[Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event

[Paul J Monat]

iPhone???????!!!!!!!!!!!

My God, me thinks he has become a tech head!!!!

wild paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Fryer" <jim at jfryer.com>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event


> It was truly a fantastic time, I made many new friends & really  
> enjoyed myself. A million kudos to Bill & Patricia T! And 1 or 2 to Mr  
> McNick too.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:28 PM, "Bruce McNichols" <muskrat at bestweb.net>  
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday, April 22, 2006, we had yet another gathering of like- 
>> minded folk for an OKOM Trad Jazz Event.
>>
>> Bill Taggart, our founder, has been producing such things for almost  
>> ten years now.  They are funded by Bill who provides the facilities  
>> along with food and drink. At one point I noticed Bill handing out  
>> several of our OKOM CDs (how's he ever gonna sell any?)
>>
>> Our friend Don Robertson, of Napa California, sent a message  
>> inquiring about the event.  Below is my reply to him.
>>
>> McN
>>
>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>> Jim Fryer (bone), Bria Skonberg (trumpet) and their band were their  
>> usual wonderful selves. Herb Gardner played piano with them.
>>
>> Joel Schiavone (founder of the worldwide Your Father's Mustache  
>> clubs) joined them for a spirited version of Dinah. Then, Joel  
>> brought up a half dozen Mustache alumni and they did a set of  
>> typical banjo/sing-along material.
>>
>> After that, we invited several musicians who had a jam session for  
>> quite awhile. That was followed by an ersatz version of my group,  
>> The Smith Street Society Jazz Band. It was me on banjo, Herb Gardner  
>> on trombone, my wife Lynne (vocals). To that we added Jim & Bria and  
>> Jonathan Steenstra on bass sax.  From the Bria/Fryer band, bassist  
>> Ed Wise played piano with us.
>>
>> Then it was time to chow down. Bill and Patricia Taggart brought us  
>> upstairs where we enjoyed a catered meal, buffet style.
>>
>> After about an hour, I gathered most of the musicians to come  
>> downstairs with me, for more music. When we got there, a session was  
>> already underway.
>>
>> For the last session (many hours) we added Rocco Patierno (bone and  
>> vocals), Vinnie Borselli (cornet) and Robbie Scott (drums).
>>
>> As we often do, we recorded the proceedings. This time we used 24  
>> tracks (each mic on its own track) which will give us lots of mixing  
>> options. These informal sessions may or may not yield usable  
>> material for release, but we simply don't want to miss out on what  
>> might be fabulous.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tradjazz mailing list
>> Tradjazz at list.okom.com
>> http://list.okom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tradjazz
>>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tradjazz mailing list
> Tradjazz at list.okom.com
> http://list.okom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tradjazz