tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64852790755199155102024-03-14T10:53:58.935-07:00Jazz Advocate - Jazz Event Articles What is going on in Dayton, Cincinnati & Columbus!Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-22794891874854822602019-09-30T13:57:00.005-07:002019-10-14T12:06:53.222-07:002019 CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL<style type="text/css">
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is always a lot to choose from musically in Chicago and its never
more evident during the now 10 day long Chicago Jazz Festival.
Performances are held in various city locales during the first 6
days, but Pritzker Pavillion in Millenium Park is where the Festival
headliners perform during the last 4 days, and there is always a
large variety of music performed comes under the “jazz” word. I
missed Thursday’s performances, but arrived at the park late Friday
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">After 2 well received sets of all original music from Blue Note labelmates, Vibraphonist and Chicago native Joel Ross and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, Friday’s performances concluded with the 50th anniversary celebration of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. A quintet in its heyday, the ensemble has expanded to 15 people, including the last 2 surviving members, a string quartet, a couple of percussionists, a conductor, and electronics. As a result the music </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">sometimes sounded symphonic, sometimes African, sometimes electronic </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">noise, certainly not what one would </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">expect.</span></h3>
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<b>Ambrose Akinmusire - Photo by Greg Turner</b></h2>
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Saturday’s highlights included Chicago pianist Ryan Cohen, as he presented his Originations group, which included several of his frequent jazz collaborators and another string quartet, They played a diverse program of Cohen compositions that reflected his Arabic and Jewish heritage. Having missed their show in Cincinnati last October, I was looking forward to seeing and hearing bassist Christian McBride’s New Jawn and they did not disappoint. It’s always a joy hearing a band perform at the highest level, playing their original compositions with emotion, precision and NO MUSIC STANDS. Nasheet Waits drove them hard with his dynamic drumming while trumpeter Josh Evans and saxophonist Marcus Strickland responded with strength.</h3>
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<b>Christian McBride - Photo by Greg Turner</b></h2>
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<b>Camilia Meza - Photo by Donna Turner</b></h2>
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<b>Antonio Sanchez - Photo by Donna Turner</b></h2>
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<b>Melissa Aldana - Photo by Donna Turner</b></h2>
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Sunday’s mainstage performances seemed to have a Latin American theme after the free improvising first group. Chilean vocalist/guitarist Camila Meza sang some in Spanish and Portuguese, and her Nectar Orchestra, a jazz group augmented by yet another string quartet, accompanied her with sounds she heard while growing up in Chile. Latino America Unida, an all-star group featuring another Chilean, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon and Mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez, debuted with their original compositions of modern acoustic jazz. Having read much about her, I was looking forward to seeing and hearing Aldana live, and she is the real deal. </h3>
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<b>The festival closed with a set from Puerto Rican music legend, New York born and raised, Eddie Palmieri’s sextet that was more jazz oriented than expected because of extended trumpet and saxophone solos. But the grooves were still danceable, and the audience danced.</b></h3>
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<b>And that’s another year of the Chicago Jazz Festival. Thanks to my wife Donna for letting me use some of her photos because I lost all my Sunday photos because of a bad SD card, but hopefully I’ll be able to attend the Pritzker Pavillon performances next year and I will get it right.</b></h3>
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Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-77353504709132847182019-05-12T08:39:00.001-07:002019-05-15T19:27:27.949-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>As this latest jazzadvocate events blog was being prepared, news was received that long time jazz fan, former WDPS FM Big Band radio show host and Jazz Central patron, Conrad Jessee, passed. Also my brother-in-law and jazz partner in crime, it has not been the same since he took ill some years ago but now he has put all of that behind him. He would want all of you to get out there and listen to more live jazz! In fact, the night he passed, the Jazz Central Jazz Jam was off the hook. Some might say it was the first live jazz he had heard in almost a year, way too long...................</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>Remembering Conrad Jessee:<br />
A gathering will be held on June 15th at 2:00 p.m. at the
Waterstone Condominium Clubhouse on Waterstone Blvd in Washington
Township off Washington Church Road. To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, "Oh
the stories we will tell!" </b></i> </span></div>
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March rolls around, jazz fans can count on at least 2 things, Beavercreek
Weekend of Jazz the first weekend and Sunday jazz at Mid Pointe library in West
Chester. Sadly, I usually miss the first one or two performances before
something reminds me! You can check out my take on the all day Saturday jazz by
clicking this hot link: </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://weekendofjazz.blogspot.com/2019/03/the19-th-annual-beavercreek-weekend-of.html"><span style="color: #33aaff;">19th Annual Beavercreek Weekend of Jazz</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mid Pointe library on March 10<sup>th</sup>. As usual, Lee McKinney was on
drums – in fact, this performance was the final one of a different gig every
night for Abate & McKinney leading up to this finale. Steve Schmidt played
keyboards and Tim Watkins on bass. The musicians traded fours on one of my
favorite tunes, Whisper Not. A couple songs later Abate played a song written
for his mother-in-law, Mrs. T. who had recently passed. It was an up tempo tune
and Abate played the flute. The group also played the tune, Yard Bird Suite, a
song also found on Abate’s album with Phil Woods. McKinney wowed the crowd with
a rousing drum solo! My wife commented that the piano solo on the Billy
Strayhorn composition, Chelsea Bridge was played beautifully. The second set
produced an excellent bass solo on the Charlie Parker tune, Star Eyes and I
particularly enjoyed the piano/flute & bass playing note-for-note in sync
on Lullaby of Birdland. They included yet another Ohio musician/composer when
they played Joe Henderson’s Recorda-Me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found the Woodford family at the Mid Pointe Library in West Chester once again
for a performance of the Mambo Combo. The group consists of Mike Sharfe on
bass, John Zappa on trumpet/flugelhorn, Tim McCord on sax and flute, Baba
Charles on Latin percussion, Ira Schwietzer on Latin percussion and Brian
Bachelor Glader on keyboards. They opened with a lively song written for vibes
player Cal Cjader entitled Cal’s Pals. Next up was the rearranged Sonny Rollins
jazz standard, Airgin – compliments of trumpet player Carl Saunders. He called
the tune Nigeria (Airgin backwards, which was Nigeria backwards in the first
place). The band called upon Carl Saunders once again for Latin Sojourn – the
intro by McCord and Zappa was ethereal. They ended the first set with a cha cha
arrangement and the I Love Lucy Theme song which contained various quotes from
other jazz tunes. The second set was just as much fun but I will single out the
Tito Puente version of Teach Me Tonight as a vehicle that really let the two
Latin percussionists razzle dazzle the crowd. You can hear this band on a
regular basis the first Saturday of the month in Cincinnati at the Hilton on 5<sup>th</sup>
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Blue Wisp Big Band has a new home, Café Vivace, in the Walnut Hills area of
Cincinnati. Owned by jazz saxophonist Brent Gallaher and his wife Vanessa, the
big band plays there every Wednesday night. After much time of <u>not</u>
getting down to the Café Vivace in Cincy, I finally got in my car and drove
down on April 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019. For
the record, I got there in about 40 minutes so the club is within reasonable
drive time for those of you considering a trip. The Blue Wisp Big Band was just
as good as I remembered – it has been many, many months since I heard them
play. A shout out to Jon Von Ohlen fans, the drummer extraordinaire passed away
this past Fall. The news even resulted in The Barron getting memorialized in a “jazzonthetube”
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but I can tell you that he does rise to the occasion. Jim is also the mover and
shaker for the University of Dayton Jazztet which gets together once a month
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Square” was filming a commercial for big band Latin music. The band played Mira
Mira by Cincy native Matt Harris. Patrons could not sit still in their seats.
The trombone section was calling tunes on the fly so why not pick a trombone composition?
Yep, The Great Escape, written by John Fedchock when he was with The Woody
Herman band was an excellent choice. Fedchock is an OSU grad as well. Trumpet
player Hank Mountner has assumed Emcee duties for the band he introduced a song
written by Charles Mingus for Duke Ellington, Sound of Love. However; this tune
had been arranged by Pat Kelly originally for his Psychoacoustic Orchestra
after which he expanded it for The Blue Wisp Big Band. The brush work by Jim
Leslie in the rhythm section interaction in the middle of the song, Mike Sharfe
on bass and Stevve Schmidt on piano, was memorable. Every Wednesday night! It
is worth the trip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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4-16-19, I made another visit to hear the Central Jazz Big Band on the third
Tuesday of the month and it didn’t take long before Ken Taylor, on trumpet, and
King Koeller, on tenor sax, began trading 8s. You tend to hear musicians trade
4s mostly in live music but upon rare occasion they double it – this occurred
on a Kenny Barron tune entitle Voyage, arranged by John La Barbera. It was a
crowd pleaser. Band leader Taylor explained that Dizzy Gillespie had helped
Arturo Sandoval escape Cuba for the US and the band played the Sandoval tune,
Closely Dancing. This was particularly enjoyable as there were 2 clarinets, 2
flutes and a bass clarinet. What a lineup! Great music! You can view this in
the accompanying photo. Tapping into something a little more modern day, Ken
Taylor spoke of Chuck Findley out on the West Coast and followed that up by
wowing those in attendance with his flugelhorn on The Day We Met. But Ken
Taylor also spoke of local musicians such as Snooky Young and a Cincy native,
Frank Foster – both of which played for Count Basie. The band then played, Who,
Me? from the Basie recording entitled Chairman of the Board. The last song I
will mention – and there were lots more – is a jazz classic – arranged by Bill
Holman for Stan Kenton – the band played a crowd favorite, Cottontail. You can
hear the Central Jazz Big Band the third Tuesday of every month at 1200 Forrer
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old saw “it’s not what you know but <u>who</u> you know when fellow WDPS jazz
show host, Cliff Darrett, made me aware of April being jazz appreciation month
across the Nation [otherwise divided as we are these days] and that the city of
Dayton had designated April 17<sup>th</sup> as Eddie Brookshire Day! Cliff did
a special on his show – Thursdays from 11:00-1:00, Kelli Campbell made note on
her show, Fridays at 2:00 and eventually I did a show myself featuring Eddie’s
music, my show on Wednesdays at Noon. The station [89.5 FM] did a special promo
on 4-17-19 and the Dayton Daily News ran an article on 4-14-19. Hats off to
Eddie Brookshire and his influence upon jazz in the Dayton area and beyond. Congratulations
Eddie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for the weekly jazz jam. The jam has evolved to the point where the first hour
tends to be the instrumental jam session and then often times the second set
includes any vocalists in the audience. The third set anything goes. The jam
included the usual cast of characters, Kenny Baccus on organ, King Koeller on
sax, Ron Applebury on electric bass, Rodderick Wilson on trumpet, Craig
Saunders on drums & Jeff Slinker on guitar. This night also included the
incredible trombone playing of U.S. Band of Flight trombonist Bryan Gannon and Stephan Wood on trumpet. Some tunes that caught my ear were Pent Up House
and Ladybird. It was a good night for the jam.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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my part [of hearing the Blue Wisp Big Band] – see article above - a mere 8 days later the band came to Lakota
West High School in West Chester as part of the Cincinnati jazz ambassador
program. The night kicked off the song I Concentrate on You arranged by the
great Cincinnati arranger Carroll DeCamp. This crowd pleaser was followed by “the
closest thing we do to pop” which was a Hank Mautner arrangement of the Farrell
Williams megahit, Happy! Band member Larry Dickson arranged the next tune,
Jimmy Heath’s CTA (recorded by Lee Morgan). This interpretation included a very
nice bass solo by Mike Sharfe. Garrin Webb and Brent Gallaher traded tenor sax
solos to spice things up as well. In honor of recently departed Bobby Shew, the
band played a song that Shew had written in honor of the great trumpet player
Blue Mitchell entitled Blue. The song was arranged by Gordon Brinker and played
beautifully by Kim Pensyl. Easy to Love, arranged by “friend of the band” Gary
Carney was another crowd pleaser. Jazz tunes are often interestingly titled and
the Chick Corea Tones for Joan’s Bones was next up. Arranged by Al Keider, it
gave Steve Schmidt a chance to hold forth. The band closed out the evening with
an Erik Richards arrangement of You Don’t Know What Love Is. The folks in the
crowd were glad they came and the band let them know they appreciated their
attendance. It was a good night all the way round.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Garrin Webb. I first encountered Garrin as a musician for the UD Jazz Ensemble
on the Sax Fest Weekend when Branford Marsalis and his group were the guest
artists some years ago. I ran into Garrin again when he had his own combo
performing at UD. After that I sort of lost musical track of Garrin so it was
quite a pleasure to finally hear him again with The Blue Wisp Big Band, even
got a chance to catch up a bit when the show was over. You can’t go wrong with
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on 4-19-19 for dinner and music from guest artist Hal Melia. Hal was playing
with an all star lineup, John Taylor on drums, Phil DeGreg on keyboards and Mike
Sharfe on bass. Luckily for my wife, Hal was playing flute when we got there –
a very enjoyable start to the evening. Hal then presented a beautiful rendition
of Body & Soul on tenor sax as Mike Sharfe slipped in some tenderly caressed
bass notes. These band mates played very well together, listening to each other
and responding superbly. Hal followed this up with another tenor sax
interpretation of I’ll Remember You. The first set ended with Milestones which
segued into Speak Low. It was a night of excellent music by all but a great
opportunity to hear Hal Melia who plays sparingly in public (unless you catch
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regular jazz happenings</span></div>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Jazz Central Jazz Jam - Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ismail Muhammad is bringing in occasional jazz combos on other nights <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jim Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass are at</span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">the Tipp City restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Saturday nights from 7:00-9:30 <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Blue Wisp Big Band at Café Vivacel every Wednesday night<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Every Thursday night at the Minton Club there is music and on 3rd Thursdays </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">you can hear the Generations Big Band. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dave Greer and the Classic Jazz Stompers at Jimmy’s Ladder 11 on the </span></pre>
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1200 Forrer Blvd in Kettering/Dayton starting at 7:30<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jazz at Spinoza’s out by the mall at Fairfield Commons – last Monday </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">of the month hear Taylor – Cashwell - Berg<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Washington Platform in Cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wednesdays at Noon you can hear Eric Grieffenhagen & Greg Dearth </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">at the Wine Emporium.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">1st Sunday mornings have begun again at the Yellow Cab in downtown Dayton </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">where you can here Jason Swann<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-18128622567192086492019-02-26T20:29:00.000-08:002019-03-29T06:44:36.494-07:00March(ing) into Spring 2019 by Jim Woodford:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a.k.a.
