[Dixielandjazz] Sacto Festival

[domitype domitype]

I basically agree - having played there from the late 70s until last year,
in a variety of bands (in many different styles, not all OKOM.)
I first played Sacto with the Churchill Street Jazz Band - did that for 3
years, then later with Earl Sheelars's Zenith Brass Band many years (for
the parade) and then much later with the California Repercussions - an 80
piece rock and roll/jazz/novelty marching band - for maybe a dozen years.
We played in the streets of Old Sac and had quite a few repeat audiences!

In all of those years I have seen some amazing bands from all over the
world, and have made many new friends.

I am still not sure if the experiment  of bringing more variety of styles
to the festival was a good idea or not - I really like groups such as Tower
of Power, but maybe it was not exactly the best place to present their
music.

David RIchoux

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 3:49 PM, pcrums <pcrums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Really sad to hear the Sacto Jubilee is no more - it has been a very large
> part of my band's history and success.
>
>  The first one was 1974, four years after Natural Gas Jazz Band was
> formed. This year, 2017, was the festival’s 44th year.  NGJB has played in
> a total of 39 of them, including a streak of 35 consecutive festivals,
> having missed a total of only five.
>
> Historically the event used to be a very large international event. Thanks
> to the many contacts with numerous foreign bands at the festival, the
> Gassers subsequently toured areas such as Kowloon, Tasmania, New Zealand,
> Japan (3X), British Isles and many European and Scandinavian countries. In
> 1989, NGJB spent two weeks in the Soviet Union where they became the
> first American jazz band to play in Siberia.  This tour was initiated by
> the Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band at a previous Sacramento Jubilee.
>
>  The band wishes to thank that wonderful army of Jubilee volunteers that
> Bill Borcher put together for the first Jubilee – you folks made it happen
> we appreciate it, and we won’t forget it.
>
>  Phil Crumley,
>
> Leader, Natural Gas Jazz Band
>
>  Is this a great list or what?
>
>
>
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