[Dixielandjazz] Vale John W. Scott

[Thomas Downs]

It's all there, Landes, in "Jazz West 1945 to 1955" page 22 and "Jazz West
2" page 25.
There are quite a number of us, still out there, who have played with Scott.
Tom Downs


On 7/14/07, Stan Brager <sbrager at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
> According to K. O. Eckland's book "Jazz West 2". John Scott founded the
> Apex
> Jazz Band in 1976 and it lasted until 1982. John initially played trombone
> in the band. Other initial members include Cal Abbott (cl), Bill Armstrong
> (bjo), Jeff Bender (p), Phil Kirk (tpt), Bob Hinman (bass). When Phil Kirk
> left Apex to form Professor Plum, Scott switched to trumpet.
>
> The following players came into and left the band at various times: Steve
> Abrams, Derek Brown, Don Hartburg, Rick Holzgrafe, Marc Marcus, Gary
> Milliken, Dick Speer, John Stringer, Mike Swanson and Joyce Taylor.
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ernie Landes" <elandes at cablespeed.com>
> To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "Bob
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> Cc: "Tom Downs" <jazz2ba at gmail.com>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List"
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 9:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Vale John W. Scott
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> > Bob:  Thanks for the notice.  I played a lot with John in the early
> days.
> > Can you remind me who else was in the Apex Jazz Band?
> >
> > Ernie Landes
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> > > Services were held for John W. Scott, a former resident of Scotts
> Valley
> > > who died June 13 in Albany, Ore. He was 79.   Mr. Scott loved to play
> the
> > > trumpet and was involved with a number of Dixieland Jazz bands
> throughout
> > > the Bay Area for years, including the Apex Jazz Band, which he formed.
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