JJHP 2015 Saturday afternoon

Posted on October 10, 2015 by admin

——–> Friday Saturday Evening Sunday

Joel Schiavone welcomes everone.

After a delicious brunch created by the Kitchen Crew of Volunteers, Joel welcomed everyone to the Saturday afternoon session. Aficionados of all ages came from everywhere; Walter Landry was here at 96!

We all know that if you change one or two persons in a band, it changes the whole feeling/sound of the band. Jeff Barnhart used this to create many different bands, and bring variety to the House Party.

He created a band of the players, picked a leader, and suggested what type of tune they should play: up, slow, med-up, med-slow, WGJB style, Djangoesque, Yerba Buena style. The members got together, whether they’ve ever played together or not, and decided what tune to play and how they would handle it. They spoke to each other with their music. It created a “Festival” of bands.

Jeff Barnhart’s list of 28 instructions/performances started this afternoon with Scott Philbrick, Dan Levinson, Tom Boates, Jeff Barnhart, Joel Schiavone, Brian Nalepka, Jim Lawlor. Scott Philbrick was in charge for a medium-up tune that Brian could sing. When You’re Smiling.

Dan on tenor sax with Brian Nalepka behind him

Dan Levinson on fabulous tenor sax

The virtuosic Dan Levinson was back; this was his 17th year appearing at a Connecticut Jazz Festival.

He is responsible for many of the young musicians in New York playing our kind of music – Thank you, Dan!

He was in charge of this same group for a medium-slow tune (called for by the list.) Dan was inspiring on tenor sax with After You’ve Gone.

Tom Boates was next in charge for an up-tune, Baby Won’t You Please Come Home. And so it went with 28 tunes in every session a variety of music played by seventeen talented musicians. My cup runneth over!!

Donn Trenner, photo by Jan Sopelak

Group two introduced pianist Donn Trennor on keyboard. Trenner, 88 has a long history of playing and directing with many famous musicians. In the 1960s, Trenner worked as a studio musician, and led The Steve Allen Show house band. He also did work with Bob Hope. Donn has just released his book, Leave it to Me…. My Life in Music. He knows music!, playing sophisticated solo on Days of Wine and Roses , then rambling up with a powerful Satin Doll.

Molly Ryan sang a heartfelt Cottage For Sale, with Donn Trenner on keyboard; an enchanting duet.

Jim Lawlor, photo Jan Sopelak

Jim Lawlor came from New Jersey – traffic was horrendous, he was late, and minus a snare drum, But he managed well without it on Friday. By Saturday, the snare drum was located and all was well with the Trad Jazz world.

He even gave us a fine vocal on Pennies From Heaven, with Scott Philbrick and Brian Nalepka.

The third group had Molly on guitar, Dan on clarinet and tenor sax, Jeff back on keys, Kevin Dorn drums, for My Honey’s Loving Arms.

They do have fun playing music together. Molly’s vocal on My Blue Heaven, Dan grabbed the mic singing, “Just Molly and Me,” with Molly adding “and Barnhart makes three!” Check Jeff’s reaction!

Fourth band was led by Tom Boates with Jim Fryer, both fine trombonist, with Gen bass, Lawlor drums for a very different Mood Indigo from the Anderson Brothers.

Gen Rose, photo by Jan Sopelak

Genevieve Rose provides the right chords and excellent beat on string bass.

Fred Vigorito led the fifth band with a wild Oh Baby, lots of brass with Fred, Jim Fryer, Tom Boates, Scotty, Noel, Gen, Lawlor, Molly on guitar, and Donn Trenner keys,

Molly and Scott moved to guitar for a Noel and Fred’s knockout Chinaboy.

Fred and Noel let go on Sheik of Araby pushed by two guitars

Fred on cornet and Noel on soprano sax let loose on Chinaboy boosted by two guitars

Tom Boates joins them for 3 guitars – Molly sings Dark Eyes….

Fred, Noel, Jenn, Kevin, Tom, Jeff, Joel played a gripping Sleepy Time Down South, and a fine medley of Hoagy Carmichael songs.

Sleepy Time Down South

Molly returned with this group for I Wonder Who’s Kissing Him Now.

Molly Ryan

She was given the choice of picking musicians and asked, “Who wants to play with me?” — That had everyone grinning!

