[Dixielandjazz] Invitation to The Benny Strickler Story

[Dave Radlauer]

 Geetings --

You are cordially invited to "The Benny Strickler Story" produced from previously unheard interviews and rare audio.

Free on-demand streaming and new web pages (two one-hour programs):

The Benny Strickler Story - Frisco
http://jazzhotbigstep.com/84001.html

The Benny Strickler Story - Tulsa & Bob Wills
http://jazzhotbigstep.com/89801/index.html

      The Benny Strickler Story explores the life and times of a gifted, hardworking trumpet player who developed his own classic-jazz horn style and had a unique ability to unify a Jazz ensemble.  An intimate portrait of Benny emerges from the recollections of his fellow musicians Bob Helm, Bill Bardin & Danny Alguire, with informed commentary by Traditional Jazz musicians Chris Tyle and Hal Smith.  

The Tulsa chapter is the first in-depth exploration of Strickler's key role in Bob Wills Texas Playboys when it reached its zenith as an 8-horn Swing orchestra in 1941-42.  A fascinating and largely untold chapter of  Southwestern Jazz history.

      All the existing recordings by this little-known trumpeter add up to barely two dozen sides, most never issued in his lifetime.  The main argument for Strickler’s greatness is a half-dozen recordings made with Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, but issued only after his death nearly a decade later with little fanfare.


 Sincerely,

Dave Radlauer, Producer
JAZZ RHYTHM Radio Series


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