The Terrell Stafford Quintet blew into town!</span></span></div>
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<b> <a href="https://weekendofjazz.blogspot.com/2019/03/the19-th-annual-beavercreek-weekend-of.html">19th Annual Beavercreek Weekend of Jazz</a></b><br />
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2019 is upon us and the Dayton area already has experienced a
simulation of March coming in like a lion because The Terrell
Stafford Quintet done blew into town! Thanks to The ArtsLive
Performance Series at the University of Dayton for that, but more
information a little later.</span></div>
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am actually going to start off the first Jazz Advocate Blog of 2019
with something that happened in 2018, and I do mean </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>happened</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">,
in fact, it was a happening! But it wasn’t jazz – if you listen
to my weekly jazz show on 89.5 WDPS FM, you know I call my show
“Bebop and More” – this next bit fits into the “more”
department. If you are reading this blog, hopefully you are familiar
with Tim Berens, long time Dayton area jazz musician extraordinaire –
in fact, he writes, arranges and works with the Cincinnati Pops on a
regular basis – well this is a story about Tim working with The
Dayton Philharmonic, along with his wife, Louise (formerly known as
jazz vocalist Louise Kramer) and The Jefferson Starship – wait, you
might say – as former Big Band radio show host Conrad Jessee used
to say under similar circumstances, “What is a Jefferson Starship?”
The group has had many rock & roll hits and started off as The
Jefferson Airplane AND have been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame [for those of you who got through the 60s and really </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>do</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
remember, Cathy Richardson had been anointed the new lead singer of
the band by the iconic original singer, Grace Slick]. OK, there is no
need for you to be impressed for you to appreciate this story. My
wife and I attended, primarily because we knew that Tim and Louise
had arranged the music for the Philharmonic to play with Jefferson
Starship, boy are we glad we did. Wow! Patricia Cardinali of the
Philharmonic posted her excitement for the world to see:</span></span></div>
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Starship premiered their orchestra show Friday night with the Dayton
Philharmonic Orchestra. It was an epic performance which was greeted
with a level of bombastic audience enthusiasm that I have never seen
before in my 35 years of playing pops concerts.</span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;">The sell-out crowd gave 4
full standing ovations. They remained on their feet for the final 3
songs, clapping and dancing to the music, and they screamed for more
at the end. Any orchestra managers or conductors who want to fill
their hall with fans and then send those fans home without their
socks, consider this show.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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had sent some of my own excited comments to Tim Berens and here is
his reply (in part):</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></i><i>The show went better than I could have hoped it would go. Louise and I both knew something magical was going to take place the night of the show, but we didn't know it would be quite so well-received ….. I have never seen such a raucous audience response from a pops concert in my 35 years of playing pops. The band members were quite excited as were their management team, 3 of whom came to the concert.</i></h3>
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of you know that I spent my musical formative years listening to Rock
& Roll before I dabbled in Bluegrass for a couple of years and
finally discovered jazz [thank you Ken Burns and Conrad Jessee].
Let’s just say that my wife and I sang along with the rest of those
in attendance pretty much all night long! I must say it was a
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now back to jazz…..bad weather and the Super Bowl [which was not so
super] closed down Jazz Central out on East Third Street for 5 out of
6 weeks in January. Hard to believe. But I did just catch the
February 16</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
jazz jam and things seem to be back in swing. The usual cast of
characters and the usual enjoyable jazz jam – heck, I even skipped
the Dayton Jazz Orchestra on their 3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Sunday of the month gig over at The Phone Booth Lounge – 6 weeks
away from Jazz Central ended up providing a very powerful pull for me
which was hard to ignore. I feel rejuvenated!</span></span></div>
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will also mention that I managed to catch the Central Jazz Big Band
again on the 3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Tuesday of the month [February] under the direction of Ken Taylor.
Saxophones were featured on the tune Bill Bailey (won’t you please
come home) and the band did a Sammy Nestico arrangement of On the
Sunny Side of the Street. Grant Koeller on clarinet and Phil Urskin
on trombone, performed a duet on Ain’t She Sweet. The band closed
with another Sammy Nestico arrangement, Ya Gotta Try!</span></span></div>
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to Jazz Central jazz jammer and WDPS host for the radio show The
Latin Side of Jazz [89.5 FM Thursdays from 11:00-1:00], Cliff Darrett, I learned of
an upcoming appearance of the Terrell Stafford quintet at UD. My
daughter was available to attend so we highly enjoyed Terrell
Stafford on trumpet, Bruce Barth on piano, Nathan Pence on bass, Tim
Warfield on tenor sax and Billy Williams on drums. The music was
introduced as featuring tunes by Lee Morgan. Stafford dedicated the
tune Candy to Eileen Carr who coordinated the evening’s activities
and this was on a muted trumpet and piano, a crowd pleasing duet. The
ending of the song Speedball included a bass solo followed by a bass
and drum duet. They closed the second set with a Lee Morgan tune
entitled Petty Larceny from the 1964 Art Blakey and the Jazz
Messengers recording entitled The Freedom Rider.</span></span></div>
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February 23</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
found the Woodford household at Cobblestone Café in
Waynesville…..Waynesville? Jazz in Waynesville? Apparently so,
owner Jeremy Green plans to have occasional jazz at his jumpin’
location. We got there early but it was packed by the time we
departed. We went because Jason Swann and his trio were playing. If
you tell the hostess you are there to hear the band then they will
guide you to the most suitable seating – obviously if you get there
a little before the band starts at 6:00 you can choose more wisely.
There is limited, yet intimate seating, very near the band.</span></span></div>
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but not least, I managed to again catch some of the UD Faculty
Jazztet at the ArtStreet Café on campus. This time it was Jim Leslie
on drums, Jim Smith on guitar, Phil Burkhead on piano, Jimmy Leach on
trumpet/flugelhorn, Chris Berg on bass and Dave McDonald on tenor
sax. The students join the faculty on the second set which provides a
live jazz learning opportunity. I can assure you that a good time was
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Jazz Central Jazz Jam - Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. (until around
11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in occasional jazz combos on
other nights </span></span></span></span>
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Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass
are at the Tipp City restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Saturday
nights from 7:00-9:30 </span></span></span></span>
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Blue Wisp Big Band has switched from the Urban Artifact in cincy to
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Thursday night at the Minton Club there is music and on 3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Washington
Platform in cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Dayton Jazz Orchestra at The Phone Booth Lounge (formerly Dog’s
Breath Tavern) in Kettering every third Sunday of the Month beginning
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<br />Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-12156693648368924342019-01-12T20:02:00.000-08:002019-01-13T11:04:09.452-08:00Holiday Jazz Blog (November/December) - Closing out 2018 by Jim Woodford<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">November
brought another Bob Ross after work jazz performance at the Dayton
Art Institute, this time by The Central State Jazz Ensemble under the
direction of Hal Melia. The ensemble consisted of a vocalist, a
clarinet player (rare these days), an alto sax, a tenor sax, two
trombones, a guitar, drummer and piano player with guest bass player
Vinnie Marshall. Hal Melia provided some alto sax and flute as well.
This was a chance for a combo that had been practicing for a while to
finally get out in front of a crowd and see what they could do. If
their parents were in the audience they all could be proud. The
vocalist was featured and there was a trombone and piano player that
seemed to stand out. The clarinet player was a treat as well. All
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next in the “live jazz in the Dayton area” category was The
Sinclair Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Bill Burns. Bill always
has an accomplished guest artist and this time around it was a
vocalist who sang with the renowned Cleveland Jazz Orchestra for 17
years, Barbara Knight. An Alan Baylock arrangement of Duke
Ellington’s Take the A Train was noticeably unique and even caught
the ear of an arriving Centerville jazz band director. Director Burns
pointed out that the band was committed to featuring Ohio musicians.
Vocalist Knight brought her own arrangements, many by trombonists,
and these arrangements challenged the band to step up. Knight told
the audience later that her arrangements are challenging, and she was
not sure what to expect from the Sinclair Jazz Band but she was
impressed with how well they met the challenge. As much as one might
have enjoyed the first set, the second set seemed to be even more
exciting. The last two songs were particularly challenging to the sax
section but they stepped right into the breach and blew everybody
away! Kudos in particular to Adam Uhlenhake for his solos on Juan
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jam. Kenny Baccus on B3, Jeff Slinker on guitar, Craig Saunders on
drums, King Koeller on sax, Jason Swann on tentor sax, Byron Locket
on soprano and tenor saxes, Bryan Gannon on trombone, Rodderick
Wilson on trumpet, a young gun from West Chester plus Keith Moore on
trumpet – in town for the Holidays from </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">California.
There was lots of talent, lots of harmonizing and lots of good music
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happened! Out of this jazz instrumental firmament on this jazz jam
night some of the brightest stars were Jason Swann (ts), King Koeller
(ts), Bryan Gannon (tb) and Keith Moore (t) with Rodderick Wilson
providing those meteoric high note punctuations. Whew!</span></div>
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a Day that doesn’t get all that much attention these days, Pearl
Harbor Remembrance Day, I caught Mike Sharfe (b), Rusty Burge (vibes)
and special guests Steve Allee on electric piano and Steve Houghton
on drums. The combo warmed up with I Hear a Rhapsody and the crowd
was most appreciative. Next tune was a Steve Allee composition about
his brother entitled, Brother to Brother. Summer Night, from the
Sharfe/Burge CD Transitions left the crowd clambering for more. Rusty
Burge complied with one of his originals entitled After 5:00 (when
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work). Another Burge composition was called out by Steve Allee, Waltz
for Tomorrow and the band really lit things up. The first set ended
with another Allee tune, What About Me? Always good music at the
Washington Platform – thank you Mike Sharfe!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Following many missed opportunities to see the UD Faculty Jazztet, I managed to finally catch a gathering of said musicians. Unfortunately, I missed the first hour – reportedly all faculty – but caught the second hour where the students got to show their stuff. The UD Faculty included Jim Leslie (d), Dr. Willie Morris (ts), Chris Berg (b), Jim Smith (g) and Phil Burkhead (p). What a great jazz lab!!! As expected, the UD jazz faculty was outstanding but the students took full advantage of the opportunity – a piano player and a bass player displayed particular musical maturity.</span><br />
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hustled from the UD faculty gathering to meet my wife and daughter at
the Phone Booth Lounge to catch the DJO Christmas Show. Heard some
Stan Kenton Christmas tunes as expected – trumpet player John
Harner used to play with Kenton – and various other seasonal tunes.
The place was packed and the band did not disappoint! My daughter had
been looking forward to this for quite some time and was particularly
pleased. Of particular note on this evening of Christmas songs was
Jeff Black on piano and Dan Nicora on tenor sax. And alto saxophonist
Jeff Spurlock played the most beautiful solo of the evening on Silent
Night. Just what the doctor [daughter ?] ordered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some
say bad news travels fast but good news can travel fast too. Some
good news I received recently was that there was a new Jazz Big Band
in town and they would be playing in a church – that’s right, I
said a church – over in Kettering a week from Tuesday – so from
hearing </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>about</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
it to actually hearing the band was pretty fast. Ken Taylor (I know
him primarily from playing in the Sinclair Jazz Band under the
direction of Bill Burns – though his resume is lengthy, </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Doctor</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Ken Taylor I am told) directs the band. What I heard was largely a
Christmas show and the price of entry was a canned good for their
ongoing food drive. They played a rousing version of Hark the Herald
Angels Sing arranged into Yo Hark! Those Angels Swing! And swing they
did. The band also reached back into the traditional jazz archives to
present Royale Garden Blues with one of the best saxophone players in
the whole area, maybe in the entire state of Ohio, but he played
</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>clarinet</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">!
That musician was none other than Grant “King” Koeller. [you can
also hear Grant most Sunday nights at the Jazz Central Jazz jams] For
those not familiar with Royale Garden Blues, both Bix Beiderbecke and
Louis Armstrong recorded the song in the 1920s and Branford Marsalis
put that tune on an album by the same name in 1986. The band even
tackled the Stan Kenton arrangement for I’ve Never Been in Love
Before and featured the trombone section. Then they blew the walls
out with a “Horn in Face” version of Sweet Georgia Brown from the
Basie Band book. The unexpected event of the evening was the surprise
special guest Linda Landis, now of Columbus Jazz Orchestra fame. She
did a thought provoking interpretation of “It Ain’t Easy Being
Green” from Sesame Street. Some members of the audience were
particularly vocal about their connection with this song. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>The
Central Jazz Big Band will hold forth every third Tuesday at 1200
Forrer Blvd in Kettering/Dayton starting at 7:30.</b></i></span></span><br />
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regular jazz happenings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Jazz Central Jazz Jam - Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. (until around
11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in occasional jazz combos on
other nights [most recently Mike Fageros, jazz guitarist from Houston
Texas]. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Jim
Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass
are at the Tipp City restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Friday
and Saturday night from 7:00-9:30</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Other
venues for which you need to be aware:</span></div>
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Greer and the Classic Jazz Stompers at Jimmy’s Ladder 11 on the
first Tuesday of the month </span></span></span></span>
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at Spinoza’s out by the mall at Fairfield Commons – check out the
web site for times</span></span></span></span></div>
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Platform in cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Blue Wisp Big Band has switched from the Urban Artifact in cincy to
Café Vivace, still every Wednesday night</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Dayton Jazz Orchestra at The Phone Booth Lounge (formerly Dog’s
Breath Tavern) in Kettering every third Sunday of the Month beginning
at 7:00 p.m.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Every
Thursday night at the Minton Club there is music and on 3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Thursdays you can hear the Generations Big Band. </span></span></span></span>
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at Noon you can hear Eric Grieffenhagen & Greg Dearth at the Wine
Emporium.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-2534145938431817502018-11-20T13:19:00.000-08:002018-11-20T13:19:50.443-08:00Jazz in the Fall 2018 - by Jim Woodford<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dayton
area and beyond</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a
tribute to long time Cincinnati area drummer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John
Von Ohlen</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">known
worldwide as a drummer for the Stan Kenton Big Band</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
blog edition is long overdue and covers a jazz group with a Kettering
High School jazz program connection, The Huntertones; the final
Levitt Pavilion concert of the summer; local jazz musicians at The
Front Porch Festival in Yellow Springs; The Bill Burns combo at the
Dayton Art Institute and a trip to cincy to hear vocalist April
Aloisio and one new jazz venue. Let the journey begin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On
9-20-18 I managed to hear </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">The Huntertones at the Levitt Pavilion</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">.