She chose Dan, of course, Jim Lawlor, Gen, Joel, Jim Fryer, and Donn Trenner for Be Sure Its True When You Say I Love You – a beautiful waltz.

Getting back to a favorite Traditional Jazz number, with Yerba Buena’s, Bienville Blues, otherwise known as Storyville Blues, with veteran Trad players Freddy Vigorito and Scott Philbrick on cornet.

7 piece Trad Jazz Band with Joel in back

Yerba Buena number, Bienville Blues

Kevin Dorn

Canal St. Blues was a King Oliver stomp, with a powerful front line, livewire ensemble, backed by Kevin’s light but forceful drumming.

Time for another Banjorama, with Joel leading, and everyone singing along with Patriotic songs.

Joel singing hearily backed by Fred on cornet

Joel leads the Banjorama, photo by Jan Sopelak, Show Photography

Tom Boates and Gordon Au

New York’s Gordon Au arrived. Welcome back, Gordon!!

Molly had the final vocals, intuitively connecting with the mood of each song: A Good Man is Hard to Find, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles, and Get Out And Get Under The Moon.

Gordon joined on trumpet for a prolific brass finale, with Fryer on euphonium and Nalepka on tuba.

Gordon Au joins in Finale

It was a thrilling, crowd pleasing afternoon. We took a break and returned with a full house, anticipating a fine Saturday dinner and a Jazzy evening.

Jeff and Joel’s House Party 2015 – Saturday Evening

Posted on October 10, 2015 by admin

Completed videos have been sent to musicians for approval and will appear here as they are received. Some of these pictures will disappear. Enjoy for now.

——–> Friday Saturday Afternoon Sunday

After a delicious Dinner Buffet the first Saturday Evening band was led by Gordon Au, with Jim Fryer, Jim Lawlor, Dan Levinson on clarinet, Genevieve Rose on string bass, and Jeff Barnhart on piano. They began with a HOT Buddy’s Habits.

Band One led by Gordon Au, Saturday Evening at Jeff & Joel’s House Party, 2015

Same crew, Dan Levinson in charge, a 1922 tune played by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Nobody’s Sweetheart Now. This is a Banjorama tune – Joel couldn’t help but come up to sing the melody.

Don Trenner traded places with Jeff, but before he could start, Dan Levinson pointed his clarinet at Donn and singlehandedly played Thanks For The Memories, in commemoration of all the years Donn played with Bob Hope.

Honeysuckle Rose – Fryer gets to sing

Scott and Noel played together in John Sheehan's

Scott and Noel played together for years in John Sheehan’s Heritage Jazz Band.

Change of crew – Noel Kalesky, Kevin Dorn, Scott Philbrick, Brian Nalepka and Jeff, The Things We Did Last Summer. Masterful duet between Scott and Noel. They’ve been friends for a long time.

Donn Trenner back, with Noel Kaletsky and Scott Philbrick with a rousing Lady be Good,

Dan Levinson on his fabulous tenor sax, Gordon Au, Tom Boates, Donn Trenner, Brian Nalepks, and Molly Ryan were up with Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

Molly Ryan captures the crowd with Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams

Gordon continued with Molly singing Ain’t She Sweet, with Dan, Gen, Brian, and Donn. Gen on string bass marvelously trading 4’s with Donn Trenner.

Pianists kept switching with Jeff replacing Donn for Molly’s sweet Sugar.

Molly and Jeff were left alone for Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.

Jim Fryer dedicates Easy Living to Connecticut

Jim Fryer has a Connecticut background, living in Wallingford for 12 years. He came up with Gen, Kevin, and Donn for Billie Holidays’ Easy Living. Jim dedicated it to the State of Connecticut.

Mood Indigo – Tom Boates and Jim Fryer

Scott and Noel, a tune they often played in Maine with Muriel Havenstein, Jeff and Brian joining them, for Swing That Music – Barnhart going WILD on keyboard!!

They do Swing That Music!!

Brian Nalepka is also an excellent vocalist.

Brian’s turn to lead, with his vocal, on Linger Awhile, with Tom Boates added on trombone.

Gotta give the boss his due – Joel on vocal with Scott, Noel, Tom, Jeff, Jim Lawlor – with a Father’s Mustache Honky Tonk Town..

