[Dixielandjazz] Vince Giordano at Jeff Healey Tribute / bassist not Slam Stewart

[Barb Jordan]

Hi all,
 
I live in Toronto and was at the Jeff Healey Tribute on Sunday. It was a great time and the music was outstanding!  If any of you are in Toronto, check out the Jazz Wizards (Jeff's band) at Healey's - 55 Blue Jays Way in Toronto. 
 
I talked to Vince for a while. A real gentleman!  Love that sax!
 
Barbara Jordan
Toronto> From: ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 07:22:42 -0400> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Vince Giordano at Jeff Healey Tribute / bassist not Slam Stewart> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> To: jordan_barb at hotmail.com> > Dear Listmates,> > I want you all to know that I had the honour of meeting a> gentlemen's gentlemen this weekend in the person of Vince Giordano. > > My band the Rainbow Gardens Jazz Orchestra was the opening group for> the Jeff Healey Tribute concert here in Toronto. Vince came up along> with Marty Grosz and Brad Kay because they had special connections> with Jeff. My band played at Gracie's Restaurant for 5 years when> Jeff was a teenager and he sometimes came in with his trumpet in a> Chivas Regal bag. Amazingly he knew almost all the recordings we> modeled our arrangements on so well that he needed almost no> coaching by our cornet player to perform the arrangements with us.> > Vince did the opening set with us on Sunday May 4th and aside from> being a spectacular musician and performer, I've never met a more> down to earth, humble, people person virtuoso in my life. When we> finished playing our set, Vince insisted on helping me get my> equipment to my van because I had to get to another gig pronto. And> this despite my urging him to get back to the stage because I know> there were people wanting to talk to him and to get his autograph.> > If you're in New York or are going and if you do nothing else, find> out where he is and go and hear him play. As a person and a> performer he's one of the greats.> > Yours,> > Ric Giorgi> > > PS - I once lent Slam Stewart my bass at a gig here in Canada about> 1987 I think and the bassist in the picture in question is> definitely not Slam Stewart. > > > > > Ricardo Giorgi> Rainbow Gardens Music> Toronto ON> rgmusic at sympatico.ca> > -----Original Message-----> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of> jazzchops at isp.com> Sent: May 5, 2008 5:21 PM> To: Ric Giorgi> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] George Duvivier or Slam Stewart?> > It's Duvivier, not Stewart. I have a video of the entire TV> broadcast, and> even though he's not identified on the video, it IS Duvivier.> > Regards,> Chris Tyle> > > -----------------------------------------> Join ISP.COM today - $9.95 internet , less than 1/2 the cost of AOL> Try us out, http://www.isp.com/> > > _______________________________________________> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland> Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz> > > > Dixielandjazz mailing list> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> > > _______________________________________________> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz> > > > Dixielandjazz mailing list> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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