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Okay: heres a few more: Did you know at one time during the early mid/70s, Woodys rhythm section after the Broadbent /LaBarbara period was Lyle Mays, Marc Johnson and Steve Houghton .. Mays was replaced by Pat Coil ..who went on to a career of studio work.. along with some jazz stints with Carmen McRae, Ernie Watts .. A whole pile of Woody alums still live and work in the Dallas area: Pete Brewer,Larry Spencer, Ed Soph, Rodney Booth ..and of course, Hobart down in S Texas .. Tony Klatka was also there for a spell in the 80s Jay Saunders at UNT and Dallas studio gigs was with Kenton during the Vax era .. of course, Lou Marini and Bones Malone ( Blues Brothers, Letterman and SNL bands ) and Bob Belden are still busy in NYC Oh yeh ..Both Pete Christlieb and myself did time with Si Zentner in the late 60s ( as well as other gigs )

got mine today and echo what PJ says! this is a KILLER cd!!! question for phil - did i detect a "carmina burana" lick in "bella luce"? great cd, good luck at the grammys!! B-) Hey guys! thanks for all the kind words (and helpin' me clean out my CD pile in the garage) As far as the "Carmina Burana" reference goes, if so, it must of been subconscious ..at what point in the chart didyou detect this? ( Gee ..and all this time, I though I was ripping off some Gil Evans brass voicings and serving them up with some stolen Claus Ogerman string licks! )

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Most of my memories of him date back to my college days ..My lead alto guy in my college band really like him when he was working with Boyd Raeburn in the mid 40s .. I'll ask my neighbor , Milt Kleeb ( who used to arrange for the Raeburn band alsong with George Handy ) if he knows what became of Bothwell .. anyone check out the AMG or Googled him ?? So I did ..theres a lot there: >>Alto sax, bandleader. Johnny Bothwell walked away from the music business at the end of the '40s, after having been fairly successful both as a player and bandleader. He moved from Chicago to New York in 1940, recording initially with Woody Herman and Sonny Dunham. Bothwell was the principal soloist with Boyd Raeburn for a while, then played with Gene Krupa. After that he headed his own groups from 1945-1949 in Chicago, New England and New York, then moved to Miami upon quitting playing in 1949. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Just reading through the "GreaZiest" organ thread, so I thought I 'd toss out a similar one regarding the best fonky in the pocket horn band sides y'all have run into .. I submit : Anything by T of P ( nacherally ) Anything by Maceo and Fred .. other nominees??? ( edited for political greaZie -noscity by a chastened SGUD missile )

WAIT A MINUTE!!! thats MY handle However ..I'll be willing to trade it in for: " ass kissing brown nosing uber selfpromoting brown-nosing uber media twat "..

My Ongoing gratitude for all the nice words, support, and reviews that keep popping up as varios folks discover the CZ CD ( Peter Johnson, B3er, and Bright M et al ) And yes, I'm busily at work on a second CD ..I have seven charts done which we're gonna shake down LIVE @ Tulas in Seattle on Feb 5th ..hope to get into the studio by fall next year, all things being equal ..

Was Bud Shank mentioned? also: Jimmy Ford Randy Lee Dan Higgins Lanny Morgan Med Flory Arnie Lawrence Charlie Mariano

I know people who have spent 25k on a independent cd, radio, print promotion, and have little to nothing to show for it. Maybe that wasn't the right move for them. I would add that with a larger group, $25K for production and mastering ALONE would be considered a very frugal budget ( assuming that all involved were paid a reasonable amount for their efforts ) I did my first ( and only ) CD turnkey for $23.5 ..and considering that Origins help and a lot of compter and emailing time, I managed to get the sucker up to the #50 spot on the JazzWeek airplay list ..plus gained a Grammy nomination much to my surprise .. and yes, I do still have about 500 units in the garage and no, I wasn't silly enough to assume I'd likely break even .. but it's a calling card ..and may gain me some "participation" in the next CD! who knows ??

I'll add another 24 hr station in St. Louis. http://www.siue.edu/WSIE/frames.html A godsend during the commute! The Standards in Jazz timeslot always has in studio spots throughout the week. Most of the late night slots are sindicated though.

I've been contacted by two different promoters. The problem is they are extremely expensive. $2500 for 8 weeks of promoting one record on 100 jazz stations.

Happy Festivus to all .. and may the Christmas goose fly up a bodily orifice of your own choosing!!

