[Dixielandjazz] Yma Sumac Obit

[David Richoux]

Yma Sumac had a real "thing" going on with the young wannabe Hipsters  
in the San Francisco area - I had many requests for her songs during  
my radio show in the last 10 years.

on a slightly different theme - I went to a show in Palo Alto  
yesterday featuring a group of young musicians from Southern Italy and  
Serbia - some really great traditional Balkan Brass/Gypsy Jazz, with a  
touch of Rock-a-billy string bass played by a rising superstar -   
Djordje Stijepovic has an amazing technique on the Doghouse - he slaps  
and plucks faster than Slam Stewart ever did, and for some songs he  
used a modified tiny cymbal "shaker stick" to pluck the strings while  
shaking a rhythm! The group was a combination of a California band  
called "Fishtank Ensemble" and the Italian band "Opa Cupa" - not what  
we might call OKOM at all, but as the world of music gets more and  
more closely connected (via the Internet) I think the brass skills of  
southern Europe will be producing more stellar musicians of note!

http://www.fishtankensemble.com
http://www.myspace.com/opacupa


Dave Richoux

On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:44 AM, AL LEVY wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
> Maybe not OKOM, but many of us Old Boys loved her voice & personae.
> ==================
> Count me in. I remember Slim Gaillard doing a tune he
> called "Sumacaroonie"
> also
> We saw her at the Radio City Music Hall along with
> Danny Kaye. He did some Sumac shtick in his act.
> Great show all around.
> I believe she had either a four or five octave range.
> ===================
> Cheers,
> Al