Boss gets his chance to shine.

Gordon Au on trumpet, Scott, Molly and Tom Boates on guitar, for 3-guitar session on I’ve Got The World On a String.

Donn returned at piano for Exactly Like You with Fryer, Gordon, Dan, Molly on guitar, and Lawlor drums. Dorothy Fields did this with Jimmy McHugh in 1935, Lawlor vocal. Gordon played powerful trumpet, Gen couldn’t help bouncing with the rhythm. She and Dan had marvelous exchange on clarinet and string bass.

Lawlor plays drums and sings Exactly Like You

Lawlor sings too!

Molly

Kevin, Gordon, Fryer, Dan, Gen, Donn with Molly vocal on Meet Me Tonight Dreamland – 1909. The song came from Coney Island which was then only attended by the wealthy, hence “Dreamland”. It had very many lights. One night they caught fire and the place burned down.

Everyone left except Molly, Gen, and Donn for You Took Advantage of Me.

You Took Advantage of Me with Donn Trenner backing Molly

Molly took a break. Leaving the Trio, with Gen shining on string bass, Kevin drums, and Donn piano on Sunny Side of The Street.

Bogalusa Strut, with Gordon, Scotty, Noel, Dan on tenor sax, Boates, Fryer on euphonium, Barnhart and Lawler, with Joel sitting in, Nalepka tuba – euphonium and tuba duet! Superb drumming by Lawlor! The whole band joined in singing New Orleans.

Barnhart standing with arms folded looking at brass musicians.

Barnhart stunned by all that brass!

Clarinet duet, Dan and Noel, with Lawlor, Scott on guitar, Joel, Brian on string bass, Jeff on Avalon

Amazing clarinet duet on Avalon with Dan Levinson and Noel Kaletsky

Noel, Jeff, and Jim Lawlor continued with a wild fast tempo tune done by Wild Bill misguidedly named Sleep.

Time for Jeff’s Banjorama, with Joel, Kevin, Brian on tuba, Jeff, When Day is Done, Sweet Adeline, and many, many more, with all the fans and volunteers singing along. Your Fathers Mustache banjo players came from North Carolina and Christ Fennimore (left) came from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to join Joel. Fans and Volunteers joined heartily in the sing-along.

band members laughing as Joel leads fans in song

Everyone gets in on the act for the Banjorama

Donn Trenner back for Molly Ryan vocal on Jeepers Creepers, with Gen, Kevin, Gordon, Tom Boates, Scott on guitar. Dan on tenor sax. Fantastic.

Molly, Jeff, Gen, Tom, Kevin, Scotty still on guitar, I Ain’t Got Nobody. Growling trombone, Hot Stuff. Molly doing vocal duet with Jeff piano.
Time for a slow waltz. This was not on the list. Molly vocal, Dan, Gen, Jeff, Kevin, Hushaby Mountain. Nice piano and Molly vocal, Gen bowing the bass, Dan on tenor sax. Ended the way it started, with piano and vocal.

Lawlor back, Noel on clarinet, Nalepka tuba, Scott on cornet, Gordon trumpet, Jim Fryer, Jeff. I Ain’t Got Nobody.

Gordon and Scott battling on I Ain’t Got Nobody

Scotty cornet and Noel clarinet absolutely fantastic, Gordon and Fryer, trumpet and trombone trading, 4’s for Lu Waters’ Come Back Sweet Poppa.

The Au Brothers were raised on Lu Waters by their uncle, Howard Miatta, who plays with the High Sierra Jazz Band. Our guys continued with a stormy version of Struttin’ With Some Barbecue.

There was time for one more ‘classy’ tune with a small ensemble, before the final fiasco. Donn Trenner called for Duke’s A Train, Donn in constant, fluid, rhythmic motion. Absolutely beautiful! This man loves to play piano.

Gordon ended it as he had begun, leading the Finale, a rip roaring Panama!

Everyone up for Panama

Breathless. That’s how we were left this Saturday Evening of Jeff and Joel’s House Party! Yet there was more coming on Sunday……

Novel Jazz Septet celebrates the Jazz of Billy Strayhorn and Duke

Posted on September 12, 2015 by admin

The Novel Jazz Septet will be in concert at the Frontier Café on 26 September, 2015. The show will begin at 8PM. This year, in honor of the centennial of Billy Strayhorn’s birth, the Novel Jazz Septet is highlighting Strayhorn’s contributions to the creative output of the Ellington Orchestra.

