[Dixielandjazz] Sac Jazz Jubilee - only five OKOM bands?? - RIDICULOUS misperception

Nancy Doran Giffin nancyink at surewest.net
Mon May 25 14:56:09 PDT 2009


Gene B. is too busy to give a detailed reply to this question, so I have put together my own response re. the Sac. Jazz Jubilee. To anyone who missed out on all the fun, I am sorry for your loss.
Love and hugs,
Nancy

HEADLINER: Count Basie Orchestra (Thursday night)

There was a RAGTIME CORNER venue featuring a wealth of performers 
all day on Fri., Sat., Sun.

YOLO ROOM and GOLDEN EAGLE venues were primarily for OKOM

DIXIELAND BANDS
101st Army Dixieland Band
Bill Allred's Classic Jazz Band
Company B (led by Bria Skonberg)
Gramercy 6
Black Tuesday Jazz Band
Blue Street Jazz Band
Big Mama Sue Trio
Big Tiny Little Jazz Band
Catsnjammer Jazz Band
Cell Block 7
Climax Jazz Band
Cornet Chop Suey
Devil Mountain Jazz Band
Dick Johnson's Mardi Gras Band
Dr. Bach and the Jazz Practitioners
Firecracker Jazz Band
Golden Gate Rhythm Machine
High Sierra Jazz Band
K Street Ramblers
Le Jazz Hot (Django jazz)
Midnight Rose JazzBand
Natural Gas
New Lowdown
Night Blooming Jazzmen
Polly's Hot Paupers
Reynolds Brothers' Rhythm Rascals 
Sacramento Banjo Band Combo
Shelley Burns Quintet (with Bob Draga)
The Professors
PLUS
2 dozen all-star performers who play OKOM and Swing (Condon-style) jazz - SEE LIST, BELOW

DIXIELAND BANDS (youth)
BSR Jazzinomic Stimulus Package
Mission Bay High School Band
Raisin' Babies
Muskrat Ramblers
Dixie Dominus
Back Alley Strutters
J Street Jazz Cats
Central Avenue Jazz Band
Raizin' the Bar
Mission Bay High School Jazz Band
Dixie Dawgs
The New Traditionalists
Sax by Popular Demand
Santa Clara Swing
Syncopating Sea-Monkeys

DUOS performing OKOM:
Bill & Eddie (Dendle & Erickson)

Scott Anthony and Ken Keeler
Claudette Stone and Dick Johnson
Brady McKay & John Cocuzzi
Shelley & Bill (Burns & Dendle)
Katie Cavera with John and Ralf Reynolds
Suzanne Wiggins and Alan Shaw

SPECIAL EVENTS with OKOM:
Bill Gunter's Memorial Washboard Concert
All-Star Banjo Jam: Howard Alden, Kurt Abell, Katie Cavera, Bill Dendle, Eddie Erickson, John Convery, Randy Morris, and John Reynolds with Ralf Reynolds
T-Bone special with Bob Havens, Bill & John Allred, Russ Phillips
Pianorama that included Ragtime pianists and all the best pianists at the festival
Dick Williams' Jazz Sea Jam Band (for amateur OKOMers)

LARGER BANDS & ORCHESTRAS with OKOM
Royal Society Dance Orchestra
Ophir Prison Marching Band
California Repercussions

TRAD/SWING  BANDS with OKOM and Swing
BED (Becky Kilgore, Eddie Erickson, Dan Barrett)
Benny Goodman Centennial Tribute Band
Evolution Big Band (Swing)
Fulton Street Jazz Band
Sister Swing
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums
Johnny Varro's Swing 7
Russ Phillips' Chicago Jazz

ALL-STAR MUSICIANS
Trumpet:
Warren Vaché, Bobby Pickwood, Charlie Bertini, Bria Skonberg
Trombone:
Bill Allred, John Allred, Dan Barrett, Bob Havens, Russ Phillips
Reeds:
Bob Draga, Allan Vache, Harry Allen
Vibes:
John Cocuzzi
Bass:
Joel Forbes, Richard Simon, Jennifer Leitham, 
Piano:
Eddie Higgins, Johnny Varro, John Cocuzzi
Drums:
Jake Hanna, Eddie Metz, Jr., Vince Bartels
Guitar/Banjo:
Howard Alden, Eddie Erickson, Steve Homan, Bill Dendle
Vocals:
Rebecca Kilgore, Brady McKay, Terrie Richards




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