New Website for John Graas (French horn)

[graaspiano]

John Graas's MySpace website

Someone from France just created this webpage for John Graas (French horn, Third Stream, West Coast Jazz). It's pretty nice and includes some free tracks to listen to down further on the page.

Edited April 8, 2010 by graaspiano

[flat5]

He was the first "jazz" musician I met. In LA. I was 13. He, my father and I had dinner in a bar.

First time for that too :-)

After rehearsal, before the concert. He was a pleasant guy but that's all I remember. 1961.

[graaspiano]

He was the first "jazz" musician I met. In LA. I was 13. He, my father and I had dinner in a bar.

First time for that too :-)

After rehearsal, before the concert. He was a pleasant guy but that's all I remember. 1961.

I'm actually his niece. You met him one year before he died.

Edited April 8, 2010 by graaspiano

[medjuck]

His Jazz Studio 1 was one of the first jazz records I owned. As a result it's always had a mythical status for me.

[brownie]

Nice (and long overdue) website for John Graas!

He took part in so many of the great West Coast jazz sessions!

[AllenLowe]

excellent writer, I have that Stuido One album -

I always thought they should call one of his albums "Smokin...."

(of course I'm probably pronouncing his name incorrectly) -

[king ubu]

The true "Duke of Dubuque", I guess

Nice site!

[graaspiano]

The true "Duke of Dubuque", I guess

Nice site!

Yes, John and my whole family were from Dubuque, Iowa. I'm hoping the Dubuque Symphony is going to perform John's "Jazz Symphony". They're interested in doing that.

[flat5]

Just ordered "Coup de Graas" CD on Ebay for less than eleven Euros including shipping to Europe.

Edited April 9, 2010 by flat5

[Guest Bill Barton]

Excellent site! Thanks for sharing the link... I've passed it on to my Facebook friends who are French horn players (Mark Taylor and Tom Varner.)

[graaspiano]

Excellent site! Thanks for sharing the link... I've passed it on to my Facebook friends who are French horn players (Mark Taylor and Tom Varner.)

Bill, thanks for passing the link on to Mark and Tom. I actually tried to email Tom, but you never know with spamblockers, if he actually received the email. Susan