This program continues with the sixth segment from the session of August 31, 1988. 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). The selections are “That’s All There Is, There Ain’t No More” and “Louisian-I-A.”
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This program continues with the fifth segment from the session of August 31, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums), as well as a bass player I’m not entirely sure of, but I think it’s probably Al Ehrenfried. [Note: While listening to this program after uploading, I heard Paul say something to “Steve” about taking a solo — which means the bass player isn’t Al after all; it’s Steve Pratt.] The selections are “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and “Route 66.”
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We continue with the fourth segment from the session of August 31, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums), as well as Steve Pratt on bass (not Al Ehrenfried, as I had tentatively identified him in the voiceover). Carrie Mazzy adds a couple of vocals.
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This month’s podcast showcases a group I played with from 2000-6 in northern Arizona, the Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band — in this incarnation, playing as a quartet at a gig in Sedona, AZ. The musicians were Guy Senese (soprano sax and cornet), John Kafalas (trombone), Jack Frost (guitar), and Lisa Frost (bass). The selections are “I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me,” “Wabash Blues,” and “There’ll Be Some Changes Made.”
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This program rolls on with the session of August 31, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Ol’ Pappy” and “Stranger.”
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This program continues with the session of August 31, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This program sets the Wayback Machine to exactly 25 years ago — August 31, 1988, when we had Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” “Them There Eyes,” and “How Long Blues.”
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The third segment of the 8/17/88 session, featuring Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Monday Date,” “Sad Sapsucker Am I,” “Sweet Jenny Lee,” and “How Can You Face Me?”
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This program continues with the session from 8/17/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), John Kafalas (tuba), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” and — appropriately enough — “Give Me a June Night.”
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This session features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Don Frothingham (piano), Fred Lind (cornet), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This is the last part of the 7/27/88 session, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and an extra vocal by Carrie Mazzy. The selections are “Why Was I Born,” “Cherry,” and “You’re the One I Care For.”
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Another segment from this great session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “My Silent Love,” “Take the A Train,” and “Ole Miss.”
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This is from the recently rediscovered second tape from July 27, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). Carrie Mazzy also adds two vocals. The selections are “Old Fashioned Love,” “Oh Me, Oh My, Oh You,” and “Moose March.”
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This program presents a band I was with from 2000-2004 or so in Arizona, the Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band (named, of course, in honor of actor Jack Webb, who was a jazz enthusiast and starred in “Pete Kelly’s Blues”). The band was led by Prof. Guy Senese (cornet, soprano sax) and also featured John Kafalas (trombone), Jack Frost (guitar, banjo), Lisa Frost (bass), and Dan Nance (drums).
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This program starts with not one, not two, but three slow tunes — “Daddy Do,” “When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day,” and “Keeping Myself for You,” before concluding with an up-tempo closer. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Terry Keef (alto sax), John Kafalas (trombone/tuba), Carrie Mazzy (vocal), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).
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This month’s program concludes the undated June, 1988 session, then continues with some music from the session of October 12, 1988. On the first tune, the personnel is the same as last month. On the October tunes, there’s no piano, but we have Steve Pratt on bass and Terry Keef on alto sax, in addition to the usual cohort of Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium). Also featured is a vocal by Carrie Mazzy. The selections are “I Used To Love You,” “You’ve Changed,” “Summertime,” and “Just For You, Dear.” “You’ve Changed” was Fred Lind’s favorite song, and you’ll hear some excellent cornet work from him on this Billie Holiday specialty.
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Another segment from the uncertain-date (but we know it’s June, 1988) session, with Bill Payne, in addition to the usual group: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and an unidentified harmonica player. The selections are “Beautiful Changes,” “Avalon,” and “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere.”
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Still another segment from the session that was either June 15th or the 22nd, 1988 (I’m not sure, because the tapes aren’t labeled). We were joined by a second banjo player, Bill Payne, in addition to the usual group: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and an unidentified harmonica player. The tunes are “I’ll Be A Friend With Pleasure,” “Limehouse Blues,” and a blues, the title of which is unknown to me.
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Another segment from the session that was either June 15th or the 22nd, 1988 (I’m not sure, because the tapes aren’t labeled). We were joined by a second banjo player, Bill Payne, in addition to the usual group: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Moose March,” “Can’t We Be Friends,” and “‘Deed I Do.”
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This month, we continue with the undated session from June, 1988 (it was either the 15th or the 22nd, but I don’t know which), with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover on drums, and on the last tune, Bill Payne adds a second banjo. The tunes are Lady Be Good, a ballad I’m not sure I can identify, and I Never Knew.
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Another segment from the session you heard last month, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover on drums, with a vocal by Carrie Mazzy, and a cameo appearance by a second cornet player (I think it was Stu Baird, but I’m not sure). The selections are “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “How Could I Be Blue,” “Mean to Me,” and a blues.
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This program is from June, 1988 and features guest appeances by Bill Payne and an unidentified harmonica player, in addition to the usual suspects: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Stu Grover (drums), and Carol Moeller and Don Frothingham (piano). The selections are “Georgia,” “Back In Your Own Backyard,” “How Many Times,” and “Undecided.”
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Another segment from the 6/1/88 session, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and John Kafalas (trombone/tuba). The selections are You’re Lucky to Me, I’ll Be Seeing You, From Monday On, and Ole Miss.
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This program continues with the session of June 1, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba), with a vocal by Carrie Mazzy. The selections are “Mood Indigo,” a tune I can’t quite place, “You’re Driving Me Crazy,” and “Muscat Ramble.”
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This program is another from June 1, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Carol Moeller and Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Sugar,” “I’ll See You In C-U-B-A,” and a blues.
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