[Dixielandjazz] New member long story

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Dear Francesco,

I went to your web site but did not hear any OKOM (Our kind of music). 
Meaning Dixieland, 'classic Jazz or Traditional Jazz.  Just heard some very 
modern free form.

Is there any Dixieland  on your site?

Best,

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francesco Salomoni" <francescosalomoni at hotmail.com>
To: <robert at ringwald.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 3:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] New member long story


> Thank you Bob,
>
> well I started playing flute and classical guitar as a kid, then I decided 
> to become a professional musician and play trombone. My family was really 
> worried about it but gave me the chance to try. I studied classical 
> trombone, but I knew I wanted to play Jazz so I started going to dixieland 
> concerts and became a fan of the Red Pellini Gang which is one of the best 
> traditional jazz bands in Itlay.
> I took some lessons with their trombonist and then I decided to try the 
> summer program of Berklee College of music. That was amazing. Next year I 
> tried to get a scholarship and practiced until my neighbors couldn't stand 
> it any more. I got a scholarship and spent some time in Boston.
> Back to Rome I played with various bands, big bands and I made a decent 
> living with it.
>
> My dream was to play with Red Pellini and he invited me to sit in with his 
> band everytime I went to his shows. That was great. Then I fell in love 
> with an american girl from Miami which was studying opera (she is a 
> singer) in Rome and after a while we decided to get married. Once her 
> student visa expired we moved to Miami and I had a chance to do a little 
> job with Sam Rivers.
> Now we are in Miami and I try to play as much as I can.
>
> I always wanted to play OKOM so I tried to find musicians to join or form 
> a band here and I found a few guys that are now the Miami Hot Jazz Cats. 
> Funny thing is none of us is from Miami. I'm from Italy the others are 
> from Chicago, NY, Louisiana ad Texas, but we all live in Miami at the 
> moment.
> When I played with Mr Pellini he suggested me to study as deep as I could 
> all the old recordings and charts I could find, and that's what I did ever 
> since.
> I went to the HAGS jazz session last month and it was great. I hope we can 
> do something like that in Miami too.
>
> I hope I wasn't too boring with my introduction.
>
> All the best,
> Il Gatto
>
>
>
>>From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
>>To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] New member
>>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:38:11 -0800
>>
>>Francesco Salomoni wrote:
>>
>> > First post on the list, I'm very excited.
>>(snip)
>>
>>Dear Francesco,
>>
>>Congratulations on your first post to the List.
>>
>>Why don't you tel us about yourself and your band.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>--Bob Ringwald
>>DJML Moderator
>>
>>
>>
>>
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