[Dixielandjazz] Re: The Treniers

[Jim Beebe]

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From: "Jim Beebe" <jbeebe at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:31 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: The Treniers


> The Treniers were a well known lounge group that worked in Chicago for
many
> years.  There were several brothers and   they featured swinging group
> vocals augmented with some on stage houkum.
> They became very popular in Vegas and worked there for years. One of the
> brothers, Milt, left the group and went out on his own.  He had his own
> club, Milt Treniers, in Chicago for many years. Milt is still active in
some
> outlying Hotels.
> They once played on the bill in Vegas with Louis Armstrong.  Louis' bass
man
> got sick and so Jimmy played with both groups.  Louis, Trummy and the band
> begged Jimmy to stay with them...Jimmy was a swinging bass player  but he
> felt allegiance  to the Treniers and stayed with them. ( for years he
> regretted not going with Armstrong.) He later worked with Bob Scobey and a
> number of groups in Chicago, including mine.
> The Treniers were a top La Vegas Lounge group duing the heyday.  Their
music
> was a swinging mix of jazz, pop & R &
> B.
>
> Jim Beebe

   I should complete this and say that the Trenier's bass man's full name
was Jimmy Johnson.

  Jim Beebe