[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: [Tradjazz] FAUX PAS -South Bay
Bob Brodsky
rfoxbro at aol.com
Tue Mar 8 08:12:39 PST 2011
re-send
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Brodsky <rfoxbro at aol.com>
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com; dixielandjazzt at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 8:08 am
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] FAUX PAS -South Bay
Friends:m To clear it up, in Southern California, LA County, the SOUTH BAY (sometimes called the Santa Monica Bay) includes an almost 90 degree bend in the land starting (southernmost) from the beach towns of fPalos Verdes to Redondo, Hermosa , Manhattan, El Segundo (where the airport is located, Santa Monica,Venice, Pacific Palisades to Malibu.
Bob Brodsky
-----Original Message-----
From: GeoHunt1 at aol.com
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com
Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 6:22 am
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] FAUX PAS
Hi Harry:
I have what may be a dumb question, but I am not afraid. Here is the
question:
Why is the South Bay New Orleans Jazz Club in Redondo Beach, CA?
I thought "South Bay" in California meant towns like Palo Alto, Mountain
View and Sunnyvale near the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
I have searched MapQuest for a bay near Redondo Beach, CA, but didn't find
one.
LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER
It is Fat Tuesday.
Celebrate!
George Hunt
In a message dated 3/8/2011 7:57:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
meetmrcallaghan at yahoo.com writes:
Pardonez-moi
When I carried over Bob Brodsky's DJML post yesterday, I had not been
aware that Bob
was also a Tradjazz subscriber
It was not my intention to clutter up subscribers' inboxes needlessly by
being repetitious.
Look, I am slapping my hand.even as I speak to you (and cluttering up your
inbox even further)
Well, now that I've got your attention......did you hear the one about the
priest, minister and rabbi who walked into a bar?
But seriously....allow me to take this opportunity to recommend to you a
CD that I recently acquired........"Trumpet Evolution", on which Cuban
trumpeter Arturo Sandoval imitates the playing styles of 19 different
trumpeters
of the 20th century, stretching from Louis Armstrong to Maynard Ferguson
(and that's quite a stretch), and 17 in between.
The album was brought to my attention by one of my fellow program
providers in Australia on Radio OKOM.
It may be found at various prices at the usual online sources....but you
can be sure that I have
already secured the cheapest brand new copy that was available.
Tides,
HC
Music you grew up listening to
or when we're done you'll wish you
grew up listening to.
Callaghan's Corner
www.okom.com
--- On Mon, 3/7/11, Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Harry Callaghan <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tradjazz] Fwd: SOUTH BAY N.O. JAZZ CLUB meets Sunday!
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com
Date: Monday, March 7, 2011, 6:04 PM
DJML listmate Bob Brodsky just posted this to our list and I thought y'all
Tradjazz members might also find it to be interest.
Incidentally, Bob is author of a book about dixieland music entitled "World
in a Jug".
I don't customarily plug online websites but if you know the name of the
river that Klaus Kinski was navigating up in the movie "Fitzcarraldo", you
might be able to find it for sale.
I have personally not read it due to the fact that I'm cheap but I have
heard good things about it from other DJML subscribers.
Tides
HC
OKOM FANS: HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM
THE MARCH 2011 "BLUE NOTE"
- THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTH BAY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CLUB - REDONDO
BEACH, CALIFORNIA
SBNOJC meets 2nd Sunday Monthly 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. Knights of Columbus Hall
- 310 397 6616 214 Avenue “I”, Redondo Beach, CA
PROGRAMS
MARCH 13, 2011
JERRY ROTHSCHILD’S RAGTIMERS
APRIL 10, 2011
THE PRESIDENT’S JAZZ BAND
MAY 8, 2011
RICHARD SIMON'S JAZZ AMERICA
MUSICIANS FEBRUARY 2011
SBNOJC was fortunateto have the following musicians in February:BobAllen,
Barry Anthony, Nina Beck, CJ Sams, Dave Claus, JayClawson, Larry Cosgrove,
Diane, Bob Downum, Dutch, Paul Goldman,Jerry Goodman, Judi Haase, Bob Hoey,
Pete Kier, Bill Mitchell, DavidNewton, John Norton, Roberto Pasquariello,
Louie Pastor, JerryRothschild, Luis Schellaci, Ray Siegele, David Stanton,
Mike Stubbs, Tank Tanaka, Richard Tucker, Bob White, Jack Widmark, Lucky
Wright
FEBRUARY2011 FEATURE BAND FIDDLESTICKS &IVORY PLUS -
BOB DANIS
Under the helmsmanship of Bob Danis, Fiddlesticks &Ivory did anexcellent
job
of providing a top qualityswing/dixie set. Originally founded by Mary
Smith,
pianist and Pat Palmer, bassist.3 regular members were unable to perform on
this occasion. However, the bandputon a terrificshow. Bob Danis leader,
tpt.
and vocals was joined onthisoccasion by Bob Hoey - tbn, Dave Claus - sax,
and replacements;NinaBeck - pno and vocal, Pete Kier -bass and Louie
Pastor
on
drums. - Our thanks to the group for a great featureset.
FEATURE BAND FOR MARCH 2011
JERRY ROTHSCHILD’S RAGTIMERS
Jerry Rothschildhas been associated with traditional music and themusicians
who know and love the idiom for many years. Jerryhosted many of our
southbay
musicians for many years at Curley’sinSignal Hill, giving many players a
chanceto play. He has been a
constantsupporter of SCHJS, SBNOJC and many other clubs whichfeaure
traditional jazz. Currently, he opens the SBNOJC meetings byproviding some
excellent traditional piano music in order to benefitmembers and musicians
to our meetings as they arrive. He hasassembled an exciting group of
musicians for our March feature set.
