[Dixielandjazz] Re: Turk at Carnegie

dingle at baldwin-net.com dingle at baldwin-net.com
Thu Mar 2 13:38:08 PST 2006


Robert S. Ringwald wrote:

> Regarding the Turk at Carnegie concert, Don Ingle wrote:
>
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>>
>> This concert was also recorded  on a Video produced by Dick Miller, 
>> cornet player from the West Coast. Besides the other bands, several 
>> individual musicains played, including my good friend Wayne Jones, 
>> who said it was among the high points of his life to be there let 
>> alone  play with Turk.
>> It is a very good production. My copy gets a playing at least once 
>> annually, and I may tranfer it to DVD  as a backup in case the video 
>> begins to break down.
>> I don't know who has this available if it still is, but if you find a 
>> copy, buy it. It was Turk's last hurrah -- but a good one all the same.
>
> (snip)
>
> As I remember, they wanted to record the concert on video but did not 
> get the rights to do so from the folks at Carnegie Hall.
>
> I doubt that one was made.  If it was, they really had to hide the 
> camera.
>
> There was, however, a video made of the party the night before.  It 
> has a lot of good music & some folks talking on it.  Perhaps that is 
> what you have, Don?
>
> --Bob Ringwald
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I guess that is it, Bob. But it sort of indicted that it was made at te 
Carnegie Hall concert tie, but then my mind is that mucholder a fuzzy by 
now. However, the viideo was tremendous udertaking,  for which Jazzin' 
Baby's Mr Miller gets much credit.
Don



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