While I had heard the group once before at a previous Miami Valley
Summer Jazz Camp performance – the trombone player & beat box
guru, Chris Ott, is a Kettering grad. They all went to OSU in
Columbus where the band got its start and they even have a sousaphone
player, for you OSU fans they call him their “i dotter” for
script Ohio. These guys have a lot of fun and have a brand new CD
just released, Passport, which reflects influences from their
performing around the world; “a deep drive into the endless
inspiring possibilities of global collaborations.” The first cut
off the new CD, “Clutch” was performed at Levitt. The Huntertones
are a bunch of high energy musicians who have lots and lots of fun!
The band performed what they call a Michael Jackson “mashup” with
pieces of about 15 songs which really got the crowd going. The
Huntertones are all over the internet so check them out.</span></div>
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Advocate Board Member, Sarah Woodford, attended the Yellow Springs
Front Porch Festival on 10-6-18 and got to listen to Jason Swann on
saxophone, Grant “King” Koeller on bass, Greg Dearth on guitar
and Ayn Woods on vocals. Per usual for a Yellow Springs event, it
was pretty laid back but a lot of fun was had by all (also per usual
for a Yellow Springs event). It is worth note that this was the first
event of its kind in YS with many bands of different genres playing
at the same time on different porches. The weather was perfect, there
were dog walkers, folding chair watchers, porch hoppers, car driving
folk from all over, and local horse carriages too! You
can also hear jazz on a regular basis at the Wine Emporium in Yellow
Springs so get over there and see what they’re putting down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
eleventh of October found Jane, Sarah and Jim Woodford at the Dayton
Art Institute for one of the Bob Ross after hours jazz concerts. This
performance included Bill Burns on bari-sax, Chris Berg on bass, Jim
Leslie on drums, Brian Cashwell on keyboards with some vocals from
Felitia LaRock. Other duties called so we were unable to stick around
for the full concert but the band really got the crowd fired up and
vocals from Felitia LaRock seemed to really please those in
attendance. This band also has what I would call an educational
recording out entitled Jazz Advice, includes every single one of
these musicians billed as The Bright Moments Quintet, and even
contains a sing along section – geez, a sing along section! Also
learned of a recording entitled Bill Burns, Live in Centerville –
picked up a copy and have been listening and enjoying it ever since.
Great musicians and always crowd pleasers, they did not disappoint!
Here allow me to include a coincidental point of interest – I do
not remember when was the last time I heard the Nat King Cole song,
LOVE, sung live, maybe never - but Falitia and the boys performed the
song at DAI (more on the coincidence later).</span></span></div>
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of my favorite vocalists is April Aloisio from the Cincinnati area.
It always seems that her performance schedule and my availability are
not compatible. My twin daughters love to hear her sing also. As fate
would have it, Sarah and Jim got to travel to the Cincy area on
10-13-18 to hear April Aloisio sing in Greenhills at Foster’s @ the
Troubadour. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She usually sings in small intimate venues and this was
no different – not too many places I go where the performer stops
her show and comes over to give me and my daughter a hug. It had been
quite some time and it was quite some treat. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To make the evening even
better she sang two of my favorite songs, Centerpiece and That’s
All. If you listen to my radio show you know I sometimes end my show
with Phil Burkhead on keyboards and April singing the tune “That’s
All” from their recording “Daydream.” It was a very enjoyable
evening. </span></span>
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do not usually include much about what was missed but due to a
previously planned 10 day sojourn into the Carolinas for various
family activities – highly enjoyable I might add – there was a
lot of Dayton area jazz opportunities that were missed. In no
particular order, it was highly disappointing to miss the progressive
tribute to a big band drumming legend, John Von Ohlen – drummer for
the Blue Wisp Big Band for the past 4 decades (at least) and former
drummer for The Stan Kenton Big Band. My inside contact told me that
the tribute went “just fine.”</span></div>
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was also a performance by all University of Dayton jazz bands while I
was on the road. I have mentioned these bands before, they are under
excellent direction – Jim Leslie being one of those
directors/instructors – and it is always disappointing when I
cannot get down to hear what they have to say. I have since learned
that one of my favorite alto sax players [and I do not use “favorite”
and “alto sax” in the same sentence very often], Ron Jones,
played with the UD Jazz Bands, so a double whammy for me.</span></span></div>
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I did catch was the final Levitt Pavilion performance for 2018, The
Dayton Funk All Stars. My daughter and fellow Jazz Advocate Board
Member, Sarah, accompanied me to this show. It was probably the
biggest crowd I saw at the pavilion all summer and the paper reported
3,000 in attendance. Whew! What a way to end the Summer. Some members
of the band have been around since the inception of the band so many
decades ago and at least one member had an Ohio Players connection.
[here I will interject that Jazz Central had its own Ohio Players
connection for many, many years in the drumming of Greg Wood who is
now in a state of semi-retirement] I did recognize one trumpet player
who I have seen at Jazz Central as well, saw him at the so called
Dayton Jazz Festival earlier this Summer as well but I have to
apologize for not knowing his name. I will have that the next time he
gets mentioned in this blog. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And
now back to my coincidence story mentioned earlier – the Jazz
Central jazz jam on Sunday nights is always interesting and a highly
affordable place to hear jazz and enjoy jazz with other jazz lovers.
It was at one of these jazz jams that I heard a new vocalist sing
three songs, one of which was, LOVE, of Nat King Cole fame - ALSO
sung at the Dayton Art Institute a couple weeks before – never
heard the song live and have now heard it live TWICE within a matter
of weeks. This leads me to end by saying what I say on my weekly WDPS
radio show on 89.5 FM:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jazz
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">permeate
throughout</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">validate
feelings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So
from now to the next time</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to
you I implore</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">there
is jazz music out there</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Get
out and explore!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">p.s.
my Wednesday radio show has been moved up an hour from 1:00 p.m. and
now broadcasts at Noon on Wednesdays – and if you are stuck at home
on a Saturday night you can tune in on your computer at 7:00 p.m. to
wdpsfm.com</span></span></div>
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Jazz Venue</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh
yeah, I also promised you a new jazz venue in the Dayton area. That
would be Tend & Flourish at 1906 Brown Street down near UD (and
Jimmy’s Ladder Eleven). Currently the live jazz is once a month –
next gig on 12-1-18 but check out their website – this is a Jason
Swann gig for all you Jason Swann lovers. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">local
regular jazz happenings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Jazz Central Jazz Jam is still going strong every Sunday night at
8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in
occasional jazz combos on Thursday nights. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jim
Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass
are at the Tipp City restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Both
excellent musicians and all musicians know that a paying gig is a
very good thing. They do this every Friday and Saturday night from
7:00-9:30 </span></span></span></span>
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venues for which you need to be aware:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dave
Greer and the Classic Jazz Stompers at Jimmy’s Ladder 11 on the
first Tuesday of the month [7:00-10:00]</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jazz
at Spinoza’s out by the mall at Fairfield Commons – check out the
web site for times</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Washington
Platform in cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Blue Wisp Big Band has switched from the Urban Artifact in cincy to
Café Vivace, still every Wednesday night</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Dayton Jazz Orchestra at The Phone Booth Lounge (formerly Dog’s
Breath Tavern) in Kettering every third Sunday of the Month beginning
at 7:00 p.m.</span></span></span></span></div>
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There were 2 major changes to this
year’s Chicago Jazz Festival. The festival started one week earlier
than usual because of festival sponsored concerts in neighborhoods
throughout the city. Another was that the main stage Pritkzer
Pavillion performances at Millennium Park started and ended one hour
earlier, to encourage festival goers to visit Chicago’s many jazz
clubs. With many different sounds and styles that come up under the
word “jazz” these days, including large groups of musicians
staring at sheet music, I looked to the elders appearing on the main
stage to give me what I needed.</div>
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Vocalist Kurt Elling, 50, returned to his hometown to collaborate with a
group of Chicago musicians, and added 2 special guests, trumpeter
Marquis Hill, also a returning Chicago
native, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts,
58, to close out Thursday evening. Featuring mostly music from
Elling’s latest “The Questions” the group raised the bar for
the rest of the fest, with Tain driving them with his joyous,
powerful drumming.</div>
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Still spry and swinging at 80, drummer
Louis Hayes and his quintet performed
music from his Horace Sliver tribute, with the band members being the
same as on the 2017 Blue Note CD. Laying the foundation with Hayes
was the young bassist Dezron Douglas,
whose smile suggested he was the happiest man in the city. Someone
who probably wasn’t happy would be vocalist Dianne
Reeves, 61, whose Friday finale was drowned out by torrential
rains after only one song, but one could tell it was going to be
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the festival main stage with the same group as on his recent Blue
Note CD was pianist Kenny Barron. At 75
years of age Barron has been long been regarded as one of the best
players and leaders in this music, and it was certainly evident in
his quintet’s Saturday night performance. I really enjoyed the
slower-than-usual arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bebop” and
the unified sound of trumpeter Mike Rodriguez<span style="color: #ff6600;">
</span>and saxophonist Dayna Stephens. In what he has said will be
his last public performance, pianist Ramsey Lewis, 83, closed
Saturday evening, delighting the huge crowd with renditions of his
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Sunday’s festival highlight for me
was the music from alto saxophonist Charles
McPherson, 79, and pianist Barry Harris, 88. Working with
veteran Chicago players, bassist Larry Gray and drummer George
Fludas, the quartet overcame a shaky start to fall into a nice
straight ahead groove, including 2 Monk pieces. The festival closed
with an appearance by alto saxophonist Maceo Parker and his band, and
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Chicago Jazz Festival . Even though I can’t get around to see as
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<b>Jazz in and around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state></st1:place></b></h2>
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<b>The Levitt Pavilion
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<b>Gary Onady on trumpet
& World Renowned cellist, Karen Patterson </b><b>at Jazz Central -
August 31, 2018</b></h2>
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Yellow Cab Tavern on First Sunday of the Month – the food
truck revolution continues. If you follow news and happenings around the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area then you know
that food trucks are in the news. My most recent experience with food trucks
was on the first Sunday of July, 2018 at the Yellow Cab Tavern. My fellow Jazz
Advocate Board Member (and daughter) talked me into going down to hear Jason
Swan and the jazz trio that plays there at this time each month (with Trey
Stone on piano and Ben Cooper on bass). My daughter brought her daughter who is
my sometimes partner on my weekly radio show on WDPS 89.5 FM (at 1:00 p.m. on
Wednesdays). We enjoyed the jazz and the food. I was surprised to find a food
truck from one of my favorite restaurants, El Meson, and I will make special
mention of the Ghost Light Coffee food truck operated by Shane Anderson, a
former Jazz Advocate Board Member.<br /><o:p> </o:p>Now back to the jazz combo – the real reason I went in the
first place. The combo did an excellent version of Emily – Bill Evans would
have been proud. Jason presented a heartfelt version of “Do Nothing ‘Till You
Hear From Me” and I am pretty sure I heard some Ben Webster influence in there.
There was also a sax/bass duo on the Harold Arlen tune, Sunny Side of the
Street, eventually rejoined by the piano player (and just to show how kid
friendly it was, he brought his son with him). The trio also played a happy
birthday request for someone in the audience whose name will not be mentioned.
All-in-all, good time and I can recommend you get on down and check it out. </h3>
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Thursday 8-9-18 found my wife and I at the Dayton Art
Institute’s Jazz and Beyond (could just as appropriately be called Jazz after
Work) series to listen to some Beatle Jazz. Thankfully my wife talked me into
this because I discovered that the musicians were all top shelf players; Phil
DeGreg on piano, Kim Pensyl on trumpet and flugelhorn, Aaron Jacobs on bass and
John Taylor on drums. You would have to go a long way to put together four
better musicians. The quartet played a very pretty version of And I Love Her
with what might be called a clavinet flavor from the keyboards. One tune that
really got the crowd fired up was their interpretation of Eleanor Rigby which
also included a very creative drum piece. Introduced as “One of the prettiest
songs the Beatles wrote.” was the jazz waltz treatment of Here, There & Everywhere.
Kim Pensyl’s flugelhorn fit the song perfectly. Another song that was a real
crowd pleaser was their rendition of Day Tripper played in 7:4 time (with the
warning, not recommended for dancers). While only having time to stay for the
first set, rumor has it that a Beatles Jazz recording is in the works for the
quartet. Stay tuned.</h3>
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I mentioned one of my daughters earlier, part of the reason
my wife and I could only stay for one set at DAI was that her sister (twin
sister actually) was driving in from the Carolinas. We had just enough time to
do a brief stopover for the premier event at the brand new Levitt Pavilion in
downtown <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
at Fifth & Jefferson, catch a couple tunes and then head home. Crowd
reaction was very positive when Gina Chavez and her group introduced an
original song about immigrants everywhere just trying to find a place to live
and later as we drove past the venue on the way home they were singing “We are
Family” originally made popular by The Pointer Sisters. My wife commented that
it was a very beautiful evening of the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
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I am going to mention the Sunday Night Jazz Jam at Jazz
Central again because a tenor sax player showed up to jam that really livened
things up. I regret that I did not write down the name of this musician but
King Koeller and this sax player really fired up the band and the crowd. If I
may borrow a rock n’ roll analogy from my youth, it was like hearing two sax
players trade solos on Shake Rattle and Roll! The jazz jam at Jazz Central is
never the same two Sundays in a row and while always interesting, sometimes
they blow the roof off – this was one of those nights. If you care to check it
out, it is every Sunday from 8:00 to 11:30ish.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upcoming Jazz Event:</span><br /> <o:p> </o:p>Dr. Gary Onady (Eddie Brookshire Quintet and Eddie
Brookshire Big Band) on trumpet with Master Cellist Karen Patterson and
vocalist Kelli Campbell appearing at Jazz Central on August 31, 2018 from
8:00-11:30.</h3>
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The Jazz Central Jazz Jam is still going strong every Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in
occasional jazz combos on Thursday nights.<br /> <o:p> </o:p>For the longest running gig in the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
area, Jim Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass
are at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tipp</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place> restaurant called the Coldwater
Café. Both excellent musicians and all musicians know that a paying gig is a
very good thing. They do this every Friday and Saturday night from 7:00-9:30 and
as an added bonus, Coldwater has been named one of the best 10 restaurants in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>!</h3>
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11 on the first Tuesday of the month [7:00-10:00]<br />Jazz at Spinoza’s out by the mall at Fairfield Commons –
check out the web site for times<br />Washington Platform in cincy, jazz combos on Friday and
Saturday nights.<br /> The Blue Wisp Big Band has switched from the Urban Artifact
in cincy to Café Vivace, still every Wednesday night<br />The Dayton Jazz Orchestra at The Phone Booth Lounge
(formerly Dog’s Breath Tavern) in <st1:city w:st="on">Kettering</st1:city>
every third Sunday of the Month beginning at 7:00 p.m.<br /><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jason Swann on saxophone, Trey Stone on piano
and Ben Cooper on bass have been playing at The Paragon on Friday nights and
should continue to do so through August beginning at 6:30p.m..</span></h3>
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happenings in the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area (and beyond) has
recently included The Dayton Jazz Festival (held at Riverfest on 6-10-18) and
the Miami Valley Jazz Camp (held at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kettering</st1:place></st1:city>
high school again this year). But first let me mention the Jazz Festival after
party at Jazz Central. Once again we had a plethora of jazz jammers. I am not
going to do a rundown of participants, of which there were 18 at one point but
I will mention that jazz guitarist Mike Fageros was there – down from Toledo
after flying in from Houston Texas, Mike Teckenbrock – playing trumpet this
night rather than his usual flugelhorn and a former Jazz Central regular, Larry
Smith – who has switched from alto sax to tenor sax. It had been at least a
year since Larry had graced the stage. I always say that you never know what
you are going to get at the Jazz Central Jazz Jam on Sunday nights but it is
always interesting. One final comment, Mike Fageros has what I call the
surprise recording of the decade - set for release in July (2018) – <st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Berry</st1:state> on the B3
Organ in a live performance in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state>!
