[Dixielandjazz] Not OKOM but Amazing - Rafael Mendez

[Stephen G Barbone]

> eupher dude <eupher61 at hotmail.com> wrote (about Mendez)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5poVkbOrN4&feature=related
>
> apparently, Mendez' sons both became doctors.  One reportedly was on  
> duty when RFK was brought in after the shooting, and the other a  
> urologist, maybe.
>
> pretty darn good playing.  But, it seems like Mr Mendez was a bit of  
> a control freak, too!!!


Rafael Mendez was one of Aurturo Sandoval's idols. To here the  
connection go to::

http://www.amazon.com/Trumpet-Evolution-Arturo-Sandoval/dp/B000093FJT

click on #4, La Virgen De La Macarena. It was a Mendez mega hit

And while there, sample the other 18 trumpeters Sandoval paid homage  
to. From King Oliver to Clifford Brown & Beyond.


Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband