[Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event

[Bruce McNichols]

I don't mean to say that Jim is "with it" technologically, but I heard that 
he may be getting a toaster!

McN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fryer" <jim at jfryer.com>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event


> it hurts but i'm tryin
>
> Jim Fryer
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>
>
>
>> -------- 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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