[Dixielandjazz] A Quick Guide to Austin Traditional Jazz Musicans OFF LIST!

[Marek Boym]

Hello Rae Ann,
Having watched videos by quite a few of the bands Dave mentions I must
say that I have not seen Dan's name among the musicians.
Actually, he sent the email to me, off-list, and posted it on the list
at my instigation.
Do you know of any Dan Augustine videos on the web?
Recently I have reduced the time I spend at the computer - I hate the
monster, and it consumes much to much of my time.  I am now
concentrating on my records; if, in the previous rounds, I reached a
record once every 4-6 years, I am now listening to records I last
heard in December 2012!  I guess tht the heavy work load in the recent
months has affected my patience for the computer - since May I've done
more work than in all of 2013!
But I'll go back to those West Coast sessions you have posted (and you
must have posted quite a few since I last watched them).
All the best.  Keep swinging,
Marek

On 7 September 2014 20:01,  <rahberry at comcast.net> wrote:
> How about Dan Augustine?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> 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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