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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #88: September 7, 1988 Part III

This podcast rolls on with the session from September 7, 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).

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #86: August 31 and Sept. 7, 1988

This podcast has a bit more from August 31, then proceeds with September 7, 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 “My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms,” “Gee, I’m Mighty Blue,” “If Dreams Come True,” and “It’s A Wonderful World.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #83: August 31, 1988 Part IV

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.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #82: August 31, 1988 Part III

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #80: August 31, 1988 Part I

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #78: August 17, 1988 Part II

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #76: July 27, 1988 (conclusion)

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com

Podcast #73: October 12/19 and July 27, 1988

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).

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #72: June, 1988 and October 12, 1988

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.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #71: June, 1988 Part VI

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

 

Podcast #70: June, 1988 Part V

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.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #69: June, 1988 Part IV

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #68: June 15 (or 22), 1988, Part III

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.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #64: June 1, 1988 Part VI

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.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Program #57: June 8, 1988 Part VI

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.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Program #54: June 8, 1988 Part III

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?”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #52: 7/6/88 and 6/8/88

This program presents the last tune from July 6th, 1988, then jumps back four weeks, to June 8th, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone/tuba), and Don Frothingham (piano).  Selections are “Limehouse Blues,” an interlude by Don, “Keeping Myself for You,” “I’m Sorry, Dear,” and “Gee But I Hate To Go Home Alone.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #51: July 6, 1988 Part VI

More from late in the evening, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (tuba/trombone).  The tunes are “It’s a Wonderful World,” “Moose March,” “Save it Pretty Mama,” and a blues.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #50: July 6, 1988 Part V

Later in the evening of July 6, 1988, after a couple of the musicians had gone home, the group was down to a quartet: Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), and John Kafalas (tuba).  The selections are “Get Out and Get Under the Moon,” “You’ve Changed,” “I’ll Dance At Your Wedding,” and “Trouble In Mind.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Program #38: April 27, 1988 Part IV

This month, we continue with the session from April 27, 1988.  The featured musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (euphonium), Carol Moeller (piano), and Stu Grover (drums).  The selections are “WPA Blues,” “How Can You Face Me?” and “Anytime, Any Day, Anywhere.”

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.

Podcast #34: Later on, May 4th, 1988

This program continues with the session from May 4, 1988 and features a vocal by Carrie Mazzy.

The other musicians are Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (euphonium), and Don Frothingham (piano).  The selections are ”Ole Miss,” “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling,” and “Goody Goody,” with a vocal by Carrie.

Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com.