[Dixielandjazz] Dick Oakley

[Don Ingle]

Dick played for awhile, as I did, at Chicago's Jazz Ltd. He also played a
summer gig for several years in Houghton Lake, MI (1960's) before heading
southward. Good player -- cornet actually rather than trumpet on most
things.
I think highly of his ability and sound, and I hear he is still playing in
the Florida area.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:28 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Dick Oakley


> Folks--
>      Dan here again, ready to leap out once more clothed in yet
> another gleaming suit of ignorance.  To (or perhaps, half) wit:
>      Just bought a CD that has both Bobby Hackett's and Jack
> Teagarden's groups on it, from live concerts in 1957 and 1958.
> Teagarden has a trumpet player with him that i like a lot, named Dick
> Oakley, who reminds me at times of either Don Goldie or Dick
> Cathcart, but has plenty of his own originality.  Great stuff.
>      So how many 'Oakley's are out there?  Bill, Leon, and now Dick;
> related?  Casual searching on the web reveals that Dick Oakley played
> with the Salt City (Five and/or Six), and once with Dave Remington.
> Any other bands he was with?
>      Thanks.
>
>      Dan
>
> P. S. The Bobby Hackett Sextet has Dick Cary on piano/alto horn, plus
> John Dengler playing wonderful tuba.  Plus they are the only OKOM
> band i know of to play the Thelonious Monk piece, "Off-Minor" (which
> is also the name of the CD).
> --
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