[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dick Hamilton

Stan Brager sbrager at socal.rr.com
Sun Jun 6 13:25:02 PDT 2004


I'd just like to add to these remarks regarding Dick Hamilton to say that
he's also a hell of a nice guy.

Stan
Stan Brager
Trombonist-in-Training
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:13 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Dick Hamilton


>         Bob Finch wrote regarding Dick Hamilton:
>
> > In regards to doubling our (Chicago Six) trumpet player, Dick Hamilton.
> just
> > released a CD with seventeen different instruments. He played all
> seventeen.
> > With us he plays trumpet, flute and alto horn but in the LA studios he
> plays
> > trombone. He is such a perfectionist that on a flute quartet on the CD
he
> used
> > four different flutes so that it wouldn't sound dubbed. All that I can
say
> is
> > "go figure!"
>
>
> Bob Ringwald adds:
>
> Dick is an incredible musician.  He took over Dick Cary's Tuesday Night
Band
> when Dick left us.  He had Dick's peck horn rebuilt & plays it almost
> sounding like Dick, marvelous ideas & phrasing.
>
> He is also a wonderful piano player.
>
> --Bob
> robert at ringwald.com
> Placerville, CA USA
> Amateur Radio Station K6YBV
> See: http://www.ringwald.com
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