[Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson Revisited

[Robert Newman]

John -- I'll send you a couple of tracks off the CD.   Give them a critical listen and then let me know.

Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John and Sidnee Fortier 
  To: Robert Newman 
  Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson


  My friend who owns the CD is on vacation for a week.  When he returns, I will listen to it and let you know what I think about it.  John F.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Robert Newman 
    To: John and Sidnee Fortier 
    Cc: DJML 
    Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 7:01 PM
    Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson


    Interesting, John -- Since you are a devotee of Dixieland clarinet players, I suggest you listen to Branson with Big T on the Showler CD.    Then I'd be interested in your opinion of his "Dixieland" playing.

    Bob

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "John and Sidnee Fortier" <jsfortier at chartermi.net>
    To: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
    Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 6:01 AM
    Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson


    >I am a big fan of Dixieland and traditional reed players, especially 
    > clarinet.  A friend of mine who is a Teagarden fan has the CD you mention 
    > and observed that the clarinet player was really fine.  He thought I would 
    > be interested and would probably know of Bruce Branson since my collection 
    > has numbers by over 400 clarinet players.  I had not heard of Bruce.  My 
    > friend wanted to know something more about him, so I asked about him on the 
    > list.  I will forward your message to him.  Thanks much for answering!  John 
    > Fortier
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
    > To: "John and Sidnee Fortier" <jsfortier at chartermi.net>
    > Cc: "DJML" <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
    > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 2:49 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson
    > 
    > 
    >>I met Bruce Branson in May 1956.   He was playing a month-long gig at the 
    >>Bar of Music in Sacramento with Jack Teagarden and a local piano, bass, and 
    >>drums.  We had just moved into Sacramento and I later found out that Bruce 
    >>was a jazz DJ on radio station KXOA, Sacramento.  Before coming here he had 
    >>played alto  and baritone saxes in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra, proudly 
    >>sitting beside Buddy DeFranco in the sax section in 1944 and 1945.   He had 
    >>married Mary Clark, who sang in the Clark Sisters group with Dorsey.  The 
    >>Clarks  had been called "The Sentimentalists."
    >>
    >> In Sacramento he had organized a quartet with Frank Myers, bass, Chuck 
    >> Austin, drums, and Dale Hawkins, piano -- Bruce on clarinet.   With the 
    >> quartet he had played casual gigs and steadies at the Melody Club and 
    >> others.   He died of a heart attack in 1957 at the age of  34.
    >>
    >> Joe Showler, the late  Toronto-based record producer and Jack Teagarden 
    >> memorabilia collector, produced a CD of some of a live tape from the Bar 
    >> of Music Teagarden 1956 gig.   Creatively called "Jack Teagarden -- Live 
    >> At The Bar Of Music, Sacramento -- 1956."   It's good quality and quite 
    >> interesting.
    >>
    >> May I ask what stimulated your interest in Bruce Branson?
    >>
    >> Bob Newman
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> ----- Original Message ----- 
    >> From: "John and Sidnee Fortier" <jsfortier at chartermi.net>
    >> To: "Robert Newman" <bobngaye at surewest.net>
    >> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
    >> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 8:32 AM
    >> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bruce Branson
    >>
    >>
    >>> Can anyone tell me anything about a reed player, circa 1955, named Bruce 
    >>> Branso?.  I think he was a sideman for Tommy Dorsey and occasionally Jack 
    >>> Teagarden. Hope this is not too OT.  John Fortier
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