[Dixielandjazz] Jonathan Russell

[Stephen G Barbone]

> "Craig I. Johnson" <civanj at roadrunner.com> wrote
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Lino Patruno, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jonathan
> 	Russell
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> To Steve Barbone
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> I listened/watched the Lino Patruno rendition of "I'm Crazy 'Bout My  
> Baby"
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> on youtube and you're riht - great group., That led me to some clips  
> of
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> Patruno  + Bucky Pizzarelli - one of my favorite musicians. And then
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> stumbled on Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Phil Flanigan (NY Swing)  
> rendition
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> of "Caravan" with Jonathan Russell doing the major honors.
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> Check that one out! he is phenomenal!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNgpRM9CR1I
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>
>
> Thanks for the pointers. Patruno is now someone I can keep
>
> looking for.

Hey Craig:

See another "Caravan" with Jonathan, North Carolina Jazz Festival,  at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Yu5nhkv_w&feature=related

But for the Lone Ranger quote, note how differently he solos.  He was  
only 11 at the North Carolina Jazz Festival so it predates your  
Youtube page by a year.
BTW, the NC Festival includes clarinetist Tom Fischer. I believe he is  
playing my old Buffet (circa 1949), that I sent down to New Orleans  
after Katrina and about the time his was stolen. That horn has played  
alongside Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Sidney Bechet and Pee Wee  
Erwin, among others, and Tom plays it better than I ever could.

Other Jonathan videos may be found by clicking on the "More from:  
Jonathan Jazz" at the right side of the page you mention.

The young man is progressing by leaps and bounds and I can't say  
enough about how much of a treat it is for us (Barbone Street)  to  
play with him here in the Philadelphia area every year. We've been  
getting him paying gigs here for the past 5 years.

I hope more band/festivals will hire him not only because of how much  
audiences love him, but also because if we don't, we will lose him to  
other genres of jazz, or to other musical activities. His performances  
will draw young people to festivals if properly promoted to the local  
schools in the area.

He is now actively studying film scoring and composing, which pays a  
hell of a lot more than a few jazz gigs. So, lets all get him some  
paying gigs so that he'll continue with OKOM.

As much as I hate the word, IMO, the young man is a musical genius.

Cheers
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband