[Dixielandjazz] A Quick Guide to Austin Traditional Jazz Musicans

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From: "Dave Stoddard" <safetydave1980 at att.net> 
To: "Berry, RaeAnn" <rahberry at comcast.net> 
Cc: "Mailing, Dixieland" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2014 9:19:47 AM 
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] A Quick Guide to Austin Traditional Jazz Musicans 

Dear Listers: 



Marek Boym pointed out to me that as he scrolled through the Austin jazz 
videos, he was seeing some of the same players again and again. He was 
quite right. There is a hard core of full-time traditional jazz players in 
Austin. They tend to play and record a lot, in an interesting set of 
combinations and permutations. You do see quite a lot of them on my list of 
videos. However, there are others playing the scene, and I have tried to 
give them some coverage as well. 



Many of these bands don't include performance notes with their recordings, 
so here is a quick guide to traditional jazz players on the videos. 



Jon Doyle, clarinet and all saxophones. He is the bass sax player in the 
Oxblood Melodians and Albanie and her Fellas. 

Lyon Graulty, clarinet and saxophone. He is the other reed player in Thrift 
Set Orchestra. 

Mark Gonzalez, trombone. He is in a lot of these videos including Thrift 
Set. 

Ryan Gould, the leprechaun with the beard playing string bass. 

David Jellema, cornet and clarinet. David is best known for his work in the 
Washington, DC area, but we are very happy to have him in Austin. 



Albanie Falletta, guitar and vocals, Thrift Set and Albanie and her Fellas. 
Albanie actually is working in New Orleans these days, but comes back for 
gigs from time to time. 



Westen Borghesi (banjo). Westen is the very tall (about 7 feet) fellow in 
Thrift Set and East Side. He plays and sings very well. 

Erik Hokkanen, violin and guitar. Erik is one of the guitarists playing 
with the Swinging Strings. For an example of his violin work (which is 
spectacular) try the Erik Hokkanen Trio playing Blue Skies on YouTube. 



I am not on many videos, but I get around. I play valve trombone and tuba, 
and am well-regarded on both. 

My cornet player Larmon Maddox is a long-time star in these parts. In 
addition to Silver Creek, Larmon has had long tenures with Tommy Griffith's 
bands, the Old Waterloo Jazz Band (of which I posted a YouTube), and the New 
Orleans Jazz Band of Austin. He also played for many years with the Alamo 
City Jazz Band, a very good San Antonio outfit that played many jazz 
festivals. 



Tommy Griffith is a super pianist who has played riverboats on the 
Mississippi and Columbia Rivers. He is also an ace banjo player. 
Unfortunately, he is not on YouTube. We must work on that. 



I am very partial to Ben Saffer's playing on clarinet. He fits the 1920s 
idiom of Silver Creek very well. 



There are many great jazz guitarists working in Austin these days. These 
recordings feature JD Pendley, Dave Biller, Erik Hokkanen, Albanie Falletta, 
Rick McRae, Jamey Cummins and Jimmy Vence. Bobby Black, the banjo player on 
the Silver Creek recordings, played with Jim Cullum, Jr. in the 1970s before 
settling into a professional career out of music. He still plays often and 
very well on both banjo and guitar. 



I hope this post enhances your enjoyment of jazz videos from Austin, Texas. 



Regards, 

Dave Stoddard 

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