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.
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.
Jimmy Mazzy and Friends in another set from 9/7/88 [18:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (495)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).
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).
Podcast #10: Guest Band -- Jack Webb Band, Flagstaff AZ [14:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (518)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).
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.
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.
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).
This 14-minute program is a continuation of the set we featured in the last show, with the same personnel: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).
Live at Ephraim’s, 8/31/88, this podcast is about 20 minutes long and features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). Send comments to mailbag@kafalas.com.