[Tradjazz] Accordion etc.

[Bruce McNichols]

Jim,


I gotta say again, I may make jokes about the accordion (as I do about the 
banjo) but I love those instruments; when in the right hands. Eddie Monteiro 
is a friend who plays an electronic accordion. I'm often displeased with any 
of those electronic keyboard devices that re-create the sounds of many 
instruments. When played by Eddie, I love it. He also sings, often Brazilian 
tunes, in Portugese,


I've only been to London one time and that was many years ago. If I go again 
I'll surely check out the Players Theatre. When I was there I haunted the 
100 Club (100 Oxford Street) where they had two or three trad jazz bands 
each night.


Please keep keeping in touch. It's great to hear from listeners and I love 
all the info you provide.


McN




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gilman" <jamesgilman at sbcglobal.net>
To: "OKOM" <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:58 PM
Subject: [Tradjazz] (no subject)


> Bruce & Tony,
> I heard that accordion.  Add my name to that one listener (or maybe I'm 
> it)
> to that version (with the accordion) of Tico Tico by the Deluxe Vaudville
> Orchestra.  If you go to their website at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~deluxevaudeville/index.html, you can get a 
> couple
> of snippets of their CD (you might want to try airing their "Puttin' on 
> the
> Ritz on the same CD as Tico Tico - I doubt if I'll ever get to hear their
> "Lady of Spain" or "William Tell Overture". I guess I'll have to buy their
> cds.)  Also, they have a lot of factlettes (little facts) about 
> vaudeville -
> very interesting.
>
> BTW, if you ever get to London, you won't want to miss The Players 
> Theatre,
> a faithful re-creation of British Music Hall Theatre.  A not-to-be-missed
> experience.  They've had difficulties in maintaining a venue but I'd plan 
> my
> trip around when they had shows booked - it's that good.  A step back in
> time to what was the equivalent of vaudeville in England, complete with
> costumes, sing-a-longs and such.  Here's their website
> http://www.playerstheatre.co.uk/.
>
> Jim Gilman
> "Squeezin' 'em out, one song at a time."
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