I cannot tell you how excited I am about this recording – <st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city>
was a B3 jazz music icon in the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place></st1:city>
area for close to 40 years but he just never got that much laid down on
recordings. I have a pre-CD release copy which I have been playing on my radio
show – the excitement builds!</b></span><br />
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not get to as often as I would like. I heard the Jim Connerly Trio with John
Zappa on trumpet, Bill Jackson on bass & Jason Smart on drums. Jim was
playing electronic keyboard. Over the years I have particularly enjoyed Jim
Connerly’s playing – first heard him at the former Pachia’s Jazz Room in the
Oregon District. Unfortunately for jazz lovers, not much jazz going on in the
Oregon District these days. I caught the first set and the Platform’s usual
great chowder. Zappa really showed his chops on Freddie Hubbard’s Straight
Life. The drummer’s rhythms helped make this song particularly interesting.
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Henderson’s Mamacita! [Joe Henderson, a.k.a. Saxophone Joe, is generally
referred to as being from the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area but in
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Jazz Camp provided its usual amount of public entertainment, the camp
counselor’s performance at midweek on Wednesday and the camps final camp
attendee’s performance on Friday. The camp counselor performance this year was
introduced by two student big bands, Cordonnier and Bradley – they got the
crowed going. The headliners this year were a camp counselor version of The
Dayton Jazz Orchestra, camp sponsors this year. I do not intend to provide a
blow by blow account of all 7 tunes but trumpeter Scott Belck kicked things off
with I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, reaching some high notes that only dogs
could hear. Hal Melia played Ellington’s Jeep Blues (1956 Newport Jazz
Festival) and Closing out the set was special guest Rob Parton along with Scott
Belck once again with a rousing rendition of Maynard & Waynard. [Maynard
Ferfuson and Wayne Bergeron] Honestly, you could pay any amount of money to see
a big jazz act such as Wynton Marsalis and not hear anything better than that
final trumpet duet. [full disclosure, I HAVE paid to see Wynton Marsalis-TWICE]</b><b> The Friday “end
of camp” concert is always fun too. I could not attend the 12:30 performances
but was able to catch the big band portion that took place at 7:00 p.m. Friday
evening – fighting the Fraze Pavilion parking overflow was a challenge but
managed to get inside before the first big band combo completed their set.
(although I missed the drum set event) Bands that played were New Lumber under
the direction of Sammy K & Jim Leslie, Honey I Shrunk the big Band!
directed by Bill Burns, The Second Line & Dwayne directed by Ryan Hamilton,
DocScott & the Lone Big Bone directed by Dr. Scott Belck and Bradley
directed by Eric Lechliter. The highlight of the camp is always the all band
camp performance, including instructors, as the final song of the evening –
this year it was Perdido – I did a quick count and ended up with about 60
students plus counselors. I am pretty sure that the final note raised the
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<b> Can’t do this write up without a mention of Ron Gable’s
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extensive internet presence so I don’t really need to recreate the wheel.
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instead of tenor sax. Jason Swann swung his tenor sax with Ayn on vocals, Jeff
on keyboards & Todd on drums. Mike Teckenbrock showed up to help Ron
celebrate his birthday and brought his golden flugelhorn. Hal Harris and his
son also helped celebrate, Hal on trombone and Steve on drums. Jan Og dropped
by to lay down some tasty brush licks on drums as well. And there were lots of
dancers. Those folks at the Minton Athletic Club seem to love to dance. The
Dean of Dayton radio, Clay “the Cooker” Collins was also in attendance
accompanied by his talented wife, “Lady D” who sang a song for Ron. A good time
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<b> I was also fortunate enough to have the time to get over to
Spinoza’s at the Mall at Fairfield Commons to catch Brian Cashwell on piano,
Chris Berg on bass and John Taylor on drums. These guys are amazing every time
I hear them. They play so well together and that is because they make the
musical communication look effortless. If you weren’t there, you missed quite a
treat.<br /> </b><b>Then last but not least, finally got over to The Paragon,
for what might have been the last performance at that venue of the musical
combo consisting of Jason Swann on saxophone, Trey Stone on piano and Ben
Cooper on bass. It was a lovely evening of drinks and dinner and the combo was
crowd pleasing. [however; don’t expect to sit at the bar and get anything to
eat – my recommendation is eat at 6:00, then sit at the bar and enjoy the combo
up close and personal – p.s. my granddaughter had a Shirley Temple just in case
you were wondering]. The combo is hopeful that a change in entertainment
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jazz regular happenings:</b><b>The Jazz Central Jazz Jam is still going strong every Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in
occasional jazz combos on Thursday nights.</b><b> For the longest
running gig in the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area, Jim Smith, jazz
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restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Both excellent musicians and all
musicians know that a paying gig is a very good thing. They do this every
Friday and Saturday night from 7:00-9:30 and as an added bonus, Coldwater has
been named one of the best 10 restaurants in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>!</b><b> Other venues for
which you need to be aware:</b><b>Dave Greer and the Classic Jazz Stompers at Jimmy’s Ladder
11 on the first Tuesday of the month [7:00-10:00] - Jazz at Spinoza’s out by
the mall at Fairfield Commons – check out the web site for times. - Top of the
Crown [a.k.a. View 162] has music at times peppered with jazz on the weekends. -
Washington Platform in cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. - The
Blue Wisp Big Band at Urban Artifact in cincy every Wednesday night. - The
Dayton Jazz Orchestra at The Phone Booth Lounge (formerly Dog’s Breath Tavern)
in <st1:city w:st="on">Kettering</st1:city>
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Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-82833022411287456892018-06-12T10:30:00.000-07:002018-06-12T10:30:03.383-07:00What is a "Jazz Jam?"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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easy answer is; a venue like Jazz Central, who has been doing Sunday Night Jams
for close to fifty years, hires a core group to perform and then lets anyone
who shows up to sit in with the group. Sometimes they have to take turns, which
is handled by the Jam leader. Many times it’s just another evening of good
inexpensive entertainment but there are times, when depending upon who shows
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Grant Koeller into doing a gig on my birthday and since he has been leading the
Jazz Jams at Jazz Central (2932 E. 3rd. <st1:place w:st="on">St.</st1:place> in
Dayton) in recent years, I asked him if we could open my event and invite other
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Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-892627018779075002018-06-01T16:07:00.000-07:002018-06-01T19:51:36.110-07:00Latest jazz happenings - June, 2018 edition by Jim Woodford<br />
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Frank Proto will be playing bass with Tim Berens on guitar at a fund raiser at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hope</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Lutheran</st1:placename>
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This Saturday, at 7:00 PM, bassist Frank Proto and I will be playing a concert
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype> in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>. The concert is free and open to
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Frank is a
Grammy Award nominee and a world-renowned composer of music for symphony
orchestras. We have been playing together for many years now and have
created a rich repertoire that blends jazz and classical music in a unique way.
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<o:p> </o:p> We will be
performing works by Frank Proto, Gabriel Faure, Neal Hefti, Manuel de Falla, and
several jazz composers. I promise a night of aural delights.</div>
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Hope Lutheran <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>,
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<st1:street w:st="on">500 Hickory St</st1:street>,
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">45410</st1:postalcode></st1:place>,
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(937) 228-5191 <o:p></o:p></div>
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http://www.hopelutherandayton.org/ <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the words of <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> native (and former
Jazz Central host, vocalist and trumpet player) John Hampton Wagner, “Be there
or be square!” [for the inquiring minds needing to know, John and his wife
Rexanne now live in Florida – and for the really curious who like to dig deeper,
my wife and I had dinner with them when we were down that way in the Spring]<o:p></o:p></div>
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I previously mentioned
a date at Jazz Central by The Eddie Brookshire Big Band and I am happy to say
that I was able to attend the first set of that performance. Eddie has been at
Jazz Central in many capacities over the years at Jazz Central, most recently
as the bass player for the Archie McPherson combo gig set up by drummer Ismail
Mohammad. The Big Band came ready to play. They played a rousing rendition of
Dizzy Gillespie’s <st1:city w:st="on">Manteca</st1:city>
and even threw in a second line groove tune – N’awlins style – of Little Liza
Jane! The piano player was featured on My Romance and as a trombone lover, I
particularly enjoyed the tune Bonehead. The tune that really caught my ear was
a latin style tune entitle <st1:city w:st="on">Valdez</st1:city>
in the Country. Trombonist transformed into vocalist, Brenda Flowers gave more
latin flavor to It Don’t Mean a Thing and Ryan Wells continued to entertain the
crowd on tenor sax and trumpet player Rodderick Wilson even got in on the act. There
was some scatting going on in there as well. The set ended on what I would call
an upbeat high note with Perdido – Gary Onady provided a memorable trumpet solo
and Fenton Sparks put on the exclamation point with his drum solo. Hope you
didn’t miss it, it was a good one. Thanks to long time Jazz Jammer (and congas
player that night) Cliff Darrett for setting up that big band performance!!!</div>
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<o:p> </o:p> While I mention
the Jazz Central Jazz Jams fairly frequently, I do not write about them all
that much – clearly you can come down to Jazz Central any Sunday night at 8:00
and hear the music for yourself but recently I heard one that deserves mention.
