[Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event

[James Fryer]

It was truly a fantastic time, I made many new friends & really  
enjoyed myself. A million kudos to Bill & Patricia T! And 1 or 2 to Mr  
McNick too.

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On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:28 PM, "Bruce McNichols" <muskrat at bestweb.net>  
wrote:

> On Tuesday, April 22, 2006, we had yet another gathering of like- 
> minded folk for an OKOM Trad Jazz Event.
>
> Bill Taggart, our founder, has been producing such things for almost  
> ten years now.  They are funded by Bill who provides the facilities  
> along with food and drink. At one point I noticed Bill handing out  
> several of our OKOM CDs (how's he ever gonna sell any?)
>
> Our friend Don Robertson, of Napa California, sent a message  
> inquiring about the event.  Below is my reply to him.
>
> McN
>
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> Jim Fryer (bone), Bria Skonberg (trumpet) and their band were their  
> usual wonderful selves. Herb Gardner played piano with them.
>
> Joel Schiavone (founder of the worldwide Your Father's Mustache  
> clubs) joined them for a spirited version of Dinah. Then, Joel  
> brought up a half dozen Mustache alumni and they did a set of  
> typical banjo/sing-along material.
>
> After that, we invited several musicians who had a jam session for  
> quite awhile. That was followed by an ersatz version of my group,  
> The Smith Street Society Jazz Band. It was me on banjo, Herb Gardner  
> on trombone, my wife Lynne (vocals). To that we added Jim & Bria and  
> Jonathan Steenstra on bass sax.  From the Bria/Fryer band, bassist  
> Ed Wise played piano with us.
>
> Then it was time to chow down. Bill and Patricia Taggart brought us  
> upstairs where we enjoyed a catered meal, buffet style.
>
> After about an hour, I gathered most of the musicians to come  
> downstairs with me, for more music. When we got there, a session was  
> already underway.
>
> For the last session (many hours) we added Rocco Patierno (bone and  
> vocals), Vinnie Borselli (cornet) and Robbie Scott (drums).
>
> As we often do, we recorded the proceedings. This time we used 24  
> tracks (each mic on its own track) which will give us lots of mixing  
> options. These informal sessions may or may not yield usable  
> material for release, but we simply don't want to miss out on what  
> might be fabulous.
>
>
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