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Re: Bob Crosby Collection?

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-04-15 01:17

Thanks for historical perspective. I was almost gifted a trip to New Orleans with my friend in the mid 1980s, but then plans changed and I missed my chance. As a result, I didn't get to visit New Orleans for the first time until 2007. Just in time to meet and hear Pete Fountain a handful of times before he was gone. Pete, Otis Bazoon, Evan Christopher, Tim Laughlin (my favorite), Tommy Sancton, Michael Magro, etc. were all actively playing at the time - and we spent a lot of time there during the next decade or so.

By then, the neat neighborhoods of the quarter - and closed clubs had turned into a cacophony of music blaring out over speakers (not even all live music) into the street. It was becoming increasingly difficult to find older jazz formats - other than a few clubs on Frenchman Street (which are still mostly active today). I would have loved to experience the city as those who lived there remember it back in the 50s and 60s.

Yeah, the piccolo obbligato line from the march has always been intimidating to me. I know I can't improve on it, so I usually just play something else.

Did you ever run into Raymond Burke that you remember?

I'll admit that my exposure to Paul Weston has been primarily limited to an occasional venture into Jo Stafford's music.

Fuzzy
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