First of all, there is an annual Hamvention held in the Dayton area and this
year it was in Xenia – a trumpet player from Baltimore makes a point to come
down to Jazz Central on the weekend of the Hamvention. In turn, I make a point
to be there so I do not miss his playing. His picture is included – Gary from
Baltimore - he comes from a blues
background but keeps getting up to speed on jazz – always enjoy his playing. And
this year we had a packed stage as well, 2 tenor saxes, 2 trumpets and 2
trombones – a picture of that lineup is included here as well. All-in-all it
was an even more energetic night than usual! And I gotta tell ya, Rodderick
Wilson is never afraid of going in search of that mystical high note on the
trumpet! Come on down and see if he finds it!?</div>
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Last but not
least for live jazz, at least for what I have managed to attend recently, the
Chris Berg Trio played at the Milton Club, with Mike Teckenbrock on flugelhorn,
Brian Cashwell on piano and featuring Patricia Berg on vocals. I could talk
about every single song they played but two in particular that were crowd
favorites were A Day in the Life of a Fool (requested by Jazz Advocate’s own
Ron Gable) and Stolen Moments. Patricia Berg gave A Day in the Life of a Fool a
very special crowd pleasing flavor and Mike Teckenbrock’s flugelhorn solos in
Stolen Moments was well worth the price of admission. I have said it before, Mike
may be the best flugelhorn player in <st1:city w:st="on">Columbus</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
area and that encompasses a lot of flugelhorn players. One veteran jazz
musician sitting in the audience referred to Mike’s playing as being quite
tasty. I couldn’t agree more. It is my understanding that the combo will be
back – keep your eyes and ears posted for upcoming dates.</div>
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Dave Greer and the Classic Jazz Stompers at Jimmy’s Ladder 11
on the first Tuesday of the month (7:00-10:30). Jazz at Spinoza’s out by the
mall at Fairfield Commons – check out the web site for times – my understanding
is that Chris Berg, John Taylor and Brian Cashwell may be playing their last
gig there on June 25th – mark your calendar. Top of the Crown [a.k.a. View 162]
has music at times peppered with jazz on the weekends. Washington Platform in
cincy, jazz combos on Friday and Saturday nights. The Blue Wisp Big Band at
Urban Artifact in Cincy every Wednesday night. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt;">Jason
Swann and musical compadres at The Paragon – every Friday night in June, July &
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Jazz Festival at Riverscape on Sunday June 10th at 1:00 p.m. and the annual
Miami Valley Jazz Band Camp is June 11th thru the 15th and the Wednesday night
jazz instructor performance as well as the week ending jazz camp performance
are both worth catching. See you there!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mo’ Money – Mo’ Money – Mo’ Money!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> OK, I admit I
stole the money line from the Wayans Brothers and their ground breaking comedy
sitcom In Living Color – it was catchier than Mo’ Jazz, Mo’ Jazz, Mo’ Jazz!! But
jazz is still going strong in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> and
southwest <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state>
in general. And we just recently experienced International Jazz Day whereby
Bill Burns directed a celebration at Cline Elementary in Centerville (part of
the school system in which Bill teaches) and a two performance happening down
at the Greenwich in Cincinnati where area native Jeff Hamilton came back into
town to celebrate and help with a fundraiser for long time Blue Wisp Big Band
drummer and Stan Kenton Orchestra legend John Von Ohlen. The event was sold out
and yours truly waited too long to try to buy tickets and got shut out. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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about the performances I did get to see, starting with Anat Cohen on clarinet, who
brought her Tentet into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Dayton</st1:placename></st1:place>. She is an
internationally renowned clarinetist. To say the least, it was an exciting
evening of jazz music variety, ten musicians! The clarinet has slowly slipped
into the background of jazz music as the soprano sax has gained a much more
prominent role. Anat Cohen is doing her very best to bring back the clarinet. She
has numerous recordings available out there if you care to sample her talent. I
will also do a little name dropping as numerous jazz luminaries were spotted in
the audience, Mike Teckenbrock, Jim Smith, Bill Burns & Willie Morris just
to name a few. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I was also lucky enough to catch
the final Sinclair Jazz Band performance of the school year under the direction
of Bill Burns. Bill Burns has the Sinclair Jazz Band clicking on all cylinders
and to make things even better for this performance he brought in guest
trombonist Rick Simerly. </b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Rick traditionally comes into town for the Miami
Valley Jazz Camp held in June, as an instructor, and then also plays with the
instructor band when they do their camp performance mid-week. I happen to own a
Rick Simerly recording which is absolutely excellent and Rick blew everybody
away this night with his amazing control and trombone playing ability. And
speaking of the aforementioned Stan Kenton Orchestra, the play set included a
Bill Holman tune written for trombonist Carl Fontana and a Hank Levy tune
arranged for trombonist Bill Watrous
entitled Bread and Watrous. Pictured below is the musician lineup for the
Norris Turney tune entitled Seventh Day, transcribed from a recording in Bill
Burns’ collection (sorry folks, no YouTube video for this one – if you weren’t
there then you missed it!). It was quite the evening of music.</b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Taylor, Bill Burns, Adam Uhlenhake & Jeff Spurlock.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> Last but not
least, the stars lined up and I was available at the last minute to travel to
Yellow Springs recently to hear Lee McKinney, John Eshelman and Hal Melia at
Emporium Wines. I had not been to Yellow Springs in a while and it brought back
a lot of memories of when I was in graduate school – I digress – the trio
performance was laudable and as I have said to just about anyone who will
listen (and most recently on my radio show on WDPS at 89.5 FM on Wednesdays at 1:00)
– Hal Melia may be the best musician in southwest <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state> and parts beyond. Boy can play! And he
did not disappoint. He is also quite involved in the aforementioned Miami
Valley Jazz Camp AND got to play with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Oh the stories
he can tell!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> There will be a
special performance by Tim Berens on guitar and Frank Proto on bass at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Hope</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Lutheran</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype> on <st1:street w:st="on">Hickory Street</st1:street> in downtown <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> on Saturday June 2nd. Mark your calendar – more details as
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jazz regular happenings:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Jazz Central Jazz Jam is still going strong every Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in
occasional jazz combos on Thursday nights. Jason Swann is on hiatus in May but
holding forth in a jazz combo at the Paragon on Fridays in June, July & August
from 7:00-10:00.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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running gig in the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area, Jim Smith, jazz
guitar player/teacher/master and Vinnie Marshal on bass are at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tipp</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>
restaurant called the Coldwater Café. Both excellent musicians and all musicians
know that a paying gig is a very good thing. They do this every Friday and
Saturday night from 7:00-9:30 and as an added bonus, Coldwater has been named
one of the best 10 restaurants in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you read this article in time, you will be able to hear
the Eddie Brookshire Big Band at Jazz Central on May 12th. Come on down and
hear the Dean of Dayton Jazz Bass and his Big Band!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And before it slips my mind, The Milt Goedde Trio with
special guests Gary Onady on trumpet and Ryan Wells on saxophone will be
appearing at Jazz Central on Friday, May 25th from 8:00-11:30.</span></b></div>
Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-63993456489354447922018-03-16T19:41:00.000-07:002018-03-17T06:50:48.606-07:00The Dayton area jazz scene – March 2018 edition by Jim Woodford<br />
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<b>More on the jazz scene in the general <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city></st1:place> area seems to be in order. I recently
heard from Jim Smith, jazz guitar player/teacher/master who has had probably
the longest steady paying gig in recent memory at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tipp</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>
restaurant called the Coldwater Café. This gig is with bass player Vinnie
Marshall whom I refer to as Vinnie on the skinny since he has the hard body,
thin bass that sits on a tripod. They are starting their third year.
Congratulations! Both excellent musicians and all musicians know that a paying
gig is a very good thing. They do this every Friday and Saturday night from
7:00-9:30 and as an added bonus, Coldwater has been named one of the best 10
restaurants in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> (hmmmm, is <st1:placename w:st="on">Tipp</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype>
actually in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city></st1:place>?)
Hats off to Jim and Vinnie!</b></div>
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<b>The Jazz Central Jazz Jam is still going strong every Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. (until around 11:30) and Ismail Muhammad is bringing in
occasional jazz combos on Thursday nights. I was reminded this week that Jason
Swann plays in a jazz combo at the Paragon on some weekends and he has a combo
downtown at Hannah’s (across from the Schuster) every Thursday night. The
Paragon schedule is as follows:</b></div>
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<b>I am primarily motivated to compose this current edition
about the jazz scene in the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area because
recently I traveled to <st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city> (OK, is <st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city> the <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area
or is <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city></st1:place> area? They are close enough
together that travel is convenient in both directions) to the Greenwich jazz
club where the B.J. Jansen Common Ground combo was performing, B.J. Jansen on
bari-sax, Steve Turre on trombone, Eddie Brookshire on bass, Art Gore on drums,
Duane Eubanks on trumpet & Marcus Persiani on piano. B.J. is from the area
and was coming home to promote his Downbeat 2017 album of the year entitled
Common Ground. It was quite a night of music (and food, B.J. has a classmate
that owns a catering business and both times I have been there to hear him the
food has been excellent). </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The combo assembled for the hometown performance was
different than the combo that made the recording. Most of you know that is not
all that unusual. Performers come into town and often use local musicians; in
this case, you couldn’t have done much better than Eddie Brookshire (<st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>) and Art Gore (<st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place>). B.J. usually hits the stage
fashionably late and then plays a couple of hours straight through with no
breaks. This night was no different. We heard cuts from the album, Stacey’s
Place, Street Walk [as B.J. was quick to point out, street walk, not walker]
and Angela’s Aggravation [which turned out that Angela was his sister and B.J.
was the aggravation] and his tribute to Wilburt Longmire – long time cincy jazz
guitar player who passed away in January 2017 – Bucket Full of Soul. Solos by
NYC piano player Marcus Persiani were excellent, as were solos by Eddie
Brookshire and Art Gore. The combo interacted and communicated quite well
together. At one point there was some excellent trio work between B.J., Eddie
and Art. B.J. kept the combo mixing it up! In fact, solos were good all the way
round. While Delfeayo Marsalis is the trombone player on the album, Steve Turre
filled in for him this night. And the final song of the night was the Mile
Davis tune, All Blues, played on conch shells, yeah you heard me right, conch
shells; five of them if I counted correctly. The shells were all different
sizes and he hit every note as he switched around on those conch shells. It was
quite an unexpected end to a great jazz music evening.</b></span></div>
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<b>The combo assembled for the hometown performance was
different than the combo that made the recording. Most of you know that is not
all that unusual. Performers come into town and often use local musicians; in
this case, you couldn’t have done much better than Eddie Brookshire (<st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>) and Art Gore (<st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place>). B.J. usually hits the stage
fashionably late and then plays a couple of hours straight through with no
breaks. This night was no different. We heard cuts from the album, Stacey’s
Place, Street Walk [as B.J. was quick to point out, street walk, not walker]
and Angela’s Aggravation [which turned out that Angela was his sister and B.J.
was the aggravation] and his tribute to Wilburt Longmire – long time cincy jazz
guitar player who passed away in January 2017 – Bucket Full of Soul. Solos by
NYC piano player Marcus Persiani were excellent, as were solos by Eddie
Brookshire and Art Gore. The combo interacted and communicated quite well
together. At one point there was some excellent trio work between B.J., Eddie
and Art. B.J. kept the combo mixing it up! In fact, solos were good all the way
round. While Delfeayo Marsalis is the trombone player on the album, Steve Turre
filled in for him this night. And the final song of the night was the Mile
Davis tune, All Blues, played on conch shells, yeah you heard me right, conch
shells; five of them if I counted correctly. The shells were all different
sizes and he hit every note as he switched around on those conch shells. It was
quite an unexpected end to a great jazz music evening. </b></div>
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<b>One more addition, a word from Ron Gable (Jazz Advocate Emeritus),
who tells me how pleased he is to have found a new music venue. The Milton Club
at <st1:street w:st="on">640 Cosler Drive</st1:street>
off Burkhardt in <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>,
a private club with a beautiful ballroom dance floor and outstanding kitchen,
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<b> Every Monday the
Kettering Banjo Society holds practice sessions from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.</b></div>
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<b> On the first
Thursday of each month the Speakeasy Jazz Band plays traditional <st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place> (Dixieland)
from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.</b></div>
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<b> On the third
Thursday of each month the Generations Big Band plays the best of Count Basie,
Stan Kenton, as well as hits of Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Diane Schuur and
Michael Buble with some pop and rock covers for good measure from 7:00 to 9:00
pm.</b></div>
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Thursday of each month the OLDKOOL Rock and Roll Band plays your favorites from
the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.</b></div>
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<br />Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-32285109351335100072018-01-16T20:11:00.000-08:002018-01-16T20:13:54.796-08:00Jazz Scene 2017/2018 by Jim Woodford<div class="MsoNormal">
<b> Many of you know that after 4 decades, the downtown <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place> jazz & blues
iconic club, Gilly’s closed its doors on 12-31-17. This follows the
heavyhearted news of the passing of the founder of Gilly’s, Jerry Gillotti.
Very sad news for music fans in the <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>
area and beyond. Jerry, you will be missed. But as I lament Jerry’s passing I
also have to point out that many spirits were lifted with the
standing-room-only tribute to Jerry on 12-27-18 with all the musicians and all
the music fans that showed up for Jerry’s Last Jam! They play the funeral dirge
going to the graveyard in <st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place>
but they play joyful, uplifting music on the way back. They do this for a
reason obviously, life goes on and we celebrate that good things from a life
well lived. Thank you Jerry for all that you did for the music scene in <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>!</b></div>
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<b> With the joyful march back in the New Orleans funeral
procession in mind I am going to take this opportunity to point out that the
Dayton area is lucky enough to have other music venues that will hopefully help
take away the pain of the closing of Gilly’s. Followers of the music scene in
the <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place> area
know that there is an ebb and flow of these music venues. A few years ago, <st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city> musicians were commenting about how vibrant the
jazz scene was in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> and now maybe that
mantle has moved back down south but you can still hear jazz in the <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place> area. Bands play
certain venues for a period of time and then those situations come to an end.
The Generations Big Band was playing Friday nights at the Mandalay for quite a
while as well as Jazz Central one Thursday a month. Both of those situations
have changed and now it looks like The Generations Big Band will be playing at
least once a month at the Milton Club in <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>.
Followers of the Jazz Central Big Band over the past 4 decades know that this
band ebbs and flows as well. Early on it was made up of a bunch of hot young
players who blew the roof off at Jazz Central but many of those players moved
on to other opportunities, some out of the state entirely. The most recent
iteration of the Jazz Central Big Band was managed by Linda Landis, trombone
player of Columbus Jazz Orchestra fame but it was recently announced that they
will be on indefinite hiatus. The Dayton Jazz Orchestra has also had their time
at Jazz Central but most recently they are holding court at the Dog’s Breath
Tavern in Kettering [just a few blocks from the Wilmington Pike/Whipp Road
intersection] every third Tuesday of the month.</b></div>
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<b> I have mentioned Jazz Central a number of times thus far and
there is a reason for that. Jazz Central has the longest running jazz jam in
the <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>
area. I can tell you personally that there has been a Sunday night jazz jam
there since I started attending in 2001. The thing about a jazz jam is that it
is always different, it is always interesting and you never know what you are
going to get and sometimes it is way beyond your expectations. I felt this way
recently. Sunday night, 1-7-18 saw some of the same jazz jammers that show up
most Sunday nights. I have been there when the stage is full of musicians
playing just about every type of jazz instrument you can think of. But I have
also been there when there was a core set of jazz jammers and while you may not
get the wild and sometimes exciting swings that you get with a variety of
jammers, when you have 5 or 6, they can get into a groove that is memorable.
This was one of those nights, Kenny Baccus on Hammond organ, King Koeller on
tenor sax, Ron Appleberry on bass, Craig Saunders on drums and Jeff Slinker on
jazz guitar. You can see these fellows most Sunday nights at Jazz Central.
