[Tradjazz] Hello from Don Mopsick

[Don Mopsick]

Done. 
 
By the way, you all can register with us to receive Jazz Me News and
stream the shows, at www.riverwalk.org <http://www.riverwalk.org/> .
Also you can manage your account, change your password, etc. by clicking
on Update Profile once you are logged in. You have to log in to hear the
Riverwalk shows. But, its' FREE. 
 
My plan for our new site is to offer more stuff that you can't get on
the radio show, especially bonus audio streaming. If you click on Learn
> Learn More > JazzNotes for Educators, for example, you can hear an
interview with Teddy Wilson by Milt Hinton. 
 
Tomorrow is the last day for the Commodore Records show we produced in
1992 I believe it was. I put up new streaming links early Thursday
mornings when I get back from playing at the Landing. Next show will be
"Sidney Bechet: Jazz Immortal" starring Bob Wilber and Evan Christopher.

 
Also, you may have heard that the great Bob Havens is currently playing
with us at the Landing in San Antonio. He played last night. The things
that man can do on that trombone! It's like having Teagarden, Miff Mole,
and Abe Lincoln on the stand. 
 
Also also: I see Billy Barnes here. Hi Bill! When I lived in New Jersey,
Bill was the first person I ever met who was a Mouse. This of course
started me thinking and eventually led me down the path to the Sunshine
State and Mousedom, where I met my wife to whom I am still married.
Actually the place I wound up was called the Levee in Ft. Myers. The
band was myself on tuba, Bob Adams on banjo, H Johnson on trombone, and
Steve Pistorius on piano. H and Bob and I all met gals at the Levee whom
we later married. I'm the only one still married to the one I met there.
I got to see H last March in Monterey.
 
But I digress. Hope you are well, Bill, and still playing. Come to think
of it, Bill was the trumpet player on the very first trad band I ever
saw, and so was Bruce. At the time I was a student of Sam Pilafian, and
he asked to come over to Watchung NJ to sit in with the band at a
restaurant there. I think Warren Vache Jr. also sat in that night. It
was all downhill for me from that point on. 
 
Whew! Waxing nostalgic here. It's nice that this list is still small and
I know so many of you. Makes it kind of intimate for now. I was in on
the ground floor of the DJML, and that really has gone through some
changes in 10 years or so. It keeps going because of its size and
momentum. I'm glad that Bob Ringwald is moderating it now, there was
some nasty stuff going on there for a while. I still remember Ernie
Carson terrorizing everyone, calling them dumb motherf***ers and all
that. Where is Ernie today?
 
I am also a veteran of other music bulletin boards from the early days,
before moderation. The net was a different, much more hostile place
then. I even got a death threat once from some academic Marxist type.
But that's another thread. 
 
By the way, Bruce, although it is popular, I try not to use the term
OKOM. The reason being I think it assumes too much about what YOUR kind
of music is, and that you assume what MY kind is. I talk to people every
night at the Landing about what they think jazz is, and it's all over
the map, even among so-called "trad" fans. I prefer to just call it
"old-school" or "Jazz from the Jurassic." Last night a customer told me
that he is more of a "bop" guy. I told him to think of our band as the
"un-bop," or, apocalyptically, the "Anti-Bop." Once, a guy asked me if
the band played any Coltrane. I said sorry, no. He was absolutely
dumfounded. "You're kidding, right?" was his incredulous reply. People
really have some strange ideas about jazz.
 
mopo
 
 
Don Mopsick, Riverwalk Webmaster
 
Hi Don:
 
I'd appreciate it if you added me to your e-mail list.
 
GeoHunt1 at aol.com
<http://list.okom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tradjazz> 
 
Thanks,
 
George
 
 
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