[Dixielandjazz] Barbone Street Concert on the Wilmington Riverfront

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Oct 19, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Stephen G Barbone wrote:
>> Here's a clip of part of our concert on the Riverfront on August 4,  
>> 2011. It hit the local news on Sept 1.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhy_X2vKmg4
>
> Dear Steve,
> I'm a bit late with this reply.
> Been busy, busy.
> Thanks for the news clip.
> But no personnel.
> Nice trombone solo.
> Is that the same girl you had before or another one?
> She looks and sounds different.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.

Dear Bill:

Same girl. She did not play any small band jazz or Dixieland when we  
added her a few years ago. Just Big Band Swing. She has progressed  
very nicely and audiences love her. Great thing about her is that she  
learns the tunes on her own. Very talented young lady. We neither  
rehearse, nor use charts. I just gave her a tune list of some 250  
songs and she learned them at home on her own and/or on the gigs.

Mostly by searching for song/band examples on you tube, or the red hot  
site and listening, and by google searching Dan Barrett, Bill Allred,  
Bob Havens and listening to how they play. (She also listens to JJ  
Johnson, Urbie Green, Kai Winding Melba Liston, Sliden Selena, et al.)

She is a great singer and I'll ask her during performances what she  
wants to sing. She just names an American  Songbook tune, the key, and  
our guitarist, bass, drums and I back her up. All without rehearsal.  
Last Saturday she named "Isn't It A Lovely Day" in F,  a song none of  
us had played together before and we did it as if we had been playing  
it for years. Not many bands can do that kind of thing and one of the  
reasons we get so much outside work (wedding/private party etc) is  
that we can usually fulfill just about any Great American Songbook or  
Dixieland request from the guests. (except those from artsy jazz fans  
who request songs like "Here Comes The Hot Tamale Man" which nobody in  
the band knows other than me. <grin>)

Personnel on that clip were: Me on clarinet, Paul Grant trumpet; Cindy  
Leibe trombone; Sonny Troy guitar; Mike Piper drums and DeWitt Kay on  
double bass. Dewitt has  been subbing for Ace Tesone these past 3  
months during Ace's surgery and recovery from colon cancer. Ace is  
back with us from this Sunday on.


Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband