The final session at the L.A. Jazz Institute’s Jazz West Coast 3 festival was an event so rare that musicians and attendees were buzzing about it from the moment they arrived. It was the appearance of Johnny Mandel leading a big band in a concert of his compositions and arrangements. Mandel has … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2005
Not An Exercise In Nostalgia
Eleven years after the first of impresario Ken Poston’s Jazz West Coast extravaganzas, I spent the weekend at the Los Angeles Jazz Institute’s Jazz West Coast 3, subtitled Legends Of The West. The attendees were fewer and grayer than eleven years ago. The music to which they remain devoted was … [Read more...]
Comment
The energetic, and possibly sleepless, Washington, DC trombonist, singer and bandleader Eric Felten writes: I read the Fud Livingston post with interest, because in my endless searches for vintage big band music I have acquired a number of Fud Livingston charts. But I can't remember ever actually … [Read more...]
Names
Old friend Bob Godfrey, retired drummer and retail record entrepeneur, was prompted by Freddie Schreiber's silly names to observe: You may have opened up a can of worms. Then, he proves it. Todd L. Entown Wynn Abaygo Rick O'Shay Dick Tatorial Unretired vibraharpist and concert entrepeneur Charlie … [Read more...]