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Maynard Ferguson at Newport
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”
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
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
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
More Doc Severinsen 4/14/2018 in Sherman
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
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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Early Impressions
When I was a kid in 1963 and had just started playing the trumpet, this was just out. Al Hirt made it sound so fun and easy. I fell in love with his sound.
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Concert on February 9, 2018 with the One O’Clock Lab Band and Marshall Gilkes
Our museum is sponsoring this concert next month at Austin College. It should be a great concert, and part of the Community Series 50th Anniversary year celebration. To buy tickets: http://communityseries.org/home
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Maynard Ferguson playing “Somewhere” in 1969.
https://www.facebook.com/vegashornplayer/videos/1828599937172538/ Maynard would have been about 41 and living in Europe during this time. The big bands were dying and he would reinvent himself and his music in another year when MF Horn 1 came out.
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My dad’s group–1988
Here’s my dad’s group playing “Indiana” in September of 1988 in Ft. Worth. Neil Slater-piano, Dr. Gene Hall-clarinet, Jack Rumbley-drums, Jack Petersen-guitar, Perry Sandifur-trombone, unknown bass player. They were playing for a gathering of UNT people in Ft.Worth, and my … Continue reading
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