[Dixielandjazz] Sitting in and jam sessions

[Gary Kiser]

I have another anecdote about sitting in that also ties with the 
"drummerless" thread some weeks back.

Sac à Pulses played the Medford festival twice. Had a ball both times. 
On our last set of the weekend at one of those appearances we were in a 
Moose (or Elks or Veterans) Hall followed by Bert Barr and his wonderful 
Uptown Lowdown JB. Our last tune was Dans Les Rues d'Antibes and I asked 
Bert over the microphone if he knew it. He reminded me that he wrote it 
and promptly got his horn out. We had a blast as anyone would playing 
with Bert.

But, that is not what I wanted to dwell on. That was just setup for 
bragging about our drummer Marc Verne. Bert has oft said he prefers no 
drummer than an under par drummer or a drummer that doesn't play the 
"style." My man, the late Stephen Joseph was a rare drummer/washboarded 
that had open playing rights with the ULJB.

Bert had mentioned throughout the weekend that he was impressed with 
Marc's playing. After our rousing finale in the Streets of Antibes, Bert 
took over the mic and thanked me for inviting him up and then turned to 
Marc and said pointing his finger; "You don't go anywhere." Marc looked 
at me with a perplexed worried look. I assured him that he had just 
received a solid compliment and he should keep his rump on the drum 
stool and enjoy the ride.

Marc played the whole set with them and told me afterwards that he 
didn't know any of the numbers. Bert praised him solidly afterwards and 
would not accept that Marc is more into bop than into old style jazz. 
What makes Marc stand out are his ears. He is one of the most listening 
drummers I know. I am spoiled to play next to him regularly.

Ok, I'm done bragging about the musos I mix with.

All the best, Gary


On 09/05/2013 01:02, Bob and Mike wrote:
> A bunch of cool stuff...


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