[Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event

[Jim Fryer]

it hurts but i'm tryin

Jim Fryer
914-826-5257 
www.jfryer.com



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event
> From: "Paul J Monat" <pjmonat at wildcornet.com>
> Date: Wed, April 30, 2008 3:17 pm
> To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
> 
> 
> 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.
> >>
> >>
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