beiderbecke
performed with the Whiteman
Orchestra. While a resident of London,
Mr. Sudhalter organized the New Paul
Whiteman Orchestra, using British
musicians who played the Whiteman
arrangements.
Later, he played with the Classic
Jazz Quartet (with Joe Muranyi, Dick
Wellstood and Marty Grosz) and won a
Grammy for his liner notes on Bunny
Berigan (Time Life Records; Giants of
Jazz). In 1999, another epic book on
jazz, Lost Chords was published. His
final book, Stardust Melody (published
in 2002) was a biography of Hoagy
Carmichael.
Mr. Sudhalter suffered a stroke in
2003 and his health continued to decline
as he was afflicted with Multiple System
Atrophy. After a bout with pneumonia,
he passed away in New York City on
Sept. 19, 2008.
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Society’s Concerts at the Mississippi Room
Coyote Hills JB – Aug. 17; Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra – Sept. 21
A charming couple dancing to Coyote
Hills at the Aug. 17 monthly concert
Vintage dancers strutted to Heliotrope at the AFCDJS Sept. 21 concert.
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More dancers enjoyng the music at the Sept. 21 concert.
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Henry Red Allen . . .
Continued from back page
Between 1939 and 1941, Allen
recorded again with Jelly Roll Morton
and with Lionel Hampton, Ida Cox,
Sidney Bechet, James P. Johnson, Zutty
Singleton and many others. He left the
Russell/Armstrong organization in 1940
and began leading his own small group.
which included his old friend J.C.
Higginbotham on trombone and
Edmond Hall on clarinet. The band
played an up-to-date swing style
(eventually tending towards a “jump”
sound) and Allen’s own playing
continued to move forward. Though
the personnel changed several time, the
band played successful engagements in
Boston , Chicago and San Francisco as
well as New York.
In New York City during the 1950s,
Allen led bands at the Stuyvesant
Casino, the Central Plaza, Lou Terassi’s
and finally settled in for a long run at the
Metropole. He appeared with Vic
Dickenson, Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee
Russell, Jo Jones and others on the TV
special “The Sound of Jazz” in 1957
and toured Europe with Kid Ory’s
Creole Jazz Band in 1959. He also
recorded two sessions with Ory for
Verve. It might seem that Allen’s
modernistic approach would have
clashed with Ory’s ultratraditional
sound. However, the juxtaposition of
styles produced a wonderful contrast
that is a joy to hear on both the studio
recordings and the live performances.
In the 1960s, Allen reduced the size
of his own band to a quartet — just
trumpet and vocals with rhythm. They
played extensively at the London House
in Chicago, the Theatrical Grill in
Cleveland and the Metropole and Blue
Spruce Inn in New York. He also toured
England as a soloist in 1964, 1966 and
1967. Allen was seriously ill with
pancreatic cancer during the last tour
and he passed away on Apr. 17, 1967.
From the mid-’50s on, recordings by
Allen’s nephew Alvin Alcorn and others
show that Allen’s influence was
widespread. Henry Red Allen Jr. is still
one of the most admired and influential
trumpeters in the history of jazz. His
unlimited creativity, daring innovation
and spirited approach to the trumpet
will continue to inspire generations of
hornmen as long as jazz is played.
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They Called it Jazz
Henry Red Allen – Formidable Jazz Innovator
(This is the 70th in a series of
biographies of great traditional jazz
musicians. Continued from the Sept.Oct. Jazz Rambler).
By Hal Smith
President, AFCDJS
The Luis Russell Orchestra was a
musical home to Red Allen for nearly
four years. Between 1929 and 1931
Russell’s ensemble made a number of
outstanding records. Sides such as
“Panama” and “Ease On Down” show
why the orchestra was considered to be
the hottest in New York. Allen’s
contributions — daredevil phrasing and
a seemingly endless capacity to
improvise and inspire — are reason
enough to own the entire collection of
these recordings.
During his stay with Russell, Allen
also recorded with Jelly Roll Morton,
Fats Waller, King Oliver and Don
Redman, plus several sessions with his
own group, billed as “Henry Allen Jr.
and his New York Orchestra.” This
combination, comprised of Luis Russell
sidemen, recorded several classics like
“Swing Out” and “Patrol Wagon Blues.”
But a series of records dating from 1932
are often cited as some of Allen’s best
recorded work. The band that made
these dates was called the Rhythmakers
and it was strictly a recording group.
Though the personnel changed from
session to session, Allen played
dazzlingly brilliant trumpet on every
side. He sounds particularly inspired
when paired with the gritty clarinet and
tenor sax of Pee Wee Russell. Allen
and Russell were lifelong friends and
that fact is clearly evident from their
interaction on the Rhythmakers records.
Each exhibits an uncanny sense of
telepathy for what the other is about to
play and they are both quick to react to
a particularly attractive phrase. Allen’s
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biographer, John Chilton, describes the
trumpeter’s playing from this period as
“amazingly original legato phrases that
were improvised in a way that crossed
and re-crossed the bar lines, without
losing the original pulse…clusters of
notes that seemed to hover over the
meter, but …resolved with emphatic,
contrasting on-the-beat figures…he flew
without a compass yet never got lost.”
Allen left Russell in 1933 to join
Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra. There
he was featured alongside the titan of
the tenor saxophone, Coleman Hawkins.
Records such as “Queer Notions”
confirm Hawkins’ status as the preeminent saxophonist of the era, while
Allen explores the ultramodern melodic
and harmonic structures without a trace
of reluctance. In 1933, Allen and
Hawkins recorded with an orchestra led
by Horace Henderson (Fletcher’s
younger brother, a superb pianist and
arranger). These recordings swing even
more than the sides with the elder
Henderson. Allen’s trumpet and vocals
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and Hawkins’ sax are heard to good
advantage on every side. They also
organized a session that utilized some
of the top musicians in New York and
the results were issued as the “AllenHawkins Orchestra.”
When Hawkins left the Henderson
Orchestra, he was replaced first by a
virtual unknown, Lester Young, and
finally by a saxophonist with a similar
style to Hawkins’, Ben Webster. Allen
himself moved on in 1934 to join the
Mills Blue Rhythm Band. Though the
MBRB recordings are not on a musical
level with the Russell or Henderson
orchestras, they still contain thrilling
examples of Allen’s trumpet playing.
By 1934, the Victor recordings by
pianist/vocalist Fats Waller were selling
in unbelievable quantities. Competing
labels engaged Wingy Manone, Putney
Dandridge, Bob Howard and Red Allen,
among others, to record similar material
in loose jam session formats. Between
1934 and 1937, Allen, accompanied by
some of the best hot musicians in New
York, recorded masterpieces such as
“I’ll Never Say Never Again Again,”
“Body and Soul” and “On Treasure
Island.” Each side featured his
supremely inventive trumpet playing
and his uniquely-phrased singing. The
sessions continued even after Allen
rejoined Luis Russell’s Orchestra, which
had become the backup for Louis
Armstrong. The freedom of the smallband recording sessions must have been
stimulating after playing the same bigband arrangements night after night with
Russell. Also, though Allen had plenty
of chances to blow during the concerts,
he was not allocated any solo space on
Armstrong’s records. No wonder Allen
sounds so inspired on the recordings by
his own band!
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