[Dixielandjazz] Jazz in New Orleans

[Patrick Cooke]

>>Perhaps we will meet again?<<

I'll be there!

Pat Cooke



----- Original Message -----
From: "briantowers" <briantowers at msn.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz in New Orleans


> Patrick,
>
> Thanks for the news from New Orleans and especially on Fritzel's.  Pleased
> to hear that things are back to
> almost normal. I was happy to learn, from  Jacques Gauthe, that Ralph
Black
> was once again the
> manager - should help to keep the spirit and traditions of the place
alive!
> What a great night it must have been, with all that talent on stage!
> Steve Yokum, Duke Heitger etc are monsters!
>
> Janet and I, plus a few others, are coming down for the FQ Festival and
> Fritzels is our favourite jazz haunt.
>
> I am sure things will have warmed up by then - temperature I mean, not the
> jazz, which seems to be good and hot already.  Perhaps we will meet again?
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
> Hot Five Jazzmakers, Toronto, Canada
> Band web site:                http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com
> Newsletter:                      http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com/TJM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz in New Orleans
>
> Snip
> ........................we wandered over to Fritzel's.  Jacques Gauthe's
> band was to play there.
> The band had not started yet...we said hello to Jacques, and also to his
> banjoist Buzzy Podewell (Banu's other half).  Also on hand was Duke
Heitger.
> Buzzy and Duke are both outstanding players.  We had a seat at the bar,
and
> while waiting for the band to start Tim Laughlin came in, followed a few
> minutes later by Steve Yocum...two more extremely fine players.
>     The band got on the stand and we noticed that piano and banjo
> constituted the entire rhythm section...no drums and no bass.  It didn't
> seem to matter, because Buzzy plays a very strong banjo with a beat that
is
> solid as a rock.  The pianist, a young fellow named Scott Obenschain,
played
> a a modified stride style that was as strong as Buzzy's banjo.  Once they
> started playing, I didn't miss the drummer or the bass player at all.
>     Right from the start, the band swung...not any break neck tempo, but
> everything had a nice easy swing.  There was not a weak player in the
band.
> After a a couple of tunes, Steve Yocum got out his bone, followed by Tim
> Laughlin with his clarinet and sat in....................
>
>
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