http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#a742ba2d-0a92-4e68-b529-610d4293350e I pray that everyone in this tribe possesses at least one Django album. Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:01:40 GMT http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#a742ba2d-0a92-4e68-b529-610d4293350e Ebooty 2006-01-24T22:01:40Z http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#a33ac7ad-79cf-4a95-badb-9f717bd764ba Chita...what legs!!!! Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:11:44 GMT http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#a33ac7ad-79cf-4a95-badb-9f717bd764ba $item.owner.firstName 2006-01-23T21:11:44Z http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#56505471-86ae-4a8c-9422-8cf0bc70c3a4 SPOTLIGHT for JANUARY 23RD: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIRTHDAYS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Ray Abrams, Jazz tenor sax, b. New York, NY, USA. né: Raymond Abramson. His younger brother Lee Abramson was a jazz drummer, who became Lee Abrams. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:2m851v7jzz9a~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1917 Fred Lee Beckett, Jazz trombone, b. Nellerton, MS, USA. Beckett will most likely always be remembered for his trombone work in the Lionel Hampton Big Band prior to the Second World War. Beckett subsequently became a member of the U.S. Army, and sadly contracted tuberculosis while enlisted, and died a few years later. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:qb8uak2khm3n~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1908 Jerry Blake, Clarinet, b. Gary, IN, USA. d. Dec. 31, 1961 Biography by Scott Yanow A fine journeyman player, Jerry Blake had a solid career before healthy problems permanently forced him out of music. Blake, who went to school in Nashville, started on the violin before switching to alto and clarinet. After playing with the Sells-Fioto Circus Band in 1924, he was stranded in Chicago where he soon joined Al Wynn's group. Blake worked with Bobby Lee and Charlie Turner's Arcadians and then spent much of 1928-29 in Europe with Sam Wooding. He played with Chick Webb, Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels, Don Redman (1933-34) and then back in Europe with Willie Lewis (1934-35). Returning to the U.S., Blake gained some recognition for his work with Claude Hopkins, Fletcher Henderson (1936-38) and Cab Calloway (1938-42) where he ended up being the musical director. However after short stints with Count Basie, Earl Hines, Lionel Hampton and Don Redman during 1942-43, Jerry Blake (who never led a record date of his own) suffered a mental breakdown from which he never recovered. He spent much of the rest of his life in a mental institution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1915 George "Scoops" Carry, Alto Sax/Clarinet, b. Little Rock, AR, USA. d. Aug. 4, 1970 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jangtq8znu43~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1928 Ken Errair, Vocals, b. Detroit, MI, USA. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:9q8m962odep2~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1929 Cassietta George, singer-songwriter, b. Memphis, TN, USA. Member: 'The Caravans' http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3q1tk60x9kra~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1914 Teddy Napoleon, Piano, b. New York, NY, USA. d. July 5, 1964. Teddy Napoleon is the brother of trumpeter Phil Napoleon, and pianist Marty Napoleon. In 1944, Teddy joined Gene Krupa's band, and worked with Gene - on and off- for maybe 15 or so years. The trio (Ventura-Krupa-Napoleon) was a regular attraction at the Jazz At The Philharmonic series of concerts. In 1933, Teddy began his professional career working with the Lee Castle orchestra, and went on to work in the Johnny Messner, Bob Chester and Tommy Tompkins bands. In (ca.) 1960, he joined his older brother Phil in Florida, where Phil had taken up residence. (Teddy led his own trio there, incidentally.) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hn6jtr8lkl2x~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1948 Anita Pointer, vocals/songwriter, b. Oakland, CA, USA. Member group: 'The Pointer Sisters' Biography by Ron Wynn The second oldest member of the Pointer Sisters, Anita Pointer has remained with the group since its beginning in 1971. She had a brief period as a solo artist for RCA in the late '80s, but neither of her singles attracted much attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Django Reinhardt, Gypsy Guitarist, b. Liberchies, Belgium, d. May, 16, 1953. né: Jean Baptiste Reinhardt, Member of the Quintette Du Hot Club De France, a group of musicians who played Jazz as well as anyone in the world, - and were w orld famous. (Stephane Grapelli on violin; Django on guitar, Joseph and Roger Chaput on rhythm guitars, and Louis Vola on Bass Fiddle. See Stephane Grappelli below - Jan. 26) Django was the first "foreign" musician (and the Quintet of The Hot Club of France was the first "foreign" group) t o exert an influence on American jazz. Two of his left hand fingers were useless due to a 1928 fire, yet he was still able to somehow adapt and continued playing a virtuosic guitar in a style drawn from his Gypsy background. In 1946, he toured the USA with Duke Ellington. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:8q3tk6sx9kr3~T1 www.redhotjazz.com/django.html www.hotclub.co.uk/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/B000005H2Y?v=glance django.samois.free.fr/ www.djangomontreal.com/doc/DiscoContent.htm www.djangomontreal.com/ www.evesmag.com/django.html www.classicjazzguitar.com/ artists/artists_page.jsp?artist=26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1933 Chita Rivera, Dancer/actress/vocals. www.chitarivera.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chita_Rivera http://www.thedancerslife.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1940 Johnny Russell, C&W Singer-Songwriter/Comedian, b. Moorehead, MS, USA. d: July 3, 2001, Nashville, TN, USA. As a songwriter, his million-selling classics have been recorded by everyone from folk singer Burl Ives, Country singers Dolly Parton and Jim Reeves, and even the Beatles. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:emf5zfiheh6k~T1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1911 Rev.Dan Smith, harmonica, b. Per-Due Hill, AL, USA. Biography by Bil Carpenter Smith sang in church and played harmonica as a child. He didn't begin his professional career until the early '60s, when he played behind folk legends Rev. Gary Davis and Pete Seeger. However, his musical style is overwhelmingly oriented to Chicago blues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1911 Michel Warlop, Violin, b. Douai, France, d. March 20, 1947 Biography by Chris Kelsey The French violinist Warlop had a short but varied career, working with such noted pop singers as Maurice Chevalier and Germaine Sablon (1934-1935), and with such jazz greats as violinist Stephane Grappelli and guitarist Django Reinhardt (1934-1937). Warlop also worked with the group Jazz du Poste Parisien, accordionist Louis Richardet, and in a group with fellow violinists Grappelli and Eddie South (in 1937). He played in a duo with the expatriate American pianist Garland Wilson (1938), and worked with other American musicians visiting Paris, including most notably tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins. Warlop played in the orchestra of saxophonist Raymond Lergrand (father of composer Michel Lergrand) in the early '40s and led a string septet (1941-1943). In 1942 he conducted the Paris Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his composition "Noel du Prisonnier." Warlop died in 1947 at age 36. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1902 Benny Waters, Tenor-soprano sax/arranger, b. Brighton, MD, USA. d. August 11, 1998. Age: 96 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:z0d6vwpta9rk~T1 Biography by Scott Yanow Until his death at the age of 96, Benny Waters was not only the second oldest active jazz musician (to Eubie Blake who made it to 100) but a powerful altoist who would be considered impressive if he were only 50. Waters' personal history covered virtually the entire history of recorded jazz, although he never really became a major name. He worked with Charlie Miller from 1918-1921, studied at the New England Conservatory, and became a teacher; one of his students was Harry Carney, remarkably. Waters played, arranged for, and recorded with Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten (1925-1932), an underrated group that also for a time included Benny Carter and Jabbo Smith. Waters, who was primarily a tenor saxophonist and an occasional clarinetist during this period, was influenced to an extent by Coleman Hawkins, and