There was a special guest this night, <st1:placename w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> in <st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place> student Craig Jackson. Regular Jazz
Central attendees pretty much saw Craig grow up on this stage right before their
eyes and this night he came back to show us what else he has learned. </b></div>
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<b>And what a night it was. Here are some of the songs that
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<b>Softly As in a Morning <st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></b></div>
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<b>Lullaby of Birdland</b></div>
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<b>Blue Train</b></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><b>Corcovado</b></st1:place></div>
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<b>Don’t Get Around Much Anymore</b></div>
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<b>Take 5 (this after a crowd request for some Paul Desmond)</b></div>
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<b>Let it Snow</b></div>
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<b> King Koeller and Craig Jackson tore it up on Blue Train. I
only regret that I was not recording. And when tenor sax player Craig Jackson
switched to drums, he was challenged by the crowd request for Paul Desmond when
they picked Take 5. It went surprisingly well even with the different time
signatures. All-in-all, a very good night. If you weren’t there then you missed
it. Jazz is alive and well in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state></st1:place>. I do want to give a special
shout out to Berkely & Avril and Leslie & Roger, DIE HARD jazz fans!</b></div>
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<b> Two final notes, Jason Swann emceed and played at least two
Thursday night jazz jams at Jazz Central for most of 2017, and while he still
jazz jams on Sunday nights, his talent has been drawn to Hannah’s in downtown <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> on Thursday
nights. Have been there myself, things are going quite well. Last and most
certainly not least, there was a performance extraordinaire at Jazz Central on
Thursday 12-28-17 which I missed because I was out of town. But because people
cannot stop talking about it, making me feel even worse that I was out of town,
I want to at least mention the players, Ismail Mohammad on drums, Mike Fageros
on jazz guitar, Mark Smarelli on vibes and the dean of Dayton jazz bass guitar,
Eddie Brookshire on bass. I have paid money to see Mike, Mark and Eddie at
individual gigs and they were all on the same stage at once! Apparently if you
weren’t there you really did miss one. The good news is that Ismail Mohammad is
now organizing Thursday night jazz performances at Jazz Central so come on
down. See you around the jazz scene. </b></div>
<br />Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-77975619429800138702018-01-01T11:13:00.000-08:002018-01-01T19:46:35.988-08:00Jerry's Last Jam<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dateline Wednesday December 27, 2017:<br /> Jerry's Last Jam at Gilly's</span></h2>
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take the stage was Eddie Brookshire's Big Band. They were raucously received by
the capacity crowd in attendance and Cliff Darrett on latin percussion and
congas with Fenton Sparks on drums enhanced a rousing rendition of Dizzy
Gillespie's <st1:city w:st="on">Manteca</st1:city>! These percussionists also had some
help from Ismail Muhammad.<br /> The second
tribute of the night was from the quartet of Randy Villars on piano, Hal Melia
on tenor sax, Fenton <st1:city w:st="on">Sparks</st1:city>
on drums and Eddie Brookshire on bass. Also well received, the crowd heard some
excellent solos as these veteran musicians demonstrated their ability to
interact and musically communicate to the crowd's delight!</span><br />
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bringing up on stage the first jam group of the evening. This group included
vocalist Sandra Rutledge, Randy Villars on piano, Bill Dixon on trumpet, King
Koeller on tenor sax, Vince Gillotti on tenor sax, Eddie Brookshire on bass , Hal
Melia on flute and [ ? ] Mallott on drums. This jazz jam group really seemed to
fire up the crowd even more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Next up was Dave Greer and his Classic Jazz Stompers; a <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> area mainstay for
several decades, this group always gives the impression that they play
Dixieland jazz but jazz lovers quickly realize that there is a jazz
musicianship that smoothly moves right into bop and provides a musical mixture
that results in pure delight to listeners. As 89.5 FM WDPS radio show host
often says, "There may be other bands out there somewhere that are just as
good as the Jazz Stompers but there are none better!" This was the one
band at the Jerry Gillotti tribute that does play a regular gig on the second
Tuesday of the month at Jimmy's Ladder Eleven down on <st1:street w:st="on">Brown Street</st1:street>.</span></div>
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second jazz jam group was brought to the stage next and included Gary Onady on
trumpet, Jim Smith on guitar, Mike Koogan on trombone, Lee McKinney on drums, Hal
Melia on tenor sax and various other sundry players (apologies to those not
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Flashbacks Band led by Generations Big Band trombone player, Dustin Malone. You
can learn more about this band on their Facebook page. They have a lot of fun
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The next band took quite a while to set up but this is a
good time to point out that there was also a DJ set up at the club that played
music at the appropriate times and who knew Jerry Gillotti well and played
music that Jerry liked. Once the band was set up the crowd learned it was The
Floyd Witherspoon Band with Touch! Touch as played Gillys in February for the
past 25 years. This band was tough to beat for Gillys longevity. Many of you
reading this are familiar with Touch as they have been around <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> for a very long time. For those of you
NOT familiar with Touch, they are four band members that do an excellent job of
recreating the Motown sound, in particular the Temptations and the Four Tops. They
brought the house down. Even though tables and chairs had been set up on the
dance floor to accommodate the expected standing-room-only crowd, dancers were
not deterred during this performance. You can find videos of this group on the
internet by doing a search for "motown sound of touch web" - if you
like Motown, you need to find them on the web.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jerry's brother Tom was brought to the stage to tell some
club stories, of which he had too many to talk about them all, but he did talk
about Richard Pryor coming to the club and delivering about a half hour
performance because he liked the band he heard so well. Another story this
reporter heard from trumpet player Gary Onady was that the year Wynton Marsalis
won awards in both the classical and jazz genre, he actually heard Wynton, Branford
and the Marsalis family matriarch Ellis at Gilly's for 6 bucks! Unfortunately (and
disappointingly), this reporter was
unable to stay for the final jazz jam group of the evening, but there were two
female vocalists, Dayton area jazz musician regulars Jason Swann on tenor sax (who
also backed up Touch) and Grant "King" Koeller on tenor sax. Two jazz
musicians who returned to the area were also in the band - unfortunately, facial
recognition did not also result in remembering names. The trombone player
attended <st1:placename w:st="on">Central</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype>
and actually once played an Australian instrument, the diggory do, at Jazz Central and the bass player, first name
Ian it seems, is now earning a living playing bass in <st1:city w:st="on">New York City</st1:city>. Hats off to them for returning
to the area to pay tribute to long time jazz and blues club owner Jerry
Gillotti. The group also include various other jazz musicians (again, apologies
to those not specifically mentioned in print). It was a night to remember.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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My most memorable
event at Gilly’s was the 2005 jazz advocate hurricane Katrina benefit concert;
where Jerry Gillotti furnished the venue and many local jazz musicians
furnished the entertainment. The Dayton Pizza Factory, Cold Beer &
Cheeseburgers and others furnished food. The evening had a true New Orleans
Jazz flavor provided by Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers from <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city> and Don Vappie of the Creole Jazz Serenaders from <st1:city w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:city> who happened
to be in town when Katrina hit. Gilly’s closing marks the end of an era for me
and many other local music fans so now is the time to be thankful for Jerry’s
gift of many memories of good times at Gilly’s.</div>
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Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-26324002690180040272013-03-27T11:59:00.000-07:002013-03-27T13:47:07.056-07:00Brad Goode really is!!!It took me a couple of weeks from hearing to writing to posting concerning the Beavercreek Weekend of Jazz High School Jazz Band day and it was shortly after that when I was treated to an outstanding performance by Brad Goode at Jazz Central at 2931 East Third Street. So time to make note. Brad was on a whirlwind midwestern tour which included two stops in Chicago, one in Cincinnati and one in Dayton (of which I know of anyway). Frankly I had forgotten just how good Brad is on the trumpet. Pretty much the entire first set, even the "we love to talk about jazz, the song and the individual performances during the performance" attendees were just sitting and marveling at the beautiful trumpet playing of Brad Goode. Words escape me. And Brad was accompanied by an all star cast of players. Dan Karlsberg on keyboards (you can hear him at The Blue Wisp in Cincy and surrounds), Phil Tipton (also a much sought after Cincy area musician) on drums and the co-star of the evening, Dayton's own Bill Burns, baritone sax player extraordinaire. They were accompanied by a bass player with which I was not familiar by the name of Tim Watson and he solidified the Quintet. The first set was simply out of this world! The music played and the musicianship exhibited on the stage was such that people got lost in the moment. If jazz can be ethereal, this performance rose to the occasion. I am quite certain that Brad Goode would be in his element with any jazz trumpet player in the entire world. He was that good. I did speak to him at break and unfortunately he was unable to play beside Scott Belk, now at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincy, because he was out of town doing his own thing. Too bad. I heard the two of them in Columbus once at a Tuesday night jazz jam at The Park Street Tavern which was quite memorable. Brad teaches out in Colorado now so who knows when Dayton will get the chance to hear him again but if you were there, you know of which I write. Get out and hear Brad Goode anytime you see he is in the area, wherever you may be when you read this. Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-28313810966994869652013-03-24T17:49:00.001-07:002013-03-24T17:49:49.791-07:00The Beavercreek Weekend of Jazz High School Jazz Band DayRecently finished one of my favorite days of each year, The Weekend of Jazz High School Jazz Band Day at Beavercreek High School as part of their annual Weekend of Jazz. I do not see how there could possibly be a better high school jazz day in the whole United States. Doug McCullough and his minions just simply work miracles. Congratulations!! Seems like there are trends at each of these I attend and this year there were more female band members who also soloed, pretty much every band had a guitar player – some had two, the bari-sax was prominent this year and last but most certainly not least, there was clearly a revival of the clarinet this year. Hurray!<br />
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First up for the day was Kings Junior High School Jazz Band under the direction of Joe Polen. I have come to expect good things from Joe Polen over the years and this year was no exception but I do have a confession to make. I was unfortunately late upon arrival and missed their first selection, Lullaby of Birdland completely, and was only permitted to listen to their second selection, Bye Bye Blackbird from outside the concert hall doors. But their final presentation was Listen Here, an Eddie Harris composition with which I was not familiar which included a nice bari-sax solo, an interesting trade-off between tenor sax and alto sax and an accomplished guitar solo. And for my money, the keyboard work stood out throughout the entire song. Good job. Names included in the solo column were Adam Nunez, Sam Purkiss, Ethan Cain, Zach Groome and Gyasi Richardson but somebody other than me will have to match those names to the instruments played.<br />
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Next up was the Kettering Fairmont Jazz Ensemble II under the direction of Dayton Jazz Orchestra veteran and saxophonist extraordinaire, Dan Nicora. First up was A Minor Case of the Blues which had excellent big band volume [I mention this because not all high school big bands do] and there was a female double bass, female trombone solo, the piano & drums kept things going throughout [female drummer] and there was a particularly nice vibes solo. Next the band performed Milestones. This song seemed to be played with greater confidence and included a nice vibes solo, another female trombone solo and a notable French Horn solo; there had also been a switch to a male drummer and male electric bass. Then finally the band played 25 or 6 to 4, for all you Chicago fans out there [believe when they had this hit they were actually called the Chicago Transit Authority before being legally forced to change their name by the actual Chicago Transit Authority]. There was yet another drummer switch, which resulted in a great drum solo to finish out the song. The band displayed excellent ensemble work and mixed it up to include lots of solos including another French Horn solo, another vibes solo and just a good rendition overall. This band had two guitarists.<br />
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The third band of the day was the Lakota West Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Todd Hartman, who always brings bands that seem accomplished beyond their chronological years. The streak continued. He also had a piano player that got a last minute call due to illness, had no practice with the band so sight read all three selections, pretty impressive. The band kicked things off with a female vocalist, Julie Street, singing On The Street Where You Live. The song included a nice female tenor sax solo (I think by Juli Mickle). Next up was The Nearness of You which included a melodic and coherent tenor sax solo by Josh Costello and the double bass player continued to catch my ear with some fine bass work (provided by bass players Bennett Mylius and Jacob Davidson). Finally, the band played Moon Over Cuba, a Juan Tizol tune (probably more famously known for his compositions Caravan & Perdido with the Duke Ellington Band-he was also a valve trombone player) and I am happy to say that this song included two clarinetists and, as you might guess, a trombone solo (by Matt Boudin). This band also included two guitarists.<br />
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The next band displayed a big band sound throughout all three of their selections, the Xenia High School Jazz Band under the direction of Greg Sell. I later had an opportunity to speak with Greg Sell and learned that he is retired Air Force Band and as I have stated in other places, there are no bad musicians in the Air Force Band, certainly not the jazz band musicians. I know several personally and they are all fantastic. Plus Greg Sell continues a string of excellent band directors at Xenia starting some years ago with Ray Foster, including John Harner (who used to play lead trumpet for Stan Kenton and still plays with the Dayton Jazz Orchestra) and now Greg Sell. Wow, how do they do it? They kicked off their portion of the day with a pop song made popular by The Ides of March, Vehicle and with no pun intended, it was an excellent big band vehicle with a great big band sound. There was also a nice trombone solo by Adam McCoy. Next was Moonlight Serenade which featured Sean Smolinski on clarinet. It is nice to see the clarinet working its way back into big bands. The third selection was Birdland, a song which lends itself to being an ideal big band tune, and the Xenia High School Jazz Band knocked one out of the ballpark with this one. Great job! At a venue which normally entails three songs per band, Xenia played two more songs. The band did quite the noteworthy rendition of Shiny Stockings with a nice crisp trumpet solo by Luke Williams and then finished out their five song set with Herbie Hancock’s Cameleon. Brendan Orchard had a nice guitar solo and Andrew Blake played a nice bass trombone solo but the bari-sax helped carry the song, apologies for not getting the bari-sax players name.<br />
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The 5th band of the morning was Kettering Fairmont Jazz Ensemble I under the direction of Dan Nicora (accolades previously presented). The band played some adventurous choices of music beginning with Such Sweet Thunder, (a song I was only recently introduced to at the 2012 Miami Valley Band Camp by Scott Belk’s band camp group, the title track from a twelve part suite based upon the work of William Shakespeare) which has a very distinct sound which grabs your ear from the git go. Andy Kremer played a nice trumpet solo and James Johnson played a nice trombone solo also. Next up was Manteca which included numerous solos but another trombone solo and a Carlos Santanaesque guitar solo. The band did a great job on the final choice, Haitian Fight Song by Charles Mingus. The song kicked off with a spot on double bass intro by Sam Barton and Andy Kremer added another trumpet solo. There was also a nice alto sax solo and another nice guitar solo.<br />
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Up next was the Magsig Jazz Ensemble from Centerville under the direction of Tom Pompei. As usual, he brought a whole host of young eager jazz musicians. First up was a tune entitled Hefti’s Hideout [a tribute to Neal Hefti, who some say is simply one of the greatest jazz tune writers of our time. Neal wrote such great jazz charts as Li'l Darlin', The Kid From Red Bank (for Count Basie) and movie and television themes, like The Odd Couple and Batman] The band accomplished some nice ensemble work and the muted brass effects were particularly noteworthy. Next up was Nat Adderley’s Work Song which was a bit of a different arrangement with a trumpet solo by Max Miller and an alto sax solo by Collin Cutler. The Sesame Street Theme came next and was probably the best overall cohesive big band effort, nice job. This was followed by what Director Pompei called a contrast with Sesame Street, Frankenstein, written and made popular by The Edgar Winter group some years ago. This performance contained a guitar solo by Sam Huber and a bari-sax solo by Kyle Wenk and it had a great big band finish.<br />
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The 7th band of the day/morning was the Miami East High School Jazz Band from Casstown, Ohio under the direction of Jeffrey Smith. The band played some very nice nuances on their first selection, Stolen Moments, in which the drummer did a particularly nice job on the brushes and there was a nice bari-sax solo by Blake Garrett. Interestingly enough, this band also chose Such Sweet Thunder (the Duke Ellington tune based upon Shakespeare’s works previously noted) as one of their selections. There was a switch to a female drummer and solos included a trumpet solo and a valve trombone solo, soloists listed were Josh Niswonger and Brendan Speck. The final song was Blue Madness which was definitely up tempo and a nice big band selection which ended with a great big band finish.<br />