Here in the Pacific NW, the big signal is KPLU /FM ( www.kplu.org) And considering the amount of Jimmy Smith they play, I'd add them to your list. Dick Stein and Nick Morrison are the main daytime DJs, and Jim Wilke does a weekend all night jazz show: "Jazz after Hours" that's syndicated nationally on PRI. (http://www.jazzafterhours.org/)

Mike Melvoin Mike Manieri Mezz Mezzrow Bud Brisbois Pete Petersen Steve Sample ( my copyist ) Steve Sonday ( Dallas piano player and full time crazy person ) Dennis Durick ( Dallas drummer ..very good ) Chris Connor

Gene Goe ( lead tpt w/ Basie in 70s ..RIP ) Hey Hey Humphrey Tom Talbert Karl Kiffe Grant Geissman Tony Terran Paul Plimley Butch Ballard King Kolax Buddy Bolden Bobby Breaux Bill Bruford note: Buck and Bubbles .. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT ..wrong!! chitlin circuit song/dance duo, not musicians

Well .. I sure as hell have heard of Jay ..in addition to being a good friend and all over MY Convergence Zone CD he's on many other NW jazz projects as well ..including mant of his own! In fact, his solo on Joe LaBarberas' beautiful tribute to Conte Condoli "Bella Luce" is the real reason my arrangement got a Grammy nod ( that and Joes haunting song ) You can check out a partial clip of it on my website: www.philkellymusic.com Other than his well deserved fame in the pacific NW, he is also a jazz star in Japan , visiting there several times a year. and yes, he is also very proficient on saxes and flute as well ..a real Ira Sullivan for the 21st century ..( although I prefer Jays trumpet approach WAY over Iras ..)

Tell Pete B Phil Kelly sez "hi" when you hear the group ..he's an old friend and he'll shit! and you're right ..Durick is a real m!#$%@%^*@% er drummer! other names are new to me ..been gone too long

Also, Dave Zoller is doing some very interesting stuff with a fairly out sextet lately ..although according tohim, there haven't been many gigs since the Denton Jazz festival ..plus, his drummer is leaving to join the Airmen of Note ..so some regroouping is going on..

Gee ..thanks y'all .. I thot I was inches from a clean getaway on this one

bingo ..that's it according to my musician buddies still there, the owners really screwed over a bunch of guys several years ago ..

Actually, the guy who owned/ran it, Rod Stasick, is a member here. I've asked him to drop by this thread and reminisce. The store was a gas, what can I tell you? If you wanted it, he'd get it. And what he got that you didn't even know you wanted...Plus, it was a great place to just hang out and shoot the bull. All sorts of people dropped in, players, fans, freaks, you name it. Ain't nothing like now, at least not for this type of musical eclecticism. BTW, Rod's a terrifically talented cat in his own right. Do a Google search and see. Hell, here's a link! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22rod+stasick%22 Former Dallasite of some 35 years here: Now happily ensconsed in the PNW since '98 with no thought of ever going back! I read the whole thread and it gave me the willys ..Dallas has been growing outward like a big chancre on your dick for years ( a spreading fetid ring of urban tackysprawl surrounding a very dead center) I remember when there were actual jazz clubs were in TOWN ..on Cedar Springs and McKinney, like the Fink Mink, the Recovery Room, the Strictly Tabu on Lemmon ..and down south of downtown the sessions at the Woodsman ..the 651 Club out on Forest Lane ..and Lou Fischers great short lived place on Greenville .. by the time I finally escaped, what was left of the jazz scene had dwindled to that joint that had a venue out on Beltline and one down in Deep Ellum ( can't recall the name,cuz it was just as I left ..but it finally fucked over the musicians to the point of them boycotting it ..) and a couple joints on lower Greenville .. but I DO recall the store out in FB ..I bought several Lutoslowski CDs out there! only place in the area that ever heard of him! Now is filled in all the way out to Frisco? Holy crap ..what a drag .. BTW: I seem to recall Rod Stasik ..I used to work on some industrial film stuff w/ Jerry Hunt ..and I seem to recall his showing up when we were working on something .. small whirled

Hi Jim: Tell Terry I said Hi .. Too bad the 52nd St /Bwy CD didn't make the Grammy cut .. Phil Kelly

Funny you should mention that .. This very AM,I got a call from a local publicist here who used to work for Arif Mardin for 15 or so years ( so she says ) I'll be tickled pink if I just get a couple nice arranging /recording gigs outta all this in the coming year!

Gee Chris: I didnt realize I'd get a runner-up " Miss Congealing-ality " medal! I guess I can hang it around the neck of my iMac .. (now working on CD#2 with renewed vigor ..)

Thanks for the props, guys .. Even though I'm fairly certain that Slide ( possibly McNeely ) will probably win this, it's a trip just being considered in such august company .. I'm just happy to have gotten this far with the first CD of my own.. after some 38 years of writing widget cheeze-whiz music for the suits .. This 'll really keep the fire lit to do the next CD ..( seven charts done so far! ) geez ..an overnight success ..at 67