Tag: Jazz

Podcast #152: 12/28/88 Part IV

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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Podcast #139: November 30, 1988 Part I

This program begins the session of 11/30/1988 at Ephraim’s. We presented part of that evening in podcasts 6-8, way back in 2007, but decided to go back and produce the whole session in its entirety — using my Apogee Duet audio converter for better sound than in the earlier programs. In any case, 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, Bill Whitcraft on piano, Hans Brack on bass, and Stu Grover on drums.

The selections in this program: Get Out and Get Under the Moon, Monday Date, Don’t Worry Bout Me, and an old Prohibition-era tune called My Cellar.

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Podcast #138: November 23, 1988 Part IV

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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Special edition: Jeff Hughes Quartet, 8/6/87 Part I

This program is taken from a session recorded August 6, 1987, at Ephraim’s.  The musicians are Jeff Hughes (cornet/vocals), Rich Giordano (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), and John Kafalas (trombone). I owe a debt of thanks to Bob Kitchin, who recorded the session and produced the master tape.  I recently got a better digital audio converter than the one I used to use, so I decided to re-master it; I hope you agree the improved sound quality is worth it!  Send questions or comments to podcast@kafalas.com

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Special Edition: Jeff Hughes Quartet, 8/6/87, Part III

This program presents the third segment from the Jeff Hughes Quartet session at Ephraim’s in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on August 6, 1987.  I recently got a better digital audio converter (an Apogee Duet) than the one I used to use — technology is a lot more advanced in 2019 than it was in 2006 — so I decided to digitize the tape again. I hope you find the sound quality an improvement. This set consists of all Duke Ellington tunes and features Jeff Hughes (cornet/vocals), Rich Giordano (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass) and John Kafalas (trombone). I owe a debt of thanks to Bob Kitchin, who recorded the session and produced the master tape.

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Podcast #128: November 2, 1988 Part II

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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Podcast #113: March 30, 1988 Part IV

We continue with the session from March 30, 1988, with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), John Kafalas (trombone), Carol Moeller (piano), Al Ehrenfried (bass), Mark Behre (tuba), Stu Baird (cornet), and Stu Grover (drums).  The selections are “I Double Dare You,” “I Want a Little Girl,” and “Get Out and Get Under the Moon.”

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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 #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 #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 #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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JWJB at Oak Creek, 1/3/04 Part II

 

Here’s the rest of the set by the Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band, consisting of Guy Senese (cornet/soprano sax/vocals), John Kafalas (trombone), Jack Frost (guitar/banjo), Lisa Frost (bass), and Dan Nance (drums). Selections are “Rose Room” and “Summertime” (ironically enough, for a session that took place in January!). This session was at Oak Creek Brewing Co. in Sedona, AZ.

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Podcast #84: August 31, 1988 Part V

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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Special Guest Band: Jack Webb Jazz Quartet, 9/5/03

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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Jack Webb Jazz Band, Sedona, AZ, January 3, 2004

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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Podcast #55: June 8, 1988 Part IV, with Carol Moeller

This program continues the 6/8/88 session with Jimmy Mazzy (banjo/vocals), Fred Lind (cornet), Paul Meymaris (clarinet), Carol Moeller (piano), and John Kafalas (tuba). The selections are “Ugly Child,” “Blue Turning Grey,” and “Rosetta.”

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