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The last band of my morning attendance before I forced time for some lunch was another Todd Hartman band, Lakota Eastside Jazz Ensemble. This group of students sounded like a working big band. Their first lengthy selection was a tune entitled Swangalang, a Bob Mintzer composition [Saxophonist Bob Mintzer is a twenty year member of the Grammy award winning Yellowjackets who also leads a Grammy winning Big Band, travels with his own Quartet, and plays with numerous bands globally. ] This selection gave band members lots of solo room and included a nice trombone solo, a sax soli, a tenor sax solo then a tempo change with a trumpet solo. There was also a rousing trombone duet tradeoff. Lots going on and very professionally played. Next up was a Thad Jones ballad, To You which included some very nice brush work on the drums and a fine trombone solo by Jacob Stegeman with some nice keyboard work too. The third and final selection was with vocalist Lauren Murphy on Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man, she had some strong vocals with a great big band backup.<br />
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One of the facets of attending the Beavercreek Weekend of Jazz High School Jazz Day is that even if you are not in the auditorium to hear the bands live, you have access to those performances on a big screen TV out in the lunch room. How can you beat that? The Miamisburg Jazz Lab Band played their first two selections as I watched on the big TV screen. Unfortunately I could not hear the names of the songs the band played but when I did get in for the third selection I realized that the names of the songs were not announced at all and that the program indication of TBA for “Music, Composer (C), Arranger (A)” did not apply in this case and unfortunately I did not recognize the pieces played. I will say that the final song was an up tempo, pink panther theme-like tune with some great piano playing throughout. The names of the band members was at least listed.<br />
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Then came the home grown sound of the Beavercreek High School Jazz Ensemble 2 under the direction of Michael Bisig. This band stood out with band section related color coded ties and kicked things off with a lively tune entitled Libertango. Seemingly always trying something a little different (noted in years past), the song actually started off with the trumpet section down front to kick off the song followed by solos on trumpet, trombone, soprano sax, trumpet, trombone, trumpet, trombone, drums, percussion (actually a trade-off back and forth with drums and percussion) and then the entire band for a big band finish, nicely done! Next up was Bad Ol’ Blues which began as a slow tempo tune for the entire band and then picked up tempo for the piano solo followed by another string of solos, seemingly by all those band members that did not solo on the first song, which even included a clarinet solo, Bravo for member participation. The piano solo by Matt Ferree was of particular note. The final selection was introduced as a tune entitled Spud, to which a small voice behind me announced, “Spud? I like spuds!!” As good as the two previous songs had been, Spud contained the best drum solo of the three, thank you Steven Otto (and Taylor Goeman on auxiliary percussion), and also contained a vibes solo, bass solo and a big band drum finish.<br />
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The Centerville Jazz Ensemble 3 under the direction of Bill Burns was the next band of the day. Bill Burns is also an active member of The Dayton Jazz Orchestra and one of the best darn bari-sax players in the area. This band had a VERY big band sound. Three songs were listed but four songs were played and the first one up was Watermelon Man – let me say here that this song was not officially introduced (come on Bill, you are always good about announcing your songs wherever you play) but it sounded a lot like Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock to me. Please, somebody correct me if I am wrong. It was a bit of a different arrangement with many solos and enjoyable trade-offs between the bass trombone and the bari-sax (hey, did I mention that Bill Burns is a bari-sax man?) The next selection was a nice big band arrangement entitled Ballad for David Gibbins. This was followed by Count Basie’s Jumpin’ at the Woodside which included some electric bass playing of note and a nice big band finish. The final tune was by the favorite sax player of Bill Burns, Roland Kirk, entitled A Sackful of Soul. Bill also announced that Roland Kirk is from Columbus, Ohio. The band did a nice job on this final number which contained another nice electric bass solo.<br />
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The twelfth band of the day was another Todd Hartman group, Lakota East 2 O’Clock Jazz Band who kicked things off with Harlem Airshaft. Interestingly enough, this was another tune with which I was not familiar until the 2012 Miami Valley Summer Band Camp and I believe it too was introduced to me by a band directed by Scott Belk – Director of Music at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, another Duke Ellington composition. For this song they brought trumpet player Nick Dobrozsi down front for a solo along with Mary Casto on clarinet. Once again, let’s hear it for the clarinet. Next selection included Meredith Cutler on vocals singing The Girl from Ipanema (actually I believe she sang the boy from Ipanema). She was backed very well by the big band and to her imminent credit, she sang the second half of the song in Portuguese. Then finally the band played Greetings and Salutations by Thad Jones (clearly Todd Hartman likes Thad Jones but then what is not to like, eh? AND from such a talented family, Thad Jones on trumpet, Elvin Jones on drums & Hank Jones on piano). This song included great ensemble work by both the trombone section and the saxophones followed by a trumpet solo, alto sax solo, trombone solo, guitar solo, trumpet solo and excellent drum work throughout. The guitar solo was particularly of note.<br />
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Centerville Jazz Ensemble 2 under the direction of Mike Voytek was the next band. They kicked off their set with what some Dayton area jazz fans call The Jazz Central theme song, Cold Duck Time, a memorable Eddie Harris composition. Originally a combo piece, this worked surprisingly well for a big band. The band played with a definite big band sound and included 2 tenor sax solos. The drums were notable throughout. Next was a Sammy Nestico tune entitled Smack Dab in the Middle which had a big band sound from the very first note plus contained a 9 sax soli. [ Nestico is a prolific composer, best know for his work with the Basie Band and The U.S. Air Force Band, for which an award has been named, for a competition calling for unpublished works for jazz ensemble. ] The final selection was the Joe Zawinul jazz classic, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, three songs, three notable composers. This final song contained an alto sax battle between Curtis Magee and Jon Evans with very nice drums throughout.<br />
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Joe Polen returned to the stage with the Kings High School Jazz Band which kicked off their appearance with the Miles Davis tune Solar. The band was understated but still managed a big band sound. Up next was Sugar Blues, recorded by Chive McCoy in the 30s and for something completely different, Tom Lehn came down front and played 30s style muted trumpet. Quite effective and interesting. There was also a nice sax soli. The last tune was a Freddie Hubbard tune entitled Sky Dive. We heard from Andrew “Taco” Smith on flugle horn and I would also note that there was a female drummer who definitely helped make the song work as well as it did.<br />
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The fifteenth band of the day was the Centerville Jazz Ensemble 1 under the direction of Josh Baker. The first selection was Dizzy Gillespie’s A Night In Tunisia with a nice bare-sax kick off and I might add, a very big band sound. The song also included a trumpet solo, right down front and some nice trombone and tenor sax solo work. The drums fit the song quite well and there was a big band finish. Listed soloists were Alex Kruzel, Emma Shibley & Covey Emmert. Next up was a bit of a surprise, the third vocalist of the day, Meredith Eckle, sang a very emotional version of Gershwin’s The Man I Love. I might go so far as to say it was a riveting rendition. The song was made even that much more effective with a beautiful trumpet solo by Katie Buttram. Then a very big band sound on the Paul Desmond/Dave Brubeck classic, Take Five. Greg Knapp played the part of Paul Desmond on alto sax. This may have been the big band song of the day. The band concluded with another Gillespie classic, Salt Peanuts. When the song was introduced, the small voice behind me once again was heard to Salt Peanuts!? The song was played in the true “staccato” style of the song with another alto sax solo from Greg Knapp (this time apparently playing the part of Charlie Parker) and the band ended with a rousing chorus, Salt Peanuts, Salt Peanuts! [As the story goes, Dizzy took his developing bop sound to the West Coast and there were complaints about no lyrics, to which his response was to add the now infamous, Salt Peanuts, Salt Peanuts!]<br />
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Next up was what might be called a surprise entry, a jazz combo. Listed as under the direction of Todd Hartman, Todd Hartman actually sat behind me during the performance. It was a group of ten Lakota High School students who played their own head arrangements of three existing jazz tunes. The band consisted of percussion, trombone, 2 tenor sax, 2 alto sax, trumpet, piano, drums, bass & guitar. This was clearly the most interesting part of the day. Their first selection was Nat Adderley’s Work Song and there was plenty of room for solos. They sounded like a working combo and if they are not getting out there to play in clubs, they should get out there. Next up was Summertime with Curtis Holtgrefe and Jack Lambert switching to clarinets. Yes I said clarinets and played very well. There was also an excellent piano solo. The final selection was a Roy Hargrove tune entitled Starsbourg St. Denis and the performance of this tune put me in mind of bands like Chase, Chicago and The Jazz Messengers in the presentation and the trumpet solo was particularly noteworthy, but truthfully, all three selections were very well done.<br />
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The Miamisburg Star City Jazz Band was the next band under the direction of Stephen Aylward. None of the chosen pieces of the band were listed in the program and none of them were introduced during the performance but if my jazz ear was working properly, the first one was Now’s the Time and the last one was Stevie Wonders’ Higher Ground (OK , that wasn’t really a jazz ear) and I did not recognize the one in the middle. Now’s the Time included a female trumpet solo, followed by solos on tenor sax, trombone, bari-sax, guitar and trumpet. There was some nice ensemble work as well with a big band finish. The second song did contain a noteworthy guitar solo. Higher Ground lent itself quite well to a big band interpretation and it was a good big band performance with a big band finish.<br />
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Up next was the Troy High School Jazz Band under the direction of Katherine McIntosh. Katherine not only stands out as the only female jazz band director but she always seems to do a good job with her musicians. This year she also played piano on the first selection, Chicago. It was a nice big band selection and an understated big band sound was accomplished. Next up was Bye Bye Blackbird with Scott Grigsby doing a nice solo on trumpet. The intro to the next tune made me sit up and listen, I thought I was playing Birth of the Cool and Miles Davis had just kicked off Boplicity. I mean wow! What a great job! Michael Starcher soloed on bari-sax and Anthony Duvault on trumpet. The final selection was I Get a Kick out of You which had some good punctuations and another notable trumpet solo by Anthony Duvault but what really helped make the performance was the drummer, Jack Alexander, was spot on throughout. Nice job.<br />
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The final band of The Weekend of Jazz High School Band day is always Beavercreek High School jazz 1 under the direction of Doug McCullough, the Master Mind of The Weekend of Jazz. Some might refer to this band as the red tie band. The first selection was Sammy Nestico’s The Heat’s On (see Centerville Jazz Ensemble 2 for more on Sammy Nestico) which was a nice big band interpretation. Listed soloists were Matthew Brenner and Jarrod Manguiat. Critical Mass was performed next which was an interesting funk flavored piece with a noteworthy alto sax solo and a nice bari-sax solo. It was certainly a great big band piece. The third song in a four song set was Back Burner which was introduced as a shuffle tune and it contained some nice ensemble work. The song also included a noteworthy trumpet and trombone solo. The listed soloists were Jarrod Manguiat, Emily Hoskins, Morgan Slone & Matt Dexter. The final selection of the day was the Ray Noble classic, Cherokee. A good big band ending to a good big band day.Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-49015535701206578392013-01-06T09:31:00.000-08:002013-01-06T14:55:14.557-08:00Jazz Central has memorable performance!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Last night at Jazz Central resulted in some highly enjoyable jazz performances, collectively and individually. The brainchild of Ismail Muhammad, "Secret! Kept?" consisted of Jason Jordan (bass), Cliff Darrett (latin percussion and congas), Cameron Voorhees (guitar), Clarence Slaughter (tenor sax), Mark Smarelli (vibes), John Hampton Wagner (vocals and flugle horn) and Ismail Muhammad (drums). If there was even a miniscule complaint from the crowd, it might have been that the gig did not get off to full steam until about a half hour after the posted start time but I can tell you that nobody was leaving once things got started!! It has been about a year since Clarence Slaughter (who cut his jazz teeth at Jazz Central starting when he was around 12 years of age) and since that time he has recorded with Trombone Shorty on his release entitled "Backatown" and calling New Orleans home he has toured with numerous groups (I heard Ireland as a destination a couple of times) and soon will be leaving to tour again with the Hot 8 Brass Band. Welcome home Clarence. He was good when he left the area, now he is even better. <br />
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Mark Smarelli is a vibes player extraordinaire, he is generally only available to play at Jazz Central when there is a school Holiday on a Monday but lucky us, last night was a Saturday and believe me, he did not disappoint. Cameron Voorhees is an outstanding guitar player who is currently playing with The Air Force Band and their jazz counterpart, The Night Hawks. No one walks away from a Voorhees performance disappointed unless it would be because he did not take more solos. He had the crowd going last night. Cliff Darrett, John Hampton Wagner and Ismail Muhammad are Sunday Night Jazz Central Jazz Jam regulars and last night they strutted their musical abilities once again. There were even a couple of guest artists, William Patrick Slaughter on trumpet (a.k.a Little Pops) and The G-Man, a blues singer who was part of the celebration and dedication of last nights performance to Cornelius Johnson (an original drummer with The Robert Ward Band and The Ohio Untouchables which ultimately led to the Ohio Players) and Greg Wood (long time Jazz Central Drummer who passed away a few years ago). Two empty chairs down front were staged in their honor. I could walk you through each tune played but I will note that the entire band kept the place happy the first set, especially with songs like Mr. Magic and All Blues. The second set seemed to feature Voorhees on guitar and Smarelli on vibes with such songs as Poinciana & Breezin' and everybody was pleasantly surprised with the bands rendition of Friends and Strangers. For those of you who read this today, you can catch the Slaughter Brothers again tonight at the 1-6-13 Sunday Night Jazz Jam. Hope to see you there. Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-58574530535683742212012-10-16T21:55:00.000-07:002012-10-17T00:09:09.841-07:002012 Chicago Jazz Festival<br />
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Labor Day Weekend jazz festival for area music fans. But having attended every
Chicago Jazz Festival except one since 1985 my heart still belongs to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Windy</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype> began with a late addition, a
tribute to <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
tenor saxophonist Von Freeman, who died in August. Von’s son, saxophonist Chico
Freeman, an old favorite of mine, was one of the musicians who played the
tribute, but not knowing about it, I arrived at the park just as the last note
sounded. In a bizarre end to the evening the legendary drummer Roy Haynes,
still working regularly at 87, spent too much of his 90 minute set tap dancing,
talking to the audience, and letting audience members speak on mike, instead of
driving his band of 20-and-30-somethings. Guess he was pacing himself.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfXanf3GcNx7WhQxmqcbtCKmUzvHoipHMAfzR5HXtzEIx60RRELGGQypO_-C7ETFOTy7epSNldly0688UKRIOsckGabNpjYYbRf0JGtq7nA_fjMviQzQLRuVdFI7rcwy0u5pv89xyYbs/s1600/billy+hart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfXanf3GcNx7WhQxmqcbtCKmUzvHoipHMAfzR5HXtzEIx60RRELGGQypO_-C7ETFOTy7epSNldly0688UKRIOsckGabNpjYYbRf0JGtq7nA_fjMviQzQLRuVdFI7rcwy0u5pv89xyYbs/s200/billy+hart.jpg" width="131" /></a><o:p>Saturday at Grant Park began for me with memorable performances from the groups of young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and another veteran drummer, Billy Hart, playing originals from their latest releases on Blue Note and ECM respectively. Akinmusire is one to watch, possessing impressive technique, an aggressive attack, and excellent interplay with his saxophonist, Walter Smith III. Through his his relentless drive and impeccable touch..Hart once again proved himself as one of the best living practicioners of the drumset. I don’t remember any particular songs that vocalist Dianne Reeves sang, a couple of them seemed to be conversations with the audience, but so powerful was her voice and so commanding was her stage presence, it provided a joyous conclusion to a great day of music.. </o:p><br />
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Mart, with pastries, coffee and sounds from a group of Delmark recording
artists led by saxophonists Ernest Dawkins and Ira Sullivan. Energized by such
physical and spiritual “food”, I walked to Grant Park for the first Festival
set of the day from the Milton Suggs Philosophy. Suggs, a <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> vocalist, and several members of his
group have actually visited our area via the Loft Society. His “philosophy’ is
to write and perform his own lyrics to
jazz classics by artists such as Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, and Benny
Golson, and it worked. The rest of Sunday afternoon I went from stage to state
trying to check out a little bit of everything and wore myself out, although I
did enjoy what I caught from the groups of former Chicagoans Jeff Newell and
Tito Carillo.</div>
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pianist Allen Toussaint, playing music from his Bright Mississipi project. With
such a title plus guest musicians clarinetist Don Byron and guitarist Marc
Ribot. I was expecting to hear a Monk tribute, but they played a variety of
music, including several of the R&B hits that Touissant played on or
produced and more Ellington than Monk. Toussant is not a jazz pianist per se,
but he can seemingly play anything and play it well. <br />
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and city Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events do a great job of
programming this festival. I hope they can keep doing what they are doing. And,
as always, here are some pictures…</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Greg Turner<br />
9/28/12</div>
Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-67924629293260812812012-08-22T11:41:00.003-07:002012-08-22T11:41:56.296-07:00Eddie Brookshire Quintet +1 & JD AllenSaturday night found me finding the time to pop on down to Gilly's in downtown Dayton to catch the Eddie Brookshire Quintet, always enjoyable. Turned out it was also Eddie's birthday. Happy Birthday Eddie! He was joined by the usual cast of characters, Jack Novotny on saxophone, Gary Onady on trumpet, Fenton Sparks on drums, Kega Harikawa (sp?) on piano and Barry Ward as guest trumpet player. They kicked off with the first song off their recording entitled Surrendered Life, an Eddie Brookshire original. It was the hard driving bebop I have come to expect from the Quintet and it was just what I needed. At the end of the first set Eddie's wife, Brenda Flowers was invited up to sing a couple and she sang/scatted one of Eddie's favorites, My Funny Valentine. Keep up the good work fellows!
