[Dixielandjazz] Federal Jazz Commission

[David W. Littlefield]

Federal Jazz Commission, which I played with for a couple of years on piano,
later several more years on banjo and guitar, consists of:

Marty Frankel--leader, cornet
Henning Hoehne--Clarinet, Soprano
Steve Welsh--trombone, vocals
Donn Andre--banjo
Tom Gray--upright bass (formerly with Seldom Scene bluegrass band)
Sonny McGown--Drums

The only DC area band to specialize in the King Oliver, Hot 5-7 and other
classic trad. They have 3 CDs, (perhaps more by now) which include Ron Hockett,
now with Jim Cullum's band.

--Sheik

At 08:49 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, Henry B. Stinson wrote: 
>
> "Robert S. Ringwald" wrote: 
>>
>> Hi Henry, 
>> I just returned from Davenport, IA playing the Bix Fest.  There was a band 
>> there called the Federal Jazz Commission, or something such as that.  Are 
>> they from your area?  If so, who is in it?  Because of scheduling, I did not
>> catch them. 
>>
>> Bob 
>> mr.wonderful@ringwald.com 
>> Placerville, CA USA 
>> Amateur (ham) Radio Station K6YBV 
>> See: <http://www.ringwald.com>http://www.ringwald.com 
>>  
>
> Federal Jazz Commission is VERY good. 
> They play every Tuesday night in Washington DC at 
> a place called Colonel Brooks Tavern, which is in a 
> seedy neighborhood next to Catholic University. 
> I don't get out to hear them very often because of the neighborhood, 
> but they have several CDs out.  I did not see any of their 
> albums listed on Amazon.com, but I'll forward your email 
> to a friend of mine, cornetist Dave Robinson, who handles 
> album sales for the PRJC (Potomac River Jazz Club)
> <http://www.prjc.com>www.prjc.com . 
> Dave Littlefield is also familiar with the group. 
>
> Actually, they're playing tonight, so maybe I'll drive to DC 
> to hear them. 
>
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