Tag: trad jazz

This program is Part II of the session of 11/30/1988 at Ephraim’s, with Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, Fred Lind on cornet, Paul Meymaris on clarinet, John Kafalas on trombone, Bill Whitcraft on piano, Hans Brack on bass, and Stu Grover on drums. There’s also a vocal by Carrie Mazzy.

The selections: Swing That Music, Of All The Wrongs, and You’re Driving Me Crazy. The latter two songs were featured in Podcast #7, way back in 2007, but since I now have a better digital audio converter than I was using at that time, it’s worth processing the audio again.

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The third segment from November 23rd, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Hans Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Maisie,” “Just You, Just Me,” and “I Want A Little Girl.”

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The second part of the session from 11/23/88. The musicians in this program are Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, myself John Kafalas on trombone, Carol Moeller on piano, Hans Brack on bass, and for the first two songs, we were joined by Eddie Jenkins, a drummer who, according to Stu Grover, our regular drummer, made six recordings with Bunny Berigan in 1939.  For the rest of the set, Stu returns to the drums. Meanwhile, Don Frothingham takes the Steinway for the last tune of the set.  I’m not sure who the cornet player is, on this occasion, because I didn’t write it down! It may have been Stew Baird, who used to come to the sessions occasionally.

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The third portion of the November 16, 1988 session at Ephraim’s, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Just You, Just Me,” “I Just Couldn’t Take It Baby,” “Wherever There’s Love” and “My Gal Sal,” with vocals by Carrie Mazzy, and “Put ‘em Down Blues.”

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The fifth segment from 11/2/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). Selections are “Buddy Bolden’s Blues,” a tune I don’t recognize, and “If I Had My Way.”

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The fourth segment of the session from 11/2/88 at Ephraim’s, featuring Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). Selections: Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll; Someday, Sweetheart; and Brotherly Love.

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This program begins the session from November 2, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Gee, I’m Mighty Blue,” “I’ve Got A Right To Sing the Blues,” and “Get Out and Get Under the Moon.”

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The fourth and final installment of the session from 10/19/88 with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Mark Behre (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Beale Street Blues” and “Swing That Music.”

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Another segment from the session of October 19, 1988 with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Mark Behre (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Up A Lazy River,” and “Ole Miss.”

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Three more tunes from October 19, 1988 with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Mark Behre (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “WPA Blues,” a tune I don’t know the title of, and “Kansas City.”

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This program is the first installment of the session from October 19, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Mark Behre (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano, first selection) and Carol Moeller (piano, last two selections), and John Kafalas (tuba).

The tunes are “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” “Copper-Colored Gal,” and “Whose Honey Are You?”

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The final portion of the session from March 30, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), and Don Frothingham (piano). The selections are “Ole Miss,” “I Cover the Waterfront,” and “Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town.”

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This program concludes the session of March 30, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Carrie Mazzy (vocal), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), and Don Frothingham (piano).  The selections are an unidentified tune [John Clark, a listener as well as an outstanding Boston-area reedman, identifies it as “And They Called It Dixieland” — ed], followed by “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man,” “Just A Little While To Stay Here,” and “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day.”

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We roll along with the 5th installment of the session from 3/30/88 at Ephraim’s.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), Mark Behre (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). There are just two selections in this program: “Shuffle Your Feet” and “Undecided.”

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