As the author, David Hajdu, wrote it in his book, Lushlife, “Billy Strayhorn was one of the greatest composers in the history of American music, the creator of a body of work that includes such standards as “Take the ‘A’ Train”. Yet all his life Strayhorn was overshadowed by his friend and collaborator Duke Ellington, with whom he worked for three decades as the Ellington Orchestra’s ace songwriter.”

The Novel Jazz Septet will feature both composers but the program will follow the parallel (and sometimes independent) evolution of Strayhorn’s and Ellington’s music. They’ll feature some rarely-heard Strayhorn pieces, too, songs unearthed during visits to the Smithsonian.

This year, the NJS shows are being listed as part of the official international Strayhorn Centennial Celebration events, based out of Chicago (http://www.billystrayhorn.com/). In honor of this centennial, the band has also released their latest CD, “Novel and Novelle”.

For reservations and general information, call (207)725.5222 or email info@explorefrontier.com. The show will begin at8PM. Admission is $18/$20 day of show. The theater is located in Fort Andross, 14 MaineSt., Mill 3, Brunswick, ME. Come celebrate the Strayhorn centennial as Novel Jazz Septet keeps Maine jazz alive and swinging!

The Ramblers at Primavera Ristorante, October 29th

Posted on August 23, 2015 by admin

The Ramblers play Dixieland and Hot Dance music from the Roaring Twenties, including tunes composed by Tin Pan Alley giants like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Isham Jones. They will be playing on October 29 at Primavera, 20 Pleasant Street, Millis, MA. For this performance, the musicians are Craig Ball, reeds; Bob MacInnis, trumpet and flugelhorn; Scott Philbrick, banjo and trumpet; and Robin Verdier, keyboard.

Craig Ball clarinet, tenor sax

Bob MacInnis

Robin Verdier, keyboard

Scott Philbrick on banjo/trumpet

Go to https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2btM6-mr-udMENvMmFyNzRwbWs to hear their unique sound on Al Jolson’s big hit,California, Here I Come.

Jeff Hughes JazzNews at Primavera July 30th!

Posted on July 7, 2015 by admin

Primavera Ristorante

Vintage jazz and swing, notably of the Gypsy sort!

Jeff – cornet

John Clark – reeds

Herb Gardner – piano and trombone

Albie Bernard – tuba

Stevie Taddeo – drums

and…Jack Soref – guitar

plus…Kellian Adams – vocals

Jeff in gray suite and white fedora blowing trumpet

Jeff Hughes, trumpet and flugelhorn, leader

Jeff Hughes JazzNews, a new 6-piece combo plus vocalist, will be performing vintage jazz and swing, Thursday 30 July, 7pm at Primavera Restaurant, 20 Pleasant Street, Millis, MA. $10 cover at the door.

The group consists of Jeff – cornet, John Clark – reeds, Herb Gardner – piano and trombone, Albie Bernard – tuba, Jack Soref – guitar, Steve Taddeo – drums, and Kellian Adams – vocals.

Jack Soref, Django afficionado

Jack wowed the audience at Steve’s recent concert in Lincoln, with his very swinging brand of
Django-esque jazz guitar.

Kellian at mic with old fashioned hat and dress

Kellian Pletcher at recent Greater Boston Vintage Society Jazz Cruise.

Kellian is well known in the swing dance circles around Boston, not only as a superb dancer, but also as a bright and up-beat vocalist.

The rest of the band is well known to local jazz fans.

John Clark clarinet, alto and baritone sax

Jeff plays and records with John’s Wolverine Jazz Band.

Herb Gardner is multi-instrumental and sings too

Herb comes to us from NYC, where he played for many years with all the greats at clubs including Ryan’s, Condon’s, and the Red Blazer.

Al Bernard and tuba

Albie is simply the most swinging tuba guy this side of heaven,

Steve Taddeo, Swinging’ drummer

and Steve’s Krupa-inspired drumming drives the band with a remarkable dynamism.

We’ll have a rich and varied program, with lots of features and surprises. It’s bound to be a memorable evening, and we hope to see many of our friends, new and old, to help us celebrate with music, this mid-summer night’s dream!

