[Dixielandjazz] Bob Havens recording?

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Dan,

I have forwarded your inquiry to bob Taber.

I could be wrong, but the only Poor Angel concert that has been put out 
commercially is the one that features Bud Freeman.  It was released by 
George Buck.

I played cocktail piano during the dinner hour for many of these concerts.

Bob now lives up in, or near Santa Maria.

For anyone who has the CD of the Freeman concert, my wife did the cake that 
is pictured on the liner notes.

Our good friend and listmate Mad Dawg, probably attended every one of the 
Poor Angel concerts.

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bob Havens recording?


> 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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