[Dixielandjazz] Rhythm Section Prague

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Robert,
By "long ago" do you mean the late 1980's - mid 90's?  "Jazz No Problem"
played right in the center of the bridge when I was there in 1994. The
trumpet player was quite a character, did a pretty rough Louis Armstrong
flavored performance (horn and vocals.) The tuba player had a horn that was
salvaged from two completely different designed tubas - the bell was on the
wrong side and the valves were very strange!

Dave Richoux


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:27 PM, ROBERT R. CALDER
<serapion at btinternet.com>wrote:

> The Starometski band had a drummer in the photo.
> The band I remember long ago in Prague had only the man with the banjo for
> percussion.
>
> Pretty well toneless, even harsh-sounding, but with a remarkable kick
>
> He was really functioning as a sort of drummer -- with flourishes for
> cymbal work,
>
> and mostly bass undertones in his sound.
>
> The main man in the band was the Czech Ernie Caceres, I don't know about
> his reputation, I listened to him soloing at decent length, lovely driving
> baritone saxophonist.
>
> This was half way across the Charles Bridge, and amazingly enough by the
> time I was back in the square photographed I had a sheaf of fliers for all
> manner of concerts, not jazz but a startling indication of how much public
> music-making there was on just another ordinary day.
>
>