[Dixielandjazz] Re: Communication

[Steve Barbone]

Randy Fendrick at jfendrick at bak.rr.com wrote:

>> And what if a band is reading the dots and playing the same notes for the
>> 500th time with a re-creation band? Are you then just repeating what you
>> said last night, and the night before, etc
 
> Man, that reminds me of playing Ice Capades.  After a week or two of
> that stuff, I would take any kind of free expression, even playing
> "Free Jazz" . . . later,

I hear you Randy. Last Christmas Holidays, the Trombonist with us at The
Showboat Casino, Clint Sharmin, got his annual call to play the Radio City
Music Hall Christmas Show in NYC. One of the best paying gigs you can get so
of course he was granted time off from the Casino gig.

Gone about 6 weeks (late November- early January) he played about 90 shows,
same songs, 7 days a week, sometimes 3 shows in a day, reading the dots. I
would guess he made 15 or 20 Grand there.

He was so elated to return to us in the Casino in mid January he could hardy
stand it. He just lit up and blew his butt off.

Hell of a guy, hell of a player, he just returned from Greece after a tour
with Liza Minelli.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone