[Dixielandjazz] Joe Simon

[David M Richoux]

Marek,

He does turn up on some Google search hits - Big Joe Simon, Double  
Bass. (504) 365-0808

this from a 1988 NY Times article:
> Ella Brennan, Commander's co-owner, recalls hiring jazz musicians in  
> 1973 to enliven slow Sundays at the restaurant, some years after she  
> and her family made breakfast at Brennan's into a celebrity event in  
> the family's French Quarter restaurant. Along with the flaming  
> desserts beloved by New Orleans diners, the jazz brunch, not  
> surprisingly, caught fire and spread. The latter-day Creoles and  
> their neighbors apparently recognized a good thing. The French Opera  
> House is long gone, but jazz, which was not around in old Creole  
> days, is an entertaining substitute. Commander's musicians stroll  
> from table to table, filled with New Orleans families celebrating  
> birthdays and anniversaries or just celebrating the weekend among  
> hordes of visitors who have heard that the restaurant is the city's  
> No. 1 favorite. On occasion when Big Joe Simon on the upright bass  
> and the other musicians get really clicking and the wine corks are  
> popping, a banker or another dignified type will be moved to jump up  
> and swivel his hips to the beat, with other diners responding by  
> shaking their napkins, which at Commander's are of generous size,  
> white and well ironed
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/14/travel/new-orleans-up-close-jazz-and-eggs-over-easy.html

You might try asking the staffs at 2 New Orleans entertainment  
magazine / newspapers - OffBeat ( offbeat.com ) and The Gambit  (  http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase 
  )

  WWOZ might know more, .  wwoz.org

Dave Richoux

On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Marek Boym wrote:

> Hello folks,
> I repeat my query of a few days ago: any idea who is the Joe Simon
> whose band played the 1980 New Orleans festival?  I don't quite
> remember, but I believe that his clarinet player was Michael White.
> Cheers
>
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