I then moved on up the street a couple of blocks until I was across from The Victory Theater downtown to catch JD Allen on tenor sax playing at D'Lish. I was pleasantly surprised to find that his bass player was accomplished Cincinnati bass player Jim Anderson. What a treat! JD was also accompanied by a recent CCM graduate on drums, Jeff Merrott. I listened to their first set before calling it a night. A couple of tunes that I remember from that set were It Could Happen to You and Friday the 13th, a Thelonious Monk tune. I had tried to arrange a phone interview with JD for my WDPS, 89.5 FM radio show, BeBop and More which broadcasts on Wednesdays at 1:00 (and then again on Saturday nights at 7:00 on wdpsfm.com) but logistics and short timing intervened. I did plug the gig on my show so hopefully that did some good but it was a pretty good crowd that night and the performances were enjoyable. As I say on my show, get out there and support live jazz!
Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-72407394424203850412012-08-13T15:45:00.000-07:002012-08-13T15:45:29.539-07:00Jazz Central Does it Again!!!My favorite place on a Sunday night is Jazz Central out on East Third Street, just a few blocks out of downtown Dayton. I have been going there for over a decade and there are not many Sunday Night Jazz Jams that I have missed. Sunday night, 8-12-12 was one for the books. Walked through the door and the first person I saw was Dale Carpenter, trumpet player extraordinaire! I am thinking all right, this is beginning to shape up to be a special night. Dale has not been available to come down in quite some time. Walk in to sit down and who is spread out on stage but Mark Smarelli, a vibraphonist from Springfield who just lights the place up with his solos. He has not been there for many months. The excitement is building! Sit Down and who is also there, being greeted by all the regulars in the place but WDPS Modern Big Band Host Conrad Jessee, currently on hiatus from his show due to health issues, but apparently well enough to get down to Jazz Central now and again. Things had just barely started to warm up when who darkened the door ( I say this because he is large enough to block the light from one room to the next, larger than life one might say) but Mike Teckenbrock. Arguably the best flugel horn player in the Dayton area. Now I am thinking that the night is really gong to be special and let me tell you, it really was. A core group of the usual Sunday Night Jazz Jammers were there, Kenny Baccus on B3, Greg Webster on drums, Jeff Slinker on guitar and of course John Hampton Wagner on trumpet, vocals and general master of ceremonies duty. Dale Carpenter lit things up first, Mark Smarelli kept it lit and finally Mike Teckenbrock joined in to burn the house down. What a great night of music, then when Wagner, Carpenter and Teckenbrock joined forces it was simply over the top. If you weren't there, believe me, you missed it. Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-86676158980259930152012-08-13T06:36:00.001-07:002012-08-13T06:36:28.115-07:00overzealous jazz fan correctionEgg on my face! Guess I've heard too much great jazz by too many talented musicians to keep them all straight all the time. I must make some corrections to what I wrote about the Josh Adkin Quntet that opened for George Benson at the Fraze on 8-11-12. Yes Melvin Broach was the drummer but no doubt both he and Eddie Brookshire would be surprised by the fact I linked the two together in The Eddie Brookshire Quintet. Fenton Sparks is the excellent drummer who plays with The Eddie Brookshire Quintet. Melvin Broach is longtime drummer par excellance' associated with The Broach Approach, along with Mike Wade. And last but not least, while Eddie Bayard is an outstanding sax player from Cincinnati and always worth the trip, it is former Cincy sax player Stacy Dillard that is taking New York by storm. Just check it out on Google/You Tube. In fact, you can check out all these wonderful jazz musicians on Google and You Tube. I still wish I had been there to hear the opening act for George Benson. Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-86102853663702206712012-08-12T09:17:00.001-07:002012-08-12T09:17:58.585-07:00Mystery band opens for George BensonHopefully some of you caught the George Benson performance last night (Saturday, 8-11-12) at The Fraze Pavilion. And if you DID, then you may have wondered who the band was that opened the evening. I have it from a musician who was on that stage in that band that it was a last minute rush around, as the original opening act was stuck in an airport somewhere, and local jazz saxophonist Dan Nicora (of Dayton Jazz Orchestra fame) got the harried call. He was out of town as well, more phone calls ensued and the man to the rescue was Dayton's own Josh Adkin who pulled together the all star cast of Eddie Brookshire [of Eddie Brookshire Big Band and Eddie Brookshire Quintet fame], Melvin Broach [fantastic drummer, currently of Eddie Brookshire Quintet fame as well], Mike Wade [one of the best trumpet players in Cincinnati and who just recently played with New York sensation and former Cincy resident Eddie Bayard, plus he blows on one of my favorite Jazz recordings, The Jazz Circle] and even Khalid Moss came down from the mountain top. I am sorry I missed that performance, BUT, Josh Adkin hustled down to Jazz Central out on East Third to join saxophone player extraordinaire Gene Walker and the two of them had a great time. The audience enjoyed them as well. It was a highlight of the evening. Rumor had that George Benson himself might stop down to reconnect with long time friend Gene Walker but that was not in the cards. But thanks to Josh for help make the evening even more special than it had been up to that time.Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-88618089378737468912012-06-27T22:35:00.000-07:002012-06-27T22:35:15.234-07:00Jazz Central Article by Khalid Moss<div class="MsoNormal">
By <st1:personname w:st="on">Khalid Moss</st1:personname>:<br />
Jazz Central is living up to its
name. It is truly the nucleus for jazz in the city of <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>. That mantle used to belong to Gilly’s
nightclub where, for many years, jazz was the centerpiece, the “piece de
resistance.” But times change and with
the winnowing down of the overall jazz scene in general, Jazz Central is the
only place in <st1:city w:st="on">Dayton</st1:city>
where musicians can jam and patrons can listen to live jazz and blues on a
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Jazz Central
fulfills the vision of <st1:personname w:st="on">Charles</st1:personname> “Butch”
Stone, an entrepreneur, jazz advocate and, lately, jazz DJ with a one-hour slot
on the Dayton City Schools radio station, WDPS.</div>
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“When I bought
the building it wasn’t a jazz club,” Stone recalled. “It was just a </div>
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My first artist was a blues guy, </div>
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Piney Brown.” “Piney
was known in <st1:place w:st="on">Dayton</st1:place>
but actually he had a top ten record in the nation,” Stone said. “Actually Piney helped construct that stage he
performed on. He was also instrumental in
bringing my first jazz guy, (vibraphonist) Johnny Lytle. Johnny, in turn, introduced
me to a lot of people who eventually played the club.</div>
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Throughout the
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such as “Brother” Jack McDuff, Richard “Groove” Holmes,
Albert Collins, Rusty </div>
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Bryant, Hank Marr and many others. “I had to stop Rusty from talking and get him
to playing when he was here,” Stone said.
“This was in the heyday of jazz when jazz was kickin.” I had calls from all kinds of folks; some I
stayed away from because you can’t just jump out there like that.” Stone, a huge man with shaved head and a deep,
sonorous voice, bemoaned the decline of jazz in the city.</div>
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“Jazz is not king
anymore,” he said. “But we still draw good. We have jazz, we have smooth jazz,
we have promotional groups that come in once a month and also the Dayton Blues
Society uses our place. They really pack it out.”</div>
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Currently
ensconced at Jazz Central every Sunday is a house band consisting of Kenny
Baccus on organ and Greg Webster on drums.
The host and MC is John Hampton </div>
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Wagner, who sings and plays trumpet. Wagner described a
typical night at Jazz Central’s Sunday night jam session.</div>
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“Usually, on a
typical night, me and Kenny and (conga drummer) Cliff Darrett will do a couple
of songs and then we invite people to sit in,” Wagner said. “Usually someone will pass a note to me to let
me know who is out there and what instrument they play.</div>
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“People usually
check in with me to sit in. It’s not proper etiquette to just walk in and
play. We had one kid from UD who just walked
in, pulled out his horn and started blowing.
He had no regard for protocol. He just started blowing. I had to holler at him. I had to cool him out.
Another time some gal came in and said
she wanted to sing. I asked her what song and she said ‘I’m just gonna scat.’
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do?’ I gave her three words of advice: Learn a song!”</div>
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For Stone, the
biggest job now is to get the word out about his club, which is clustered in a
residential area of <st1:place w:st="on">East Dayton</st1:place> -not
considered a prime location for a jazz venue.</div>
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“I believe a lot
of people know about the club,” Stone explained. “But you have to give them what they want. If it’s not what they want, then…. Take for
instance Saturday night (In March 2012). We were packed. If you’re giving them what they want, they will
come out. But there are definitely
obstacles to being a minority business. Sometimes
my ice just ain’t cold enough (chuckles). My mother told me that! She said don’t look
down. Keep going forward.”</div>
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The one thing Stone said he valued most during his trek
through the iffy business of jazz is loyalty.</div>
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“John Hampton
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there. He’s a very
loyal guy. I’ve seen a lot of them who
thought they were going somewhere but never did. You see a lot of that. I would have to say that (organist) <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:personname w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Berry</st1:state></st1:personname></st1:place> is the most loyal
entertainer that I’ve ever encountered. He
never wavered. He eventually moved to <st1:state w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:state>
but he still comes back here once a year to play. He packs them in.”</div>
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Stone’s radio
program, called Jazz Beat, is broadcast on WDPS-FM, Mondays at one </div>
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“At the station,
they call me the Iceman,” Stone said. “I forget who put that on me. But it stuck.”</div>
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Iceman, business
man, jazz man; Butch Stone is in it for the long haul. Jazz Central is located at <st1:street w:st="on">2931 East Third Street</st1:street>. For show schedule
and details visit: <a href="http://www.jazzcentraldayton.com/">www.jazzcentraldayton.com</a>
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Contact DCP freelance writer <st1:personname w:st="on">Khalid
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KhalidMoss@DaytonCityPaper.com</div>
<br />Ron Gablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556543100519750267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485279075519915510.post-39262535622082150432012-06-24T13:39:00.001-07:002012-06-24T13:39:28.936-07:00The jazz band camp as promised!The band camp finale kicked off with four jazz drummers [Drum Mania] under the direction of Slammin' Sammy K (and Jim Leslie during the camp). Sarah Dabe, Kelly Edsall, Evan Danielson and a drummer to be named in the next jazz drummer trade, played some coordinated drum beats/riffs and got the crowd going. Next up was the Bill Burns Big Band (THE Band) playing A Sackful of Soul by Roland Kirk and Memphis Underground by Herbie Mann. Bill Burns was off earning his keep so Hal Melia directed the band and they sounded like the week had paid off. Next was the Dan Nicora & Hal Melia Big Band [Jazz Dispenser, a.k.a. Jaz -re Pez- Dispenser]. This group played Freddie Freeloader by Miles Davis, Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham & Moanin' by Bobby Timmons - my vote for outstanding soloist was Owen Berg on guitar. He is a 7th grader.
Then came a band that called themselves the Groove Dispenser under the direction of Alyssa Mehnert (not Maynard) and they played Impression by John Coltrane, St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins and Cold Duck Time by Eddie Harris, all three very credibly performed. Last but not least, the jazz band campers were getting more experienced and the music was sounding more sophisticated, The Big Band Theory under the direction of Scott Belck played Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Such Sweet Thunder by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - an excellent choice, and Spain by Chic Corea which was very well done (and got the crowd involved in the hand clapping sequences). Natalie Semsel gets my vote for soloist of the night on clarinet in Things Ain't What They Used to Be. Andy Kemer was also impressive on his trumpet solo on Such Sweet Thunder. I have not been able to catch the band camp finale for several years and this one was worth catching. Keep up the good work campers and you band camp instructors. Great job!Jim Woodfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02048687601224662284noreply@blogger.com1