[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dave Remington

[Jim Beebe]

Marty:

Dave resides in upper Michigan and teaches jazz piano at the Interlochen
Music School. He played piano quite a bit on my last gig which was a regular
weekend thing in Oakbrook.  He would drive down to visit his kids and play
with me.  He has pretty much quit playing trombone.  For health reasons I
quit playing trombone and bandleading going on 3 years.  I am residing in
Wisconsin.

His phone number is 231-882-2354   He would love to hear from you. He does
not have an  email. He called me just a couple of weeks ago and we had a
nice talk.  I'm going to send him your post with  your kind words about him.

I think that I know who is on your album in question but I'll leave that up
to him to sort out as he had several albums out in the same vein but some
difference in personnel.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Nichols" <trombone19 at netzero.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:29 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Two fold: Recording live performances by fans and
Recording LPs to CD

> Mark Allen Jones wrote:"but a hearty AMEN to what you had to say
> these OKOMers are famous for going on and on
> about their love of the music, then do nothing
> to help keep it alive, even going so far as to
> tape live performances to get out of buying a cd
> makes a live musician who makes his living
> playing this music a little ill
> thanks for your words
>
> mark allen jones"
>
> I recorded parts of the '99Sacto fest on my little DAT and I treasure
these snippets from several of the venues.  I kind of think that after
buying airline tickets from Florida to SACTO and paying admission to the
fest, it is not necessary to buy any CDs unless I particularly want one or
two.  I have bought many , many CDs in my life time.
>
> As far as I know, some of what I recorded in '99 never made it to
commercial CD. Let's see. a trombone duel between Russ Phillips and a banjo
player-turned-trombonist who I can't name at the moment,{edit- Bill
Dendle}on the tune "I Never Knew",  a rendition of "Sing, Sing, Sing by the
Bill Allred band, and one of the last performances of trombonist Speigle
Wilcox who died shortly after.
>
> Anyway, I don't believe anyone there gave a rat's . that I was recording.
>
> Now that I 'have the floor" I have comments on another subject altogether:
*Putting LPs on CD(for private use only):
>
> I have been doing this for a while and have put several of my collection
on CD and have bought used LPs for the purpose of putting them on CD and
then giving the LPs to Salvation Army. My question for you OKOM'ers out
there:
> Can you help me with naming the sidemen on an LP I just paid someone
online $25 for, only to get it in the mail and when I played it, none of the
band members are named other than the leader on the gig- Dave Remington,
trombone.
>
> This is what the jacket notes say (short)
> "DIXIE/CHICAGO STYLE
> DAVE REMINGTON
>
> .In this album you will hear the core of Dave's regular group supplemented
by the "key" men from one of the best known dixieland bands in the world
(edit note:They certainly are not well known here)and I wish we could use
their names, for their being on this album only proves a tribute to Dave's
musicianship. Why supplement an established group with outside musicians you
may ask. The answer if you know Dave is very simply a matter of progression
and experimentation with new sounds and ideas in arranging that require the
"avante garde" Dixieland musicians."
>
> The album, should anyone be of help in identifying the "mystery musicians"
is VEE JAY LP 3030. Not to be confused with two other VEE JAY Remington
products "Danceable Dixieland Jazz," or VEE JAY LP 3009- which I own-
"Dixieland on the Rocks."
>
> I am partial toward knowing the names of sidemen on an LP.  Some I can
recognize by sound, but on this record I cannot.  HELP!  One last thing-
anyone have an e-mail addy for Dave Remington? The last time I talked to
Dave was in 1956-57 in Chicago.  Dave and I and Chuck Hedges used to share
bandstands for a while back then.
>
> Marty Nichols
> Rockledge FL
>