[Dixielandjazz] More Art Ford's Jazz Party

[Randy Fendrick]

What is cool is seeing and hearing Mary Osborne.  She played in our big 
band for some ten years, and in the early days of our group, Southside 
Chicago Seven worked as our guitarist.  Her son, Pete Scaffidi works 
with us some time on bass.  A really talented family.  Some years ago 
she told me about her relationship with Billie Holiday at one of Art 
Ford's Jazz parties.  Which was a kind of cool story.  She also told 
the story of these jazz parties and how they were sold to, I believe 
the Dumont Network during the late 1950's.  The show with Billie 
Holiday had Tyree Glynn on trombone, Gerry Mulligan on bari sax; 
Coleman Hawkins, and I forget who else.  Some years ago, a girl in one 
of my classes wanted to see a video of Billie Holiday and I took it to 
school and you can guess what happened to the tape.  The Scaffidi 
family promised me another but...
later,
rf
On Mar 7, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Hal Vickery wrote:

> Definitely a different era from the New Orleans show with Alphonse 
> Picou,
> but some terrific music including a very nice "Just You Just Me" and
> "Prisoner of Love" played by Coleman Hawkins.  Not Dixieland by any 
> stretch
> of the imagination, but some great jazz.  Check out Jackie Cooper 
> sitting in
> on drums.
>
>
>
> Ford seems more in his element with this group than in the New Orleans 
> show.
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdbTxQdqwGg
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdbTxQdqwGg&feature=user> &feature=user
>
>
>
> Hal Vickery
>
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Randy Fendrick
Southside Chicago Seven
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, ret