Monthly Archives: April 2018

Buck Clayton

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Bill

A collector from Houston donated several cds, books, and records to our museum last year, and I found this track while going through some of the cds.  It’s a Buck Clayton CD with Jo Jones on drums, Milt Hinton on … Continue reading →

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Maynard Ferguson at Newport

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Bill

Here is a great old video that has survived of the Maynard Ferguson band at the Newport Jazz  Festival. https://youtu.be/d1_L0nWWem0  

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Al Hirt “Night & Day”

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Bill

Here’s another Al Hirt video.  This is his version I would listen to over and over when I was about 11 years old.  This is probably the best Al Hirt video I have seen.  If any of us tried ever … Continue reading →

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The Fort Worth Symphony at the Main Street festival in Ft. Worth 2018

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Bill

This is the Ft. Worth Symphony performing at the Fort Worth Main Street Festival 4/20/2018.  Because you can’t record their performances indoors, outdoors is the only way to preserve what they sound like.  Our society is getting so used to … Continue reading →

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Q&A Session with Doc and Alan at the Sherman Jazz Museum

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bill

The afternoon of the concert on 4/14/2018 we asked Doc and Alan Baylock to come to the museum for an hour to meet the public in a short question and answer session.  This is a brief excerpt from that session. … Continue reading →

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More Doc Severinsen 4/14/2018 in Sherman

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bill

At the concert in Sherman on 4/4/2018 with Doc Severinsen.  Doc is the best sounding 90 year old trumpet player I have ever heard.  He is amazing!  The camera men seen walking around filming on stage were filming a documentary … Continue reading →

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The First Annual Sherman Jazz Classic

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bill

For eight years I wanted to do a jazz concert to go along with our jazz museum in Sherman, and in 2018 we finally did the first one.  I wanted The North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band to play and … Continue reading →

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