[Dixielandjazz] Sal Pace Recordings

[Stephen G Barbone]

On May 21, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Marek Boym wrote: (in Answer to my  
question what ever happened to Dixieland trombonist Lee Giofford?


> I have never heard of Lee Gifford.

Not many people have. He played at Nick's in the 1950s/early 60s.  
Primarily with the Billy Maxted Bands that played there. He was a very  
high energy young player who, when he got up into the trumpet range on  
trombone, was a huge favorite of the audience at Nick's. He recorded  
with Maxted a few times.

He was an innovator and some traddies did not like the way he played  
because he did not play the traditional Ory lines, but rather took  
those tailgate slurs up into the highest ranges of the trombone. His  
solos were very energetic and those few of us who saw/heard/or played  
with him, never forgot that experience. He played the upper reaches of  
the horn and had tremendous volume and energy.

Last I heard, he had given up playing and gone into a day gig in  
sales. (early 1960s) He indicated that he was going to do so on a gig  
we played together in a Garden City Club on Long Island.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband