Why mess with a good thing? This month, we continue with the session from May 4, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (rrombone/euphonium), Bill Whitcraft (piano), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This month’s program continues with the session from May 4, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (rrombone), Bill Whitcraft (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Now That I’ve Found You,” “Monday Date,” and “Blue and Sentimental.”
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This month’s program is from May 4, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (rrombone), Bill Whitcraft (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful” and “Moose March.”
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This month’s program was recorded 7/27/88 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.
If you want to attend Jim’s session in person, it is currently being held as a “house concert” at the home of a couple of Jim’s longtime fans. For details, please drop us a line, and we’ll forward your message to Carrie Mazzy, who will send you the info.
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This month’s program continues with the session from 7/27/88 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums).
It is with sadness that I report the passing of Paul Meymaris, whose clarinet playing was always spot-on, and who was also a great dentist. Paul treated a number of famous musicians, including Edmond Hall, whose clarinet style can be heard in Paul’s own playing. I have a lot more tape in the vault, so you’ll be able to continue enjoying Paul’s work for a long time — he was a good friend, and he’ll be missed!
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This month’s program presents some more music from 7/27/88 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This month’s program was recorded 7/27/88 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This program contains some more material recorded June 29th, 1988 and features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Carol Moeller (piano), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Stu Grover (drums), Steve Pratt (bass), and Carrie Mazzy (vocals). The selections are “Sittin’ On Top of the World,” an old tune I don’t quite recognize, “Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town,” and “Just a Closer Walk.”
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This program was recorded June 29th, 1988 and features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Carol Moeller (piano), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Stu Grover (drums) and I’m not quite certain, but I think Steve Pratt is on bass. The selections are Carol’s original “Early Black,” followed by “Moose March” and “WPA Blues.”
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This program continues to feature Michael “Moishe” Feldman on piano and Bill Payne on banjo and vocals. Besides Moishe and Bill, the band consists of the usual suspects: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo and vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This program features Michael “Moishe” Feldman on piano, as well as Bill Whitcraft, also on piano. In addition, we’re joined by Bill Payne, who offers some fine vocal work as well as his percussive banjo playing.
The other musicians are our usual cast: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums).
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The hits just kept on coming, back on May 10th, 1989 — so we’re presenting our fifth straight program from that session. This installment starts off with “Honeysuckle Rose,” featuring Carol Moeller on piano, and continues with “Ain’t Misbehaving,” with Don Frothingham. The session concludes with “Lonesome Road Blues.” The other musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (tuba).
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This program continues our presentation of the May 10, 1989 session and features Michael “Moishe” Feldman (piano), Carrie Mazzy (vocals), and our usual suspects: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Carol Moeller (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). Send comments or questions to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This program is from May 10, 1989 — same date as the last two programs, but this was from later in the evening, when we were joined by Michael “Moishe” Feldman, a recent emigre from Russia who wowed us with his stride piano artistry. Besides Moishe, the personnel is the same as last time: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (tuba). Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This program features the Jimmy Mazzy Quintet: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). Please send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This program features a small group: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). If you have any questions or comments, please write to podcast@kafalas.com.
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This month’s program offers some more music from 9/28/88. It features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Terry Keef (alto saxophone), John Kafalas (tuba), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to mailbag@kafalas.com.
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This month’s program was recorded on 9/28/88. It features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Terry Keef (alto saxophone), John Kafalas (tuba), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to mailbag@kafalas.com.
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This month’s program offers some more material from the 9/7/88 session at Ephraim’s. Once again, the musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). Please send any questions or comments to mailbag@kafalas.com.
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This program returns to our regular programming: Jimmy Mazzy and Friends, recorded live at Ephraim’s. This 20-minute set features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo and vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller and Don Frothingham (piano — Carol plays on the first tune, with Don taking over for the last two), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This program features a special guest band: the Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band, from Flagstaff, Arizona, in a 15-minute set recorded on July 22, 2000. The band is led by Prof. Guy Senese, who plays cornet and is joined by Ron Dewar (reeds), John Sexton (trombone), Mike Miller (banjo), Scott Mordecai (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba).
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This 13-minute program consists of a couple of tunes from the same session featured in programs 4 and 5, with the same personnel: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (double-bell euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums).
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What can I say? November 30th, 1988 was a great session, so you’re going to hear more of it. This program has the same personnel as #7, except that Carol Moeller plays piano for the first two numbers, with Don Frothingham taking his turn at the Steinway for the last tune. Please send any questions or comments to mailbag@kafalas.com.
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This is a 20-minute program with the same personnel featured in our last podcast: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Bill Whitcraft (piano), Hans Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). Selections include “Of All the Wrongs You’ve Done to Me,” “You’re Driving Me Crazy,” and “Cabin in the Pine.”
These podcasts are produced by John Kafalas — “produced” in that I’m the one who brought a tape deck to the sessions and finally got around to digitizing and editing the material. If you have any questions, comments, brickbats, or other feedback, please drop me a line at mailbag@kafalas.com.
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This 21-minute set, recorded at Ephraim’s on November 30, 1988, features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Bill Whitcraft (piano), Hans Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).
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