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Buck Clayton
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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Leonard Belota’s Rehearsal Band
http://youtu.be/cpawFeFW2LM My good friend, Leonard Belota, had a rehearsal band in Ft. Worth back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I played lead trumpet in the band and Leonard was the jazz trumpet player. This track is from 1978 … Continue reading
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Sammy Nestico
http://youtu.be/RWvqwtW4L7c I have always loved big bands. When we started the museum, I wanted it to be a big band museum. There is no other musical group that can create the excitement, power, and feel of a big band. When … Continue reading
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Best Video of Doc Playing “Malaguena”
https://youtu.be/M4BsH7rpWk4 This is the best version I have in video of Doc playing Malaguena. I was at home one night watching TV and found this on a PBS channel. Unfortunately I recorded it at a slower speed than I meant, … Continue reading
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Doc Plays Malagueña 1981 Plano High School
At the same concert Doc played Concerto Barrocco, he played Malagueña, also. I edited the 15 minute piece down a bit, so we could hear just Doc. Doc hired a local rhythm section of professional players from the Dallas area, … Continue reading
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Doc Severinsen at Plano Senior High School 1981
https://youtu.be/zfm-oPw1MJI In March, or April of 1981 I went to hear Doc play with the Plano High school concert band, since I was not working that night. Doc had played at my high school in 1967 with the concert and … Continue reading
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Live Recording of Doc Playing “Take The A Train”
http://youtu.be/Uha-M8B1ox0 This is a recording of Doc jamming with a rhythm section in 1966 at the National Championship stage band contest in Pampa, TX. Doc had not yet taken over the conducting job at NBC in the Tonight Show band, … Continue reading
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Before The Jazz Museum
http://youtu.be/fz_3uzUPu7w Before we started the jazz museum in 2010 my parents owned an American Victorian antique museum in the same building. It operated from about 1992-2008. When my father died in 2008, we were in the process of adding a … Continue reading
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Back so Soon
I’m back sooner than I thought with “Soon”. This is one of my favorite tunes, and this is a great clarinet feature. There is nothing worse than hearing a bad clarinetist, and nothing better than hearing a really great one, … Continue reading