[Dixielandjazz] Small World, Jazz is where you find it.

[Marek Boym]

Last Decamber, we attended what the rabbi who MC'd the evening
described as "Stan Ross' annual last ever concert," in which listmate
Larry participated.  BTW, I have already mentioned that event on the
list.  The concert celebrated Stan's birthday and his recovery from
the surgery.
I first encountered Larry when he played quite regularly with the
Stompers.  I have known Stan and the Sharon Valley Stompers for many
years, since sometime in the 1980's.  The name change is a funny
story, but one needs knowledge of Hebrew to fully appreciated.  Sharon
is the area in Israel where Natanya (and my town of Raanana) is
located.  However, it is also a common first name (and a surname -
just remember our ex-prime minister Ariel Sharon).  The way "Valley"
is spelt in Hebrew, it may mean "and Allie."  Since many people had
asked Stan who Sharon and Allie were, he decided to leave just
"Stompers".
The concert itself went well, and Stan's playing was better than on
several previous "absolutely last" concerts.
Cheers

On 2 March 2011 21:54, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Got a note today from a friend, Lou Kaplan, a retired Rabbi. I had given him
> a copy of one of Israeli  list mate Elazar Brandt's CDs, "Blowing My Own
> Horn" several years ago. The a year or so later, when he visited Australia,
> I gave him Bill Haesler's contact info and he saw Bill and the Robber Dogs
> in Sidney and brought back a Robber Dogs CD for me after enjoying Bill's
> performance.
>
> Today he sent me a clipping from the "International Jerusalem Post"
> (December 2010) about Stanley Ross, an 80 year old trumpeter who fronted the
> Shalom Stompers, now The Stompers, in Israel.
>
> Neat story about him. Born in Glasgow, his father - in - law was a Bugler in
> the British Army and stationed in Palestine in 1917 with General Allenby. He
> was a major influence on Ross learning the trumpet. Ross tried to emigrate
> to Israel in the 1960s but that didn't work out. Finally in 1982 he made
> Israel his home and after seeking others interested in OKOM, formed the
> Shalom Stompers with trombonist Amnon Ben-Artzi.
>
> Ross is recovering from a triple by-pass and thinks he might have to give up
> playing because he doesn't yet have the strength to play the way he used to.
>
> Elazar and Marek. Do you know him?  He lives in Netanya. Hopefully he will
> keep playing even if not like he used to.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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