[Tradjazz] another successful OKOM event

[dakuehns at comcast.net]

What a great day. Thanks Bill for all you do for the music we all love, and also to Bruce and the guys on your staff who keep things moving without a glitch.
Al Kuehn
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From: "Bruce McNichols" <muskrat at bestweb.net>
> 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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