Jeff writes, “Jack and Kellian are welcome new additions to the local traditional jazz scene.”

Swingin’ at the WunderBar, Dave Whitney Orchestra featuring Sophia Stevens

Posted on April 21, 2015 by admin

Photo by Sarah Musumeci

Theme/ Swingin’ at the WunderBar	Tuxedo Junction	Tangerine
Skirts	Caravan	Our Love is Here to Stay
B.P. (Ellington)	All of Me	New Concerto for Cootie
Massachusetts	A Baker’s Dozen	Boogie Blues
Honeysuckle Rose	My Adobe Hacienda	Pete Kelly’s Blues
Roll ‘Em

CD is $15 or $18 by mail. To purchase:
email Dave at davjazzer64@yahoo.com or call 978-667-5524

Recorded in 2009 with Dave Whitney – Leader, Trumpet/Cornet and Vocals
Sophia Steven, Vocals

Trumpets – Joe Musumeci, Mel Deveau, Don Heathcock and
Scott Philbrick (also guitar)
Trombones – Scott Hills, Jay Keyser, Stu Gunn
Sax and Clarinet – Sil D’Urbano, Bob Drukman (alto),
Ben Goldstein, Blair Bettencourt (tenor)
Kathleen Howland (baritone),
John Clark (alto, tenor and clarinet),
Ben Goldstein – tenor solo on Skirts, Clarinet solos on Tuxedo Junction and Roll’ em
Piano- Steve Dale, Bass-Dave LeBleu, Drums – Reid Jorgensen.

arrangements by Chris Powers except Theme and Pete Kelly’s Blues by Steve Dale
recording and mixing by Peter Kontrimas PBS Studios, Westwood MA
photo credits-Harold MacAleer, Sarah Musumeci (full band).
Thanks to Joseph J. Grassia at the WunderBar Recording Studio, Concord MA

In Loving Memory – Lorraine Whitney and Mel Deveau

Dave Whitney Orchestra with Sophia Stevens Photo by Marce

Dave Whitney Orchestra 2011 Photo by Marce

Good Ole Salty Jazz Band

Posted on April 19, 2015 by admin

2011:
Left to right: Bob Landoni, Al Robinson, Gid Loring, Bob Tuffley, Frank Stadler, Dave Saginario, Bill Grillo, John Hicks.
Grillo got a day job and was replaced by Charlie Vaughn. Frank Stadler was replaced by Jack Senier.

The Good Ole Salty Jazz Band on the first three Mondays of the month from 1-3pm (unless there’s a Holiday) at the Rose Baker Senior Center, 6 Manuel F Lewis St. Gloucester, MA (978)281-9765.

They do Dixie and swing, and the number of players (all volunteers) ranges from 7 to 13, frequently about 9 or 10.

Regular players are usually Bob Tuffley (trumpet), Gid Loring (cornet), Al Robinson (trombone), Mark Earley (tenor, bari & clarinet), Bob Landoni (tenor, alto & clarinet), Rikki Razdan (tenor & clarinet), Alek Razdan (clarinet, soprano & alto), Jack Senier (keyboard), John Hicks (guitar & banjo), Dave Saginario (upright bass), and Charlie Vaughn (drums). Jack Senier is a very busy part-time player, and Alek Razdan is only there when college is not in session. There are several other players who sit in occasionally.

Dave “Sag” became the “leader” (really a manager & coordinator) when Frank Stadler decided to bow out at the end of 2011 after over 6 years in that spot. Dave is a very capable and talented bass player who has had his own “blues party” gig at the Rhumbline bar for a long time. He wanted to learn Dixie and swing, and has very effectively done so.

Bob Tuffley makes up the weekly tunelist. Some of the tunes are less than inspiring, but overall, the band is very good, especially considering that most players are not reading, and the harmonies and interplay is mostly ad-lib.

A group from Danvers usually provides about half of the audience. That same group attends the Danvers Senior Center weekly music, presented every Thursday (except holidays) from 1:15 – 3:00pm. With other attendees, the DSC room is usually full, and there are many dancers. Frank Stadler, Bob Landoni, and Mark Earley play frequently at the DSC with the Maple Sugar Band.

