[Dixielandjazz] Al Casey RIP

[john petters]

> Al Casey's 90th birthday was to be celebrated this coming Thursday. This
> event is now to be a memorial tribute.
> Al Casey, who played guitar with Fats Waller for over a decade, passed
> away
> this morning, according to the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band's founder and
> leader, Al Vollmer. He had been confined with cancer to the Dewitt
> Rehabilitation Center, East 79th Street and 3rd Avenue, New York, NY, for
> about a year. He is survived by his wife, Althea, and his son, Al Casey,
> Jr.

Thanks Dingo. Rotten news. Fond memories of Al in 1985 when he stayed with
me in Harlow for several weeks. We had some great sessions and made a
record. A real gent and a fine human being and one of the major voices of
jazz guitar.

John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com [mailto:dixielandjazz-
> bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Dingo
> Sent: 12 September 2005 17:15
> To: DJML
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Al Casey RIP
> 
> Just had this sad news in.
> ~
> Dingo
> ________
> 
> Al Casey Memorial Celebration - 7:30pm  Thursday, September 15, 2005 -
> Saint
> Peter's Church, 54th & Lexington Ave. - Contact: Dr. Al Vollmer 914-834-
> 6882.
> 
The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band will
> be
> joined by pianists Brooks Kerr, Chuck Folds, Frank Owens and Emme Kemp,
> along
> with other musicians who make arrangements with Dr. Vollmer.
> 
> Casey was born in Louisville, Kentucky September 15, 1915. He had
> completed a
> rich musical career in 1981 when Vollmer and Peter Carr brought him out of
> retirement to join the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, with whom he performed
> for
> two more decades. With them he performed in 2000 at Tchaikovsky Hall,
> Moscow,
> to mark the Louis Armstrong Centennial. That band included three members
> who
> had worked with Armstrong, pianist Edwin Swanston, drummer Johnny Blowers,
> and Mr. Casey.
> 
> 
> 
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