[Dixielandjazz] The River Boat Five on a Swinging Date

[Dave Gannett]

Bravo Marek - you win the weekend with me or the ten pound ham.  Neither of 
which is kosher.  I just got off the phone with Chloe & Ed Reed who recently 
celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary!  Chloe said that Dick Baars was 
the trumpet player on "Swinging Date", Ed on clarinet, Cougar on bone, Ray 
Bauduc on drums, Keller Merck on pno, Nappy on bjo and the magnificent Rich 
Matteson on helicon.  This album will soon be released on CD for the Rich 
Matteson Foundation.  Two trax have bass on them and she couldn't remember 
who it was, just that it was a local Chicago guy.

Thanks one and all for your input - you all are a pretty knowledgeable bunch 
out there!

Dave Gannett
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Dave Gannett" <evidence at otelco.net>; <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The River Boat Five on a Swinging Date


> Hi,
> Here's "Information from Answers:"
> Ed Reed, Ed Tedder, Dargan Fitch, Keller Merck, Wray Thomas, Jim
> Lunsford, Ted Butterman, Eddie Miller, Nappy Lamare, Nick Fatool, Dick
> Cathcart, Bob Havens, Ray Bauduc
> There, the names from Eddie Miller on are highlighted.
> They also say:
> "A fine if now forgotten dixieland band, the Riverboat Five played
> no-nonsense New Orleans jazz during the second half of the 1950's.
> Founded and led by clarinetist Ed Reed, the original group consisted
> of cornetist Ted Butterman, trombonist Wray Thomas, pianist Keller
> Merck, banjoist Dargan Fitch, tuba player Ed Tedder (who doubled on
> tenor), and drummer Jim Lunsford. Originally based in Atlanta, the
> band developed their group sound while playing for three years in
> Atlanta at a garage that was converted into a nightclub. After working
> in the Southwest, they.gained some fame in Las Vegas where they were
> signed to play eight weeks a year for the Dunes Hotel during 1957-61.
> The Riverboat Five (which was always a septet) also caught on well
> enough in New York to become a popular attraction at Bourbon Street.
> They recorded six Lps for Mercury during 1958-61 (none of which have
> been reissued on CD). While the first three were cut in Chicago with
> the group's original lineup the fourth and fifth were made in Los
> Angeles with such notable names as tenorsaxophonist Eddie Miller,
> guitarist Nappy Lamare, either Ray Bauduc or Nick Fatool on drums,
> trombonist Bob Havens and trumpeter Dick Cathcart. The group's final
> effort was cut with an expanded lineup live in New Orleans in 1961.
> Throughout their career, the Riverboat Five mostly stuck to dixieland
> warhorses (with occasional exceptions) but Hall's arrangements and the
> musicians' general enthusiasm made their renditions sound fresh and
> lively. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide "
> Cheers,
> Marek
>
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