Tag: Jimmy Mazzy

Podcast #123: October 19, 1988 Part I

This program is the first installment of the session from October 19, 1988. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Mark Behre (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano, first selection) and Carol Moeller (piano, last two selections), and John Kafalas (tuba).

The tunes are “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” “Copper-Colored Gal,” and “Whose Honey Are You?”

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Podcast #122: September 28, 1988 Part VI

Part VI of the session from 9/28/88 with Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, Fred Lind on cornet, Dr. Paul Meymaris on clarinet, Carol Moeller on piano, John Kafalas on tuba, Stu Grover on drums, and we were joined by a special guest, Terry Keef, on alto sax.  The selections are “Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere,” and “Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket.”

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Podcast #121: September 28, 1988 Part V

We continue with the session from September 28, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy on banjo and vocals, Fred Lind on cornet, Dr. Paul Meymaris on clarinet, Carol Moeller on piano, John Kafalas on tuba, Stu Grover on drums, and we were joined by a special guest, Terry Keef, on alto sax.  The selections are “Do Me A Favor,” “I Double Dare You,” and “Cuba, or I’ll See You In C-U-B-A.”

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Podcast #120: September 28, 1988 Part IV

This month, we return to the session of 9/28/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums. The selections are “T’ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do,” “Ole Miss,” and “How Long Blues.”

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Podcast #119: September 28, 1988 Part III

This is “Part III” because Podcasts #13 and #14 presented some music from September 28, 1988.  We’re going to finish that session, starting with this program and upcoming ones; and from here on out, will present the remaining (shoebox-full-of) recordings in chronological order, right through the last session we recorded on June 7, 1989.  In any case, the musicians on September 28, 1988 were Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums. The selections are “Anything Goes,” “Everybody Loves My Baby,” and “Blue and Brokenhearted.”

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Podcast #118: August 17, 1988 Part V

Part V of the session from 8/17/88.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), an unidentified clarinetist, Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Jeepers Creepers,” then a piano interlude including “Little Rock Getaway,” followed by “Sweet Girl,” then “Varsity Drag.”

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Podcast #117: August 17, 1988 Part IV

This program continues the session from 8/17/88 (the first three installments of which were presented in 2013).  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), an unidentified clarinetist, Carol Moeller and Don Frothingham (piano), John Kafalas (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums), with a guest vocal by Carrie Mazzy. The selections are “How About Me,” “That’s All There Is, There Ain’t No More,” “Blue Room,” “Goody-Goody,” and “If I Didn’t Care.”

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Podcast #116: March 30, 1988 Part VII

The final portion of the session from March 30, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), and Don Frothingham (piano). The selections are “Ole Miss,” “I Cover the Waterfront,” and “Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town.”

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Podcast #115: March 30, 1988 Part VI

This program concludes the session of March 30, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Carrie Mazzy (vocal), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), and Don Frothingham (piano).  The selections are an unidentified tune [John Clark, a listener as well as an outstanding Boston-area reedman, identifies it as “And They Called It Dixieland” — ed], followed by “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man,” “Just A Little While To Stay Here,” and “Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day.”

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Podcast #114: March 30, 1988 Part V

We roll along with the 5th installment of the session from 3/30/88 at Ephraim’s.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Stu Baird (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), Mark Behre (tuba), and Stu Grover (drums). There are just two selections in this program: “Shuffle Your Feet” and “Undecided.”

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Podcast #112: March 30, 1988 Part III

This is the third part of the session from March 30, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). There’s also a guest vocal by Carrie Mazzy on the first tune, “You Tell Me Your Dream, I’ll Tell You Mine.”  The other selections are “Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket,” “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere,” and “Just a Gigolo.”

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Podcast #111: March 30, 1988 Part II

We continue with the earliest session I recorded at Ephraim’s: March 30, 1988.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “You’re Just Pretending,” a blues that I don’t know the name of [note: Thanks to John Clark, who identifies it as “Stackolee”… ed.], and finally, “Shoe Shine Boy.”

