[Dixielandjazz] Alan Fredrickson RIP

[Roy (Bud) Taylor]

I visited Denver in 1962 or so and saw the band at the Mon Vu and they
became my favorite.  They have a very bouyant beat and great solos.  I
particularly enjoyed the poetry readings between numbers.  Steve
Watson on tuba was my idol and I was saddened to hear he had perished
in a small plane excursion into the Rockies.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Don Ingle <cornet at 1010internet.com> wrote:
> Mike Johnson wrote:
>>
>> I just heard that Alan Fredrickson passed away yesterday-March 21, 2010.
>> Alan had been in the hospital for several weeks.
>>
>>
>> Alan was one of the original founders of the Queen City Jazz Band in
>> Denver,
>> Colorado about 55 years ago and for many years has been the leader of the
>> Alan Fredrickson Jazz Ensemble.
>>
>>
>> Mike Johnson
>>
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>
> Sorry to hear about the passing of the 'wild man of Jefferson County,' Alan
> Fredricksen. His early days with the Queen City JAzz Band helped bring a
> revival of trad jazz to the Rocky Mts.
> I once played with the early Queen City band on cornet for a month until
> local  20 AFofM rep noted that they were not union and that I should not be
> working with them. Since most of my work then was in the local, I had to
> leave the band (this was 1957 at the old Mon-VueVillage) but it was fun
> while it lasted. Saw Alan many times after that while we were still loiving
> above him in Evergreen in a small cabin we'd bought and he lived down Bear
> Creek canyon in a little side valley.
> He left his mark on jazz and on the landscape. As an architect he designed
> schools, homes and other buildings in the front range of Colorado, showing
> that he was an artist in several ways.
> His pixy humor was always fun to hear - my favorite Alan gag story was about
> the sole victim of "Gumperson's disease. "  Suspect that when he went
> through the heavenly check in and St.Pete asked him how come he got there,
> Alan would probably say - "well, turns out I was wrong. There were two who
> had Gumperson's Disease and wouldn't you know it would be me!"
> Get set, Gabrial, Alan's trombone will likely be louder than your trumpet!.
> Goodby, Alan, we'll miss you.
> Don Ingle
>
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Roy (Bud) Taylor
Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
Traditional Jazz since 1958
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