Dan Gabel's High Society Orchestra
at the Sherborn Inn, February 5, 2013
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The High Society Orchestra |
After a successful debut at the Acacia Indian
Meadows in Westborough, Massachusetts, Dan Gabel and the Abletones will
be performing on the first Friday of every month starting March 1st.
Local Swing dancers are really excited!
When he began talking with his friends
about Dorsey, Teagarden, Goodman, and Miller, and they had no clue who
these people were, he decided to make a band that would help keep alive
the sound of the great sounds of Jazz, Ragtime, and Swing. Now he
has several bands, and is determined to keep the music alive.
This High Society Orchestra consisted of many of his fellow
students at the New England Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music playing historically correct,
original arrangements.
The Charleston. Chicago and New York. 1927. The Jazz Age. These are the images this 10-piece ensemble calls to mind as it stomps through known and rare tunes.
The personnel on February 5th were:
Saxes: Will Bridges, lead alto, clarinet, soprano
Billy McShane: alto, clarinet, soprano, bari sax
Tyler Burchfield: tenor, clarinet, soprano
Trumpets: Dave Burdette,
Kai Sandoval
Rhythm:
Banjo and Guitar: Bill Doyle
Piano: Nikolas Anadolis
Tuba: Rick MacWilliams
Drums: Steve Taddeo
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Leader Dan Gabel began playing the trombone at age 10,
learning to play on his Dad’s 1960's era King 2-B, that he still
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The Orchestra was completely immersed in the old tunes,
Whispering, The Charleston, Alexander’s Ragtime Band - with Dan
evoking fond memories by singing with a megaphone.
Paul Whitman’s hit, Three Little Words. Angry, especially for his friend Jen.
Duke’s Sophisticated Lady, Write Myself a Letter, Deed I Do.
Pianist extraordinaire this evening was from Greece, Nikolas
Anadolis.
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Nikolas attended music academies in Greece.
He applied to the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
where he received a full International Presidential Scholarship.
His Trio video:
You Are
Morocco 2010
www.nikolasjazz.com//
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Black and Tan Fantasy was written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley.
The Orchestra did an impressive arrangement by Bill Challis that Duke played at the Cotton
Club with Miley and Tricky Sam Nanton. They took it out with a thunderous
finish.Dan's trombone was the roaring tiger in
Tiger
Rag, originally recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass
Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions of all
time.
They played all the good old tunes. The first published arrangement of You Were Meant For Me
was in 1942, What’ll I Do? was composed by Irving Berlin in 1923, Paul Whitman's
Happy Feet 1930.
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Back row: Kai Sandoval trumpet, Dave Burdette trumpet, Dan Gable
trombone |
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Reeds: Will Bridges,
Billy McShane, Tyler Birchfield |
My Baby Don’t Mean Maybe Now,
I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do
Kai Sandoval |
Dave Burdette |
Below - Bill Doyle guitar, Rick MacWilliams tuba, and Steve
Taddeo drums, complete the stellar rhythm section.
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Steve Taddeo was let loose on a rip-roaring
Royal Society Blues. |
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The High Society Orchestra is just one of Dan's endeavors.
Dan Gable and the Abletones, the full 17-piece Big
Band, will be playing at the First Friday Swing Dance at the Acacia Indian Meadows Country Club,
275 Turnpike Rd. (Rte. 9) Westborough on Friday, March 1st at 7:30pm.
(Behind the Nissan Dealer.) Hope to see you there! Bring your dancing shoes.
The Dan Gabel Abeltones Big Band CD with Amanda
Carr, Homesick for New England, will be available July 24th.
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| By Marce,
Updated February 28, 2013
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