[Dixielandjazz] "Our Philly Friends" videos

[Allan Brown]

Great stuff Jim - I loved watching those youtube clips. I love Madrid too - I wish I could have been there.

Allan


On 3 Sep 2010, at 16:25, Jim Kashishian wrote:

> 
> CANAL STREET JAZZ BAND with our "PHILLY FRIENDS" 
> 
> During one of our monthly gigs at the Café Populart in Madrid (August,
> 2010), the Canal Street Jazz Band played host to friends from the
> Philadelphia Pops Orchestra.   They were on their way to a Classical Music
> Festival in Santander (Northern Coast), and had a few nights in Madrid.
> 
> My good friend, bass trombonist Mike Purdy, came over a few days before the
> orchestra, and two other trombonist friends stayed, along with Mike at our
> house for 2 nites.  Brian Pastor (leader of  his own big band in
> Philadelphia...www.brianpastorbigband.com) and Dave Ciani were the two
> trombonists.  We played some great trombone quartet pieces that Mike brought
> along (both classical & jazz) in my studio together, as the guys all needed
> some "chops time" before their gig with the orchestra.
> 
> Since we (Canal Street Jazz Band) had a gig that whole week, various members
> of the orchestra dropped in on different nites to have a honk with us.
> There were a number of combinations of musicians on stage with us those
> nites, and I got some on video which can be seen at the following YouTube
> addresses.
> 
> Musicians included the aforementioned trombonists Brian Pastor & Dave Ciani,
> trumpeter Bob Gravener, Joe Smith on clarinet, bassist Doug Map, and even a
> french horn...Adam Lesnick (on Blackbird).  Listen out for the "3 trombones
> alone" chorus on Sweet Georgia Brown & again on A Train (Bones version).  
> 
> The audiences were literrally stunned!  Many have never seen a trombone, let
> alone heard 3 together!!  It was a great sonoral thrill for the musicians &
> the audience.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Sweet Georgia Brown:   <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8NfysfHWK4>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8NfysfHWK4   
> Avalon;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNofop676FI
> A Train (Bones):   <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMddcFe0Z0>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMddcFe0Z0   
> Take the A Train:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sPHzkKF9Bw
> Bye Bye Blackbird:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GjBRjG5k0
> Break Time:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM1Q8m1u8_s
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