Maple Sugar Jazz Band 1:15-3pm at the Danvers Senior Center, 25 Stone St. Danvers MA 01923 Phone: (978) 762-0208 John Kendrick, leader

Eli & The Hot Six + Rebecca Sullivan at Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield

Posted on April 17, 2015 by admin

Barrington Stage Company Presents

SWINGIN’ GERSHWIN
with
Eli & The Hot Six + Rebecca Sullivan
Bob Winter, Bo Winiker, Jimmy Mazzy,
Ted Casher, Herb Gardner & Jeff Guthery
Monday, June 22, 2015 | 8:00 pm

Pittsfield, MA–Barrington Stage Company will present Swingin’ Gershwin with Eli & The Hot Six + Rebecca Sullivan on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, Monday, June 22 at 8:00 pm. Eli & The Hot Six are a fabulous jazz group just formed by the world-renowned tuba player and keyboardist, Eli Newberger and the band has a superb new CD, titled Eli & The Hot Six LIVE Contemporary Classic Jazz.

The group’s approach honors the New Orleans tradition of ensemble improvising while featuring the solo brilliance of its distinctive, contemporary musical personalities. Jazz singer Rebecca Sullivan adds an additional instrumental voice to the ensemble, in addition to her own deeply-felt interpretations of iconic vocal masterpieces, from “Honeysuckle Rose” to “Perdido.” The new disc and show at Scullers also feature some of Boston’s finest, legendary musicians: Eli Newberger on tuba, Bob Winter on piano, Herb Gardner on trombone, Bo Winiker on trumpet, Ted Casher on clarinet, soprano and tenor saxes, Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals and Jeff Guthery on drums.

Barrington Stage Company and its Boyd-Quinson Mainstage is located at 30 Union Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201. Tickets at $45 and $35 go on sale now at www.BarringtonStageCo.org or call 413-236-8888.

Eli Newberger is a famed musician. Classically trained at Juilliard and Yale, he is a virtuoso jazz tuba and keyboard player who has cut more than 40 records with the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, which he co-founded in 1970. Dr. Newberger also won three national readers’ polls for best jazz tuba player! Often with banjo player/singer Jimmy Mazzy, he delights his audiences with musically illustrated lectures on character building.

Eli Newberger is also a highly-lauded and world-renowned pediatrician affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital in Boston. Known for his ability to apply good sense and up-to-date science to unresolved issues of family life, he has been a pioneer in identifying and treating child abuse and family violence. He is often called to testify in legal cases and is a high profile media personality, having appeared nationally on The Today Show, ABC World NewsTonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Nightline, CNN News, The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes and National Public Radio programs such as Here and Now. In the Boston market, he has appeared on The Connection and Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon, CBS News Boston, WCVB 5 News, 7News Boston, NECN News, NECN’s Broadside with Jim Braude, Boston Public Radio, Greater Boston with Emily Rooney, WBUR FM’s Radio Boston, WCVB TV’s Chronicle among others.

With girlish sophistication, gleaming intelligence and three-octave range, jazz singer Rebecca Sullivan, a Pennsylvania native, is at 31 already a full-blown original—someone who stands apart from all the standards singers now crowding the field not only with her distinctive style, but also her eagerness to take risks. Rebecca received her Masters of Music Degree in Contemporary Improvisation and Voice from New England Conservatory of Music in May 2014. In a quirk of circumstance, she and Eli Newberger were assigned to one another as mentee and mentor. After sitting in with his band in 2012 at their gig at the Sherborn Inn, the Hot Six and fans wanted her back! She’s now based in New York, works in the offices of the Metropolitan Opera and shows up in Boston for gigs with the Hot Six. Rebecca has a fine website,http://www.rebeccasullivanjazz.com.

Bob Winter, unassailable dean of Boston jazz pianists, is a veteran performer in all manner of musical situations and styles, in solo, duo, trio and small group settings. Since 1980, Bob has been the pianist with the Boston Pops and Pops Esplanade Orchestras, with Keith Lockhart and John Williams, conducting at Symphony Hall and for many tours and recordings. Bob joined the faculty of Berklee College of Music in 1972, where he is still a professor of piano.

