[Dixielandjazz] Old Guy musician still has "it". Revisited

[Robert Newman]

Diann -- Why don't you give a plug to Frank Thompson, the piano player with the Bilmar Suncoast band?    He's also an old-timer (out of New York) and used to play in the Catskills with cats including PeeWee Russell.  Frank's a good friend of mine.    Also, when I sat in with that band at the Bilmar on one night  many years ago, the trumpet player was Al Davis, who had been with Benny Goodman and recorded with BG in 1941.  You can find Davis in BG ON THE RECORD pages 305 to 325.   Incidentally, Paul O'Connor was also Bob Draga's trombonist in his Garden Avenue Seven.

Bob Newman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diann Franks" <swingbanjo at yahoo.com>
To: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Old Guy musician still has "it".


> Has anybody ever been to the Bilmar Beach Resort on Treasure Island . Florida ?, well they have the Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Band every Weds. night from 6:630 to 9:30p.m. under the leadership of Paul O'Connor,trombonist(he was with Charlie Spivak). The band has been in the Bilmar for 41 years and the drummer has been ther for 36 of those years, his name is Roger Athans,( a former big band drummer and he just turned 87 years old).Their bassist is none other than John Lamb,(of Duke Ellington fame), he is still with the Duke Ellington Memorial Orchrestra. So on your next vacation to Florida , come by the Bilmar on Treasure Island,Fla. some Wedsnesday evening and say "Hi!".
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> --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Old Guy musician still has "it".
> To: "Diann" <swingbanjo at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:44 AM
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> What's the difference between "Old" Tom Jones and "Old"
> guys playing Dixieland? See the below snip from the NY Times today. He still
> makes the music sexy, how about us? <grin>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.barbonestreet.com
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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> February 26, 2009 - NY TIMES - By John Pareles
> A One-Man Variety Show Who Can Still Get the Fans Screaming
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> Silver-haired and 68, Tom Jones was still the target of flying undergarments
> when he performed at Terminal 5 on Tuesday night. He drew happy screams when he
> ran a hand along his thigh, tossed away his jacket or widened his eyes as he
> delivered a risqué lyric. . . . )snip to) . . . He brought a full band — with
> a horn section and shimmying backup singers — that hopscotched through eras
> and styles: big-band swing, 1960s soul, disco, waltzes. His repertory is one
> Welshman’s grab bag of American music, connected by his attentiveness to the
> ladies and the way he sings. . . .
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