Special Guests: Stan McDonald’s Blue Horizon Jazz Band

December 31st, 2011

This special-edition podcast presents a set by the Blue Horizon Jazz Band, from July 27, 1989 at the Sticky Wicket.  The musicians are Stan McDonald (soprano sax and clarinet), Walt Miller (trumpet), John Kafalas (trombone), Phil Hower (piano), Hans Brack (bass), John Rayworth (banjo), and Stu Grover (drums).

For more information on the band, see http://www.bluehorizonjazzband.com

The selections in this program are “At A Georgia Camp Meeting,” “The Mooche,” “Oriental Strut,” and “Viper Mad.”

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Program #61: June 1, 1988 Part III

December 29th, 2011

This program is from June 1, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Bill Whitcraft and Carol Moeller (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “Blue and Sentimental,” “What A Little Moonlight Can Do,” and I’m not sure of the third one.

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Program #60: June 1, 1988, Part II

November 30th, 2011

This program is from June 1, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Bill Whitcraft (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “Moose March,” “Of All The Wrongs You’ve Done To Me,” and I’m forgetting the name of the last one, but it’s a standard.

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Program #59: June 1, 1988 Part I

October 30th, 2011

This program is from June 1, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham and Bill Whitcraft (piano — Don’s on the first two tunes, Bill plays the last one), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “I Would Do ‘Most Anything For You,” “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” and I’m not sure of the third one.

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Program #58: June 8, 1988 Part VII

September 29th, 2011

This program concludes the 6/8/88 session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “You Took Advantage of Me” and “My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now.”

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Program #57: June 8, 1988 Part VI

August 22nd, 2011

This program continues the 6/8/88 session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “River, Stay Away From My Door,” “When I Fall In Love,” and “Get Out and Get Under the Moon.”  The vocal on “When I Fall In Love” is by Carrie Mazzy.

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Program #56: June 8, 1988 Part V

July 30th, 2011

This program continues the 6/8/88 session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” “Louisian-I-A,” and “If I Didn’t Care.”

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Podcast #55: June 8, 1988 Part IV, with Carol Moeller

June 30th, 2011

This program continues the 6/8/88 session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Carol Moeller (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Ugly Child,” “Blue Turning Grey,” and “Rosetta.”

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Program #54: June 8, 1988 Part III

May 31st, 2011

This month’s podcast continues the session of June 8, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), and Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano).  The selections are “Stagger Lee,” “Moose March,” and “How Can You Face Me?”

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Podcast #53: June 8, 1988 Part II

April 29th, 2011

This month, we continue with the session of June 8, 1988.  The featured musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “How Could I Be Blue,” “Lady Be Good,” and “Buddy Bolden’s Blues.

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