[Dixielandjazz] Introducing myself

[Marek Boym]

Welcome, Jim.
All the bet,
Marek (not a muscian)


On 19 March 2014 21:14, Jim Gammon <jgammon1 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> At the risk of posting this twice, here's a little about myself.  Jim
> Thanks to Bob Ringwald, I found out about this list a couple weeks ago and
> have been reading posts since then.  I have played in a number of bands in
> the San Francisco bay area since 1983.  Have been playing since I was eight
> years old.    Haven't traveled much or made the
> festival circuit in a big way but made it to Sacramento for several of
> their
> festivals, have played numerous others around California and a number of
> TJSO gigs in Oregon.  Other than Dixieland, I've done some short TV and
> movie music cues for a friend of mine who is in the music scene in L.A.  I
> have played in bands probably few of you have ever herd of:  The Jubilee
> jazz band, Dick Oxtot's Golden Age jazz band, Old Navy Splash Landing jazz
> band, the Spirit of 29, Hot Chamber Music Society, Polly's Hot Paupers,
> Hothouse swing band, Cork's Crew, Eddie Condom and the Safe Sextet, and Mal
> Sharpe Big Money in Jazz.  I am sure there are more that I am overlooking.
> I am retired from my day job formerly at UC  Berkeley and try to devote a
> good deal of time daily to practicing.  I am well aware of the importance
> of
> keeping up my chops when I have to play one or more three hour gig per
> week.
> So, no, I do not play gigs nightly and have never had to depend on music
> for
> paying the bills, but I do take it seriously and really love it.
> Guess I will quit tooting my own horn at this point.  Hobbies are reading,
> ham radio, and messing with computers among other things.
> Great to be part of this list and I hope to learn a lot and maybe even meet
> some of you who may be in the SF bay area.
> Jim Gammon
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