Bo Winiker, a graduate of New England Conservatory, plays trumpet, flugelhorn and vibraphone. Bo recently fulfilled his lifelong dream of conducting and soloing at Boston Symphony Hall, where he led the Boston Pops Swing Orchestra during the opening night of both the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Symphony Orchestra seasons as well as the sold out 2013 and 2014 New Year’s Eve galas. He toured worldwide with the NEC’s Grammy® Award-winning Ragtime Ensemble, under the direction of Gunther Schuller as well as with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. In addition, Bo has appeared as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra and has also recorded on the movie soundtrack A League of Their Own with Billy Joel. Bo performed at the White House for President Ford and at two Presidential Inaugurations, for Presidents Carter and Clinton.

One of the busiest jazzmen in New England, clarinetist and saxophonist Ted Casher grew up in Skowhegan, Maine in a family of musicians. Ted’s career spans studying and teaching at the Berklee College of Music, clarinet performances with front-rank traditional jazz stars like Louis Armstrong, starring as solo clarinetist in bands that revive the legacies of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and playing tenor sax in big bands from the legendary Duke Delaire Big Band at Bovi’s Tavern in East Providence and Peter Duchin’s Orchestra performing everywhere at society dances. Ted is renowned for his fluent improvisations, exquisite sound, klezmer inflections and boffo sense of humor.

Jimmy Mazzy enjoys iconic status as both a banjoist and vocalist on the American jazz scene. For more than forty years, this consummate musician has delighted followers of traditional jazz with his uniquely lyrical banjo style and his wonderfully haunting vocals. He is featured on more than 30 albums, many of them on the famous Stomp Off label including the Paramount Jazz Band and his own Jimmy Mazzy & Friends. In a New York Times review of Jimmy and Eli’s Stomp Off recording, Shake It Down, critic John S. Wilson wrote: “Mr. Mazzy sings with husky-voiced intensity and a sentimental enthusiasm that sometimes suggests a cross between Ted Lewis and Clancy Hayes. His banjo-playing is relaxed and flowing, providing light lines that help the tuba rise up and shuffle around.”

Drummer Jeff Guthery won the “fastest hands” division of the World’s Fastest Drummer competition at the Anaheim Winter NAMM Show in 2007. He has been playing drums for ten years and performed traditional and bebop jazz in Kyrgyzstan and South Korea for five years prior to coming to Boston, where he is currently a student at Berklee College of Music’s Percussion Department, majoring in Jazz Drum Set Performance.

Soon after moving to New York in 1963, trombonist Herb Gardner began touring with Wild Bill Davison, Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood as well as becoming a regular at the Metropole, Jimmy Ryan’s and Eddie Condon’s nightclubs. During the ‘60s and ’70s, he appeared with virtually all of the classic jazz musicians in the New York City area such as Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, Henry “Red” Allen, Bobby Hackett, Jimmy Rushing, Doc Cheatham, Max Kaminsky and even Wingy Manone.

Swingin’ Gershwin
Eli & The Hot Six + Rebecca Sullivan
Barrington Stage Company’s
Boyd-Quinson Mainstage
30 Union Street,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
Monday, June 22 at 8:00 pm
Tickets: $45 and $35
BarringtonStageCo.org
Call: 413-236-8888

Media Contacts:

For Eli Newberger:
Sue Auclair, Sue Auclair Promotions
617-522-1394 | jazzwoman@earthlink.net
www.sueauclair.com

For Barrington Stage:
Charlie Siedenburg, BSC Press Director
551-655-0968 | charlie_siedenburg@yahoo.com
www.barringtonstageco.org

Media materials & musical sample here: http://sueauclairpromotions.com/Sue_Auclair_Promotions/Eli_%26_The_Hot_Six_On_The_Road.html

Pierre Lemieux, tuba

Posted on March 27, 2015 by admin

Pierre Lemieux

R.I.P. Pierre, April 2, 1933 – December 26, 2018
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/pierre-lemieux-obituary?pid=191113793

MILL CITY JAZZ BAND, Piere Lemieux leader: at Feaster-Five Road Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS5ycOo0QDw

or better yet, Thanksgiving 2014 we had more than 11,000 running the Feaster-Five:
Mill City Jazz Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDuRpikGvMw
Drone’s view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGttuLH2lJs

Mill City Jazz Band in the news

Mario Carrabba’s Big Band every Tuesday at Beverly’s COA Clip from Salem News.

