The first part of the session from January 4, 1989 at Ephraim’s in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The tunes are “I Hate To Leave You Now,” followed by a tune I don’t know the name of! Send questions or comments to podcast @ kafalas.com.
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The fifth and final segment from December 28, 1988 at Ephraim’s, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Hans Brack (bass). The selections are an unidentified tune, Moose March, and Doctor Jazz. Send questions or comments to podcast @ kafalas.com.
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The fourth installment of the session from December 28, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller and Don Frothingham (piano), Hans-Peter Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are Shuffle Your Feet, I’ll Get By, and Louisian-I-A.
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Welcome to podcast number 151 with Jimmy Mazzy and Friends. This program is Part 3 of the session recorded on December 28th, 1988 at Ephraim’s restaurant in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The musicians in this program are Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, Fred Lind on cornet, Dr. Paul Meymaris on clarinet, myself John Kafalas on trombone, Carol Moeller on piano, Hans Brack on bass, and Stu Grover on drums. The selections are Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere, Give Me A Night In June, and Blue and Sentimental. Send questions or comments to podcast @ kafalas.com.
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Back at Ephraim’s on 12/8/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), Hans-Peter Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). Selections: Never Say Never Again, If I Had My Way, and I Double Dare You.
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Three tunes featuring Carol Moeller on piano. The other musicians are our usual suspects: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Whose Honey Are You,” “The Porter’s Love Song To the Chambermaid,” and “Never Say Never Again.”
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We continue with the December 7, 1988 session, featuring Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (tuba), and Don Frothingham (piano). The selections are “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms,” “It’s Wonderful,” “Little Rock Getaway,” and a tune the name of which I’m not sure of.
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Some bonus material from November 23rd, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Stew Baird (cornet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Hans Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “I’m Coming, Virginia,” “Muddy Water,” and “Dip Your Brush In the Sunshine.”
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The fifth part of this excellent session. There’s a bit of shuffling, as Hans Brack plays the first tune, then departs (he can be heard to say “I have an 8:00 class tomorrow”), and I switch from trombone to tuba for the rest of the set. The other musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Doin’ the New Lowdown,” “You’re Lucky To Me,” and “Blue Turning Grey.”
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The fourth segment from 11/30/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), Hans Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Sugar Blues,” “I Need Lovin’,” and “WPA Blues.”
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Part III of the session from 11/30/88 at Ephraim’s. Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, Fred Lind on cornet, Paul Meymaris on clarinet, John Kafalas on trombone, Bill Whitcraft on piano (first tune), Carol Moeller also on piano (second and third tunes), Hans Brack on bass, and Stu Grover on drums. Selections: “Cabin in the Pine,” “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere,” and “I Double Dare You.”
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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 fourth part of the session from November 23, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Hans-Peter Brack (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Doctor Jazz” and “I Could Write a Book.”
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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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This program begins the session from November 16, 1988 at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “I’ll Never Be the Same,” “Brotherly Love,” and “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere.”
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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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The third part of the session from 11/2/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Carol Moeller (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). This program is a little longer than usual, just over half an hour, and contains five selections: Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere, Sittin’ On Top of the World, My Silent Love, I Double Dare You, and Believe It, Beloved. Also, I hope you notice an improvement in sound quality, because I have a new digital audio converter — an Apogee Duet, which is a much better piece of equipment than the one I’ve been using since I started this podcast back in 2006. I’m also doing the production in Ableton Live instead of GarageBand.
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The second installment from 11/2/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Lazy River,” “Nobody’s Sweetheart Now,” and “Dip Your Brush In the Sunshine.”
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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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