[Dixielandjazz] Jamie Cullum or Rob McCallum?

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Hey Bill,

Just a wild shot in the dark.  Could it have been Kennedy?

--BR



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jamie Cullum or Rob McCallum?


> Hi all,
>
> Steve B wrote:
>
>>Some, like Sacramento, or the Baltimore Symphony are
>>trying different approaches to reverse that trend.
>
> Does anyone recall the name of the young "hippy" concert violinist?  I 
> can't remember his name, but he came to Sacramento (where I live) and 
> performed with the Sacramento Symphony (r.i.p.) about 10 or so years ago. 
> I believe he played one of the Mozart string concertos.
>
> The program notes indicated that he had not only performed with many of 
> the county's leading symphony orchestras, he has also performed with the 
> Beatles!
>
> He was dressed in a pretty outlandish fashion, the overall look derived 
> from the "punk" fashion of the day and, as I recall, his hair was dyed 
> some bright color and styled in a rather extreme "do." He was not dressed 
> anything like anyone else on the stage all of whom wore the standard 
> tuxedo with black bow tie . . . I believe the conductor, Carter Nice, got 
> to wear a tux with tails and a white bow tie.
>
> The logic of this escaped me, because the people he was impressing with 
> his appearance were already at the concert. The people he wanted to 
> "reach" and attract to the symphony (the young and the hip) were all 
> somewhere else.
>
> They should have ADVERTISED the event and splashed his "hipness" all over 
> the entertainment sections of all the local media and maybe even  put up a 
> billboard with his picture printed in vivid colors.
>
> As I recall, he was a competent violinist (perhaps lacking a bit of the 
> virtuosity of Zucherman or Perlman) and he gave an enjoyable concert.
>
> For an encore he played a Beatles tune (don't remember which one) and 
> sprinked it with lots of quotes from classical melodies. I enjoyed that 
> part a lot because he did it with a flair and a smile and we all knew what 
> he was playing.
>
> Damn . . . can't remember his name - anyone know who that might have been?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
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