[Dixielandjazz] Sing! Sing! Sing!

[Hal Vickery]

It got a pretty good laugh here in Joliet, but the Cheney joke got a bigger
one.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Thompson [mailto:rebecca.e.thompson at verizon.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:35 PM
To: 'Hal Vickery'
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Sing! Sing! Sing!

Ken's attempt at a Bush joke fell VERY flat here in Dallas....

Rebecca Thompson
Flower Mound, TX 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com 
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of 
> Hal Vickery
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:34 PM
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Sing! Sing! Sing!
> 
> Just got back a few minutes ago from seeing the next to last 
> performance of Ken Peplowski's "Sing! Sing! Sing!" Goodman 
> tribute!  The group has been on a 10-week tour and their next 
> to last stop was the Rialto Square Theater here in beautiful 
> downtown Joliet.  
> 
>  
> 
> I enjoyed the music, the soloists were terrific.  There were 
> a few non-Goodman items, especially in the vocals by Kim 
> Liggett, but the choices were at least true to the era, and a 
> couple of songs were a bit obscure.
> Does anybody nowadays remember Ray Noble's "The Touch of Your 
> Lips" or Burke and Van Heusen's "Humpty Dumpty Heart"?  
> (Well, at least other than me.  I was singing along.)  Oddly, 
> the arrangement used for "Stompin' at the Savoy"
> was a Ralph Burns chart written for Woody Herman.
> 
>  
> 
> The arrangements used were the original charges by Henderson, 
> Mundy, etc.
> I've lived in enough of a musical backwater to never have 
> heard them live until tonight, so that was a kick.
> 
>  
> 
> Peplowski is very much an entertainer as well as a musician.  
> Typical joke:
> "A few weeks ago Chuck Redd was playing in Chicago, and he 
> got a review in the newspaper that said, 'Chuck Redd's timing 
> and precision were reminiscent of Dick Cheney's hunting.'"  
> When Redd was introduced to play vibes:  "This is a segment 
> we like to call, Chuck Redd and Friends."  The band then 
> walked off the stage, leaving Redd alone behind the vibes.  
> Still in about 2 hours on the stage we heard about 1:50 of 
> terrific music.
> 
>  
> 
> In case anyone is interested, the band consisted of:
> 
>  
> 
> David Brown, Jon-Erik Kelso, and Wes Orr, trumpets; Mike 
> Fahie and Matt McDonald, trombones; Eric Ehrhardt and Carl 
> Maraghi, alto saxes and clarinets; Kirby Tassos and Michael 
> Bomwell, tenor saxes and clarinets; and a rhythm section of 
> Johnny Varro, piano; Murray Wall (aka Peter O'Toole, another 
> Peplowski joke), bass; and the aforementioned Chuck Redd on 
> drums and vibraphone.
> 
>  
> 
> Just another note:  Peplowski, Varro, and Wall will all be 
> appearing at the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June (along with 
> the DJML's own Ed Metz, Sr.)  
> 
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