[Dixielandjazz] Bob Havens recording?

[Dan Augustine]

Folks--
     A friend of mine gave me a CD with two .mp3-files that i 
converted to .aiff-files and re-burned to a CD.  He apparently got 
them from a friend.
     What they are is a jazz concert with Bob Havens on trombone, but 
there is no mention of when the concert took place, or where, or what 
(if any) the title was of the CD (if any) it may have been taken 
from.  I'm trying to find out these details.
      The information i do have is this: Bob Havens (trombone), Bob 
Higgins (trumpet, leader), "J. St. John" (clarinet), Marvin Ash 
(piano), Ray Leatherwood (bass), Nick Fatool (drums).  A "Dr. 
Lawless" is the M.C. (could it have been Ed Lawless?).  The only 
other information is that it was recorded while Havens was still 
playing with Lawrence Welk.
     The songs are: Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone; Sugar; 
Hello Dolly; Royal Garden Blues; You're My Favorite Memory; Chicago; 
Way Down South in Dixie; Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; When the 
Saints Go Marching In.
     In my searches on the web, i did discover one possible source, in 
the article at 
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_4_22/ai_56952180) 
about either the "Pool Angel" (hard to believe) or "Poor Angel" Hot 
Jazz Society, 1973-1990:

        "The Pool Angel Hot Jazz Society, 1973-1990: Bud Freeman's 
California Session 1982. -
         Review - sound recording reviews. Popular Music and Society, 
Winter, 1998  by Floyd Levin
         Bud Freeman. The Pool Angel Hot Jazz Society, 1973-1990: Bud 
Freeman's California
         Session 1982. Jazzology CD JCD277.
             The Poor Angel Hot Jazz Society was probably one of 
Southern California's best
         kept secrets. It was not a "society" in the true sense. There 
were no officers, no board
         of directors, no charter--it was the unilateral domain of a 
dedicated man determined
         to showcase the tremendous jazz talent in the Los Angeles area.
             For almost two decades Bob Taber, self-proclaimed "Head 
Honcho," personally charted
         the PAHJS's course with a series of jazz dinner-concerts. The 
fee was modest, the food
         was tierable--and the music was always exemplary.
             This was strictly a "no frills" operation. There was very 
little promotion--only a brief
         announcement mailed to Taber's "regulars." The letterhead was 
a line drawing by his
         granddaughter of a threadbare, trumpet-blowing angel in flight.
             Beginning in 1973, Taber produced 82 programs. In his 
words, "Some were great, some
         were not quite great, some showed a profit, and some were in 
the red." Regardless, Taber
         valiantly continued the bimonthly events creating work for 
fine musicians and providing
         wonderful evenings of jazz entertainment for his small but 
loyal coterie of patrons. His
         motto was "Take a young person out to hear some real live 
jazz!" " [more . . .]

     Has anyone ever heard of these concerts before?  Were they 
published on records or CDs?  Is it possible that the Bob Havens jazz 
concert was one of these?  It would be nice if these concerts were 
available on CD.

     Dan
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