FROM THE PRESIDENT
SPONSOR A BAND!
We are always looking for ways to make your club moreprofitable.
One
way is to help sponsor one of the feature bandsthatare scheduled at SBNOJC
during the year. Sponsorships help offset some of the expenses of
bringing quality bands to SBNOJC. Your sponsorship will contribute to
the
success of theclub and you may enjoy a tax deductionat the same time.
For a sponsorship of $25, $50, $75 or $100, you will receive recognition in
the Blue Note as a band sponsor and be mentionedasa feature band sponsorat
the session that the band appears.
Bands available for sponsorship this year are: Royale GardenDixieland Jazz
Band – June 12, Coyote Hills Jazz Band – October
9, Night Blooming Jazzmen – December11.
To discussdetails of sponsorships that are right for you, contactPaul
Goldman at goldperson51 at yahoo.com or 310-293-2910.Thanks for your
support.
Jazz Bands and Club
The back pages of the Blue Note have listingsof Sunday Jazzclub meetings
and where local jazz bands are playing in the Southern California area.
If we are going to keep this music alive, we need to support these clubs
and
bands. If you are out and aboutduring the week, try to catch one of our
fine
local bands. If you arelooking for something to do on a Sunday,make plans
to
stop by a jazz club. These clubs and bands need our support.
Lets all keep jazz alive.
Paul Goldman, PresidentSBNOJC
goldperson51 at yahoo.com
SHORT SUMMARY -
YOU’RE A MOULDY FIGGE, IF ----
Where does the expression‘moldy fig’ come from? I think it can be
attributed
to the late LA Times music critic and author, LeonardFeather. An
Englishman,
he became entranced with New Orleans musicwhenhe came over, and wrote about
it in the “hot jazz” magazines oftheday, like DOWNBEAT. He played it, too,
on the piano, - though his musical prowess was suspect. However, as popular
musical tastesprogressed, or to my mind, retrogressed, he first moved on
toappreciation of ‘swing’ and later ‘bop’ and ‘progressive jazz’ and
itsvarious modern day abortions. Even worse, he was a leader in the
movement
to call the new music ‘jazz’, thus usurping what had been‘hot jazz’s
uncontestedterritory. He, and his compatriots, looked down their noses at
unregenerate aficionados and practitioners like me,who never left the old
music, and deigned us “Moldy Figs”. To rub in our supposed state of
anachronism, Feather adopted the Olde English spelling. It is easy to
better define the state of moldy figgishness by providing aphorismsas
examples; referring to the not-all-inclusive“You’re a Mouldy Figge, if ---
”
list below:
When Swing and its later successorstook over from “Hot Jazz”, yourmusical
tastes forever remained rooted in the past. You steadfastlybelieve that
all saxophones except the straight Soprano, as playedbyBechet and a few
others, make a honking noise that only geesemight appreciate. You subscribe
to the tenet that a true jazz band consists of a front line of Cornet (or
Trumpet),Trombone, andClarinet; backed by a rhythm section of drums, tuba
or
string bass, banjo (or non-electric guitar) and piano. Vocals, bells,
whistles, horns,kazoos, etc. and other effects are permissible if
appropriate and notoverdone.You believe that no authentic music was played
after 1928(NewOrleans Jazz), or, for Dixieland style, after, say, 1958.
This
is notan immutablelaw, but that’s how I see it.You don’t consider Duke
Ellington as one of the founding fathers, but Bolden, Bunk, Freddie, King
Oliver, and Louie, si! You believe that Bessie and Ma Rainey were THE
all-time blues singers, and that Billie Holiday only had a ‘tricky’
voice.You agree that Bix, Jimmy McPartland, and Bobby Hackettplayed
beautiful, lyric horns, but maybe were short on drive and fervor, and,
particularly Bix, were often held back by playing with ‘amateurs’ and
tenor
and alto sax players.Yourecognize that there are only a hundred or so
‘evergreen’ tunes that are of the hot jazz genre,and you play them over
and
over again, trying for perfection.You wish all folks would know that the
real Marsala’s, Joe and Marty, playedhotjazz, and that Wynton, Branford,
etc., the children of EllisMarsalis, play something else. All are New
Orleans natives.
You ruefully agree that Louie was so dominant (as recorded)in his Hot 5’s
and 7’s that their ensemble playing, while great, was often outdone by
bands
with Oliver, Bunk J, Natty D &Muggsy S, and George Mitchell.That the
Woodstockequivalent for Figs was when Bunk brought his band to
theStuyvesant
Casino in the 40’s; although the Sun- day
‘Hootenannies’ led by Pete Seegar also produced some high points.That
latter
day traditional bands are almost exclusivelyWhite, and while they exhibit
much talent and can reallyswing, their music is not from the soul because
theircircumstances are so different from those of the foundingfathers
excerpt from "The World in a Jug" - see Amazon.com/books under Robert F.
Brodsky
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Paul Goldman 310 293 2910
& Blue Note Assist. goldperson51 at yahoo.com
Vice President Jerry Goodman 310 320 0009
Treasurer Anita Gold 949 770 4690
Secretary Bob Brodsky 310 937 1811
& Historian rfoxbro at aol.com
Blue Note Editor Pete Kier 310 397 6616
& Music Director petekier at aol.com
Assist. Music Dir.
Earl Newton
310 829 9789
General Consultant
Bob Allen
323 291 5686
Publicity & Promo
Bob White
310 376 2591
Raffle Tickets
Yvonne Mitchell
714 528 1534
Snack Table
Polly Goodman
310 320 0009
(Past President)
Larry Cosgrove
310 645 9361
Raffle Prizes
Ann Norton
310 831 3525
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