On TUBA: I am always with Jim Kilroy’s JAMBALAYA JAZZ BAND (see us in all the parades).

The RIVERBOAT STOMPERS http://www.riverboatstompers.com/

Riverboat Stompers

Dixie Cookbook

Dave MacMillan’s
DIXIE COOKBOOK JAZZ BAND
(Yes we dress like fruits)

THE MAD BAVARIAN BRASS BAND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D64mJHXWpSk ).

Shriners Swing Band

On STRING BASS: The SHRINER’s SWING ORCHESTRA
; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMXKDGYZ4k ),

THE BLUE NOTES entertaining regularly at various rehab and assisted living locations weekly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzkPD07bCUs ),

On bass with Maureen Pilote and Dan Murphy piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6CDma0TImg

Joan Lemieux

Aided and supported by #1 fan, Joan Lemieux:

3^rd Generation – Pierre & Joan Lemieux’s Grandchildren:
As for their grandchildren’s band , ‘The Kid’ Jazz Band in New Hampshire; click on; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn39aeD3pV8 . (see 5:46-8:10 Route 66)

They also run the The Purple Pit Coffee Lounge (BYOB & Fixings) 3 Pleasant St. Ext. Concord NH. www.thepurplepit.com/ Bold Coffee, Live music.

Dave Whitney Orchestra, with Christine Fawson

Posted on March 24, 2015 by admin

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CD: Swingin’ at the WunderBar

An extension of Dave’s small bands, The Dave Whitney fourteen-piece orchestra was formed in 1989. The focus of this band is playing and preserving the classic sounds of the big band era. They play yearly dates at Canobie Lake Park and Southgate at Shrewsbury and are currently doing semi-regular dates at Chianti’s in Beverly.

The orchestra is comfortable playing for the listener and is equally at ease playing for dancers. Besides saluting the big name bands such as Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Harry James, the Whitney Orchestra also plays the music of other fine bands such as Tony Pastor, Vaughn Monroe, Frankie Carle, Scat Davis and Red Nichols.

The Dave Whitney Orchestra has entertained for numerous swing dance parties and has performed at Ryles, the Sherborn Inn, Rockingham Ballroom, Bridgwaye Inn, and bi-monthly at Angelica’s in Middleton, MA. Future projects include a compact disc.

LINEUP

Leader,Trumpet/Cornet and Vocals – Dave Whitney

Vocals and Trumpet- Christine Fawson.

Trumpets- Joe Musumeci, Jeff Hughes, Rich Given.

Trombones- Scott Hills, Mike Strauss, John Kafalas.

Saxes- Art Bakopolus, Bob Drukman, Ted Casher, Blair Bettencourt and Kathleen Howland.

Piano- Steve Dale, Bass-Dave LeBleu, Drums-Reid Jorgensen.

Also appearing occasionally are John Clark,reeds, Dan Gabel,trombone and Roy D’Innocenzo, guitar, a charter member of Dave’s first band in 1971.

Christine Fawson

Dave Whitney

Dave Whitney

Well known in New England for his work with the Yankee Rhythm Kings, White Heat Swing Orchestra, and Chris Powers Orchestra, Dave was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bobby Hackett and many other great trumpeters of the pre-bop era. Dave has been called “Premier early style trumpeter” of this area” and “Dean of swing trumpet”. As a vocalist he was influenced by Armstrong, Prima, Tony Pastor et al, and he is also adept at smoother vocals a la Sinatra, Eddy Howard, and Perry Como.

Christine Fawson
As a vocalist and trumpet player, Christine Fawson has always loved performing classic jazz standards from the American Songbook. She has been a member of Syncopation and The Jazz Diva’s, and the R&B band Beantown. Christine has also been a solo artist at festivals and concerts around the world. She is a member of the brass faculty at Berklee College of Music.

The first Dave Whitney Orchestra CD, “Swingin’ at the WunderBar” will be out shortly.
Contact: (978) 667-5524

VIDEOS:

Marie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=37&v=cAta1pKVUiM

A Kiss to Build a Dream On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=25&v=6xDlH6ryP6M

St. Louis Blues March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=88&v=cVt-xl2R_Gg

Daddy, with Christine Fawson at Chianti’s 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvT5JjGy3hs

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