[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Dave Remington

[Don Ingle]

I guess I  missed the lower part of tghat post. Am saddened by the 
passing of Dave Remington, a great musician and a good friend of my 
Chicago days.
Dave split the five night a week at Jazz  Ltd. with Art Hodes, playing 
Mon-Wed, and Art Fri/Sat. The overall feel of tha band has slightly 
altered befuse both had their own often eccentric styles. But strong 
players both.
Dave lived in Rockford for awhile and taught school, and then he went 
post bop big band, grew castro beard and dressed in army fatigues and 
was a lttle messed up. But he came back to reality and last time I 
worked a quartette job with him near Interlochen, he played some of the 
swingingest stride I ever heard him play.
A real character, but a good friend and I shall miss his unrestricted 
sense of fun and his Slam Stewart styled piano solos.
Good road trip, old friend. See you at the rehearsal later.
Don Ingle

budtuba at aol.com wrote:
> Dave Remington was from Rochester and played both piano and trombone.  He played piano with Jack Mahue's Salt City 5 back in the 1950s.  He moved to Chicago in the mid-1960's and has made his living from music, primarily.  It would be nice to hear from others who knew and played with him.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don and Marge Hunt <dmhunt3 at gotsky.com>
> To: Johnny Russo <russo4414851 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:16 am
> Subject: Dave Remington
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> Hi guys. . .
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> Just had a call from Bob "Cuz" Cousins in Chicago who said Dave Remington died this morning.   He'd had a couple heart attacks before, but Cuz said he died of renal failure.  No calling hours, no service, and is being cremated. 
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> Cuz is doing fine and is selling his house and moving (with his "significant other") to a high rise apartment in downtown Chicago.       --Don
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