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Podcast #110: March 30, 1988 Part I

This is the first music I recorded at Ephraim’s, from 3/30/88. This evening, the musicians were Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are Blue Turning Grey, Back In Your Own Backyard, and Just You, Just Me.

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Podcast #109: April 13, 1988 Part VI

This program completes the April 13, 1988 session, featuring Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Ole Miss,” “Undecided,” “Blue Turning Grey,” “Goody-Goody,” which features a vocal by Carrie Mazzy, and “My Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now.”

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Podcast #108: April 13, 1988 Part V

This program is Part V of the session recorded on April 13, 1988 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). The selections are “How Could I Be Blue?,” “I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody,” and a tune the name of which I’m not sure of.

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Podcast #107: April 13, 1988 Part IV

We continue with the session from 4/13/88, with special guest Jean Phillips Kelly at the piano for the first tune, “You’ve Changed,” which was a particular favorite of cornetist Fred Lind, who is featured.  After that, Don Frothingham returns to the Steinway for “Sweet Girl” and “Louisian-I-A.”  The other musicians are our usual cast: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), and Stu Grover (drums).

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Podcast #106: April 13, 1988 Part III

This program continues with the session recorded on April 13, 1988 and features a special guest: Jean Phillips Kelly, piano. The other musicians are from our usual cast of characters: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums). The selections are “Freight Train Blues,” “Tishomingo,” “Lazy River,” and “Darktown Strutters’ Ball.”

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Podcast #105: April 13, 1988 Part II

This program continues with the session from 4/13/88 and features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).  The selections are “Ol’ Pappy,” “If Dreams Come True,” and “Breezin’ Along With the Breeze” (the title of which I remembered after I’d already done the voiceover).

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Podcast #103: May 11, 1988 Part VI

This program is the sixth installment of the session recorded on May 11th, 1988. It features Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind and Jeff Hughes (cornets), John Kafalas (euphonium), and Don Frothingham (piano), with a vocal by Carrie Mazzy on the last tune. The selections are “I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me,” “Maizy,” and “Oh Me, Oh My, Oh You.”  Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

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Podcast #102: May 11, 1988 Part V

This program sails along with the fifth installment of the May 11, 1988 session at Ephraim’s. The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Jeff Hughes and Fred Lind (cornets), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and Stu Grover (drums.

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Podcast #101: May 11, 1988 Part IV

This program continues with the 4th part of the May 11, 1988 session at Ephraim’s.  The musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), Stu Grover (drums), and Jeff Hughes (cornet).

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Podcast #100: May 11, 1988 Part III

This is the 100th edition of the Jimmy Mazzy & Friends Podcast!  We continue with the session from May 11th, 1988 — and appropriately enough for Irving Berlin’s 100th birthday, we were joined by Carol Moeller on piano. Carol’s encyclopedic knowledge of Irving Berlin made her especially welcome on this occasion; the other musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), John Kafalas (trombone/euphonium), and Stu Grover (drums).  Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

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Podcast #96: April 6, 1988 Part II

This program continues with the session of 4/6/88, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham (piano), and cameos by George Poor (trumpet) and a tenor saxophonist whose identity is uncertain — on the voiceover, I say it’s probably Steve Wright, but Steve says that’s not the case; it might be Hart Leavitt, who also dropped by the session on occasion.

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Podcast #90: September 7, 1988 Part V

This program continues with the session of September 7, 1988, with 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 Love Me or Leave Me, Lazy River, and It Don’t Mean a Thing.

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Podcast #89: September 7, 1988 Part IV

Another great segment from September 7, 1988.  Let’s remember cornetist Fred Lind, who recently passed away at age 90, by listening to some of his excellent work on this session. The other musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Don Frothingham and Carol Moeller (piano), Steve Pratt (bass), and Stu Grover (drums).  The selections are “Never Say Never Again,” “You’re Lucky to Me,” and “Moose March.”

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