he recorded with both Clarence Williams and King Oliver in the 1920s. During the next two decades, Waters played in many groups including those led by Fletcher Henderson (for a few months), Hot Lips Page, Claude Hopkins, and Jimmie Lunceford. He led his own unit during part of the 1940s, played with Roy Milton's R&B band, and in 1949 went to France with the Jimmy Archey Dixieland group. Waters settled in Paris, working steadily, although he was largely forgotten at home. By the 1980s, he was visiting the U.S. more frequently, and Waters is heard in brilliant form on a 1987 quartet set for Muse on which he plays tenor, alto, and clarinet, in addition to taking some effective vocals. A short time later he went blind and stuck exclusively to playing alto (on which he played in a jump style reminiscent of Tab Smith, that shows the occasional influence of John Coltrane). The seemingly ageless Benny Waters continued recording and performing with a remarkable amount of energy, touring with the Statesmen of Jazz in 1995 and creating some miraculous music prior to his death on August 11, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1887 Percy Wenrich, composer, b. Joplin, MO, USA. d. Mar. 17, 1952, New York, NY, USA. Biography by arwulf arwulf As a boy, Wenrich played piano in a music store on Joplin's Main Street. Surrounded by sheet music in the shop, the young man decided to write his own musical composition. At the age of seventeen he created something entitled L'Inconnu, described as a two-step in 6/8 time, then arranged for a thousand copies to be printed and sold them in person, going from door to door. In 1901 he attended classes at the Chicago Musical College, an institution presided over by Flo Ziegfeld's father. Soon he'd squandered all of his funds while hanging out with the fast crowd in poorly lit saloons and had to borrow money for a return ticket to Joplin. But Chicago continued to exercise its magnetism upon him, and within a few weeks Percy had returned to the Windy City and was manhandling pianos in the back rooms of various bars, clubs and cafes. It was during this time that he wrote “Wabash Avenue After Dark", destined to become enormously popular throughout Chicago without ever actually getting published. Percy's prelude to a subsequent career in Tin Pan Alley consisted of a large parcel of rags: “Ashy Africa--An African Rag" appeared in 1903, followed by “Peaches and Cream Rag" in 1905, then “Noodles" and “Chestnuts" in 1906. “Fun Bob", “Sweet Meats Rag", “Dixie Darlings", “Flower Girl" and “Bombay" were all eclipsed in 1907 by his first nationally successful rag, “The Smiles". 1908 was similarly productive, as Percy turned out “Memphis Rag", “Ragtime Ripples", “Crab Apples" and the highly regarded “Persian Lamb Rag". In order to pay the rent and save a little for later, Percy manufactured melodies at five dollars apiece--“junk for the ten cent store counters", he later called them--to bolster the lines of aspiring lyricists who sent their verses to Chicago's McKinley Music Company. Money resulting from this unflattering work did enable him to head east in 1908 to fill a position with the Jerome H. Remick company of New York. Joining him in this relocation was his wife, a vaudeville performer by the name of Dolly Connolly. Apparently the public was perfectly attuned to Percy's sensibilities, for 1909's “Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" sold two million copies. He began to turn out rags and popular songs at a steady rate: “Alamo Rag" and “Silver Bell" appeared in 1910, “Ragtime Chimes", “Red Rose Rag" and “Sunflower Rag" in 1911. Wenrich formed a business partnership with Homer Howard in 1912, when they published “Kentucky Days" and “Moonlight Bay". “Whipped Cream Rag", “Snow Deer Rag" and “Ragtime Turkey Trot" came out in 1913. After a brief hiatus from publishing, during which Percy concentrated on composing while teaming up with his wife as a vaudeville duo, he hired in with the Leo Feist company. In 1914, in collaboration with lyricist Jack Mahoney, Wenrich brought out a wholesome number destined to become a standard in the traditional jazz repertoire: “When You Wore A Tulip and I Wore A Big Red Rose". Dolly Connolly, accompanied by Percy and drawing upon a repertoire consisting mostly of his songs, continued to perform live and enjoyed a certain amount of popularity on Columbia phonograph records. “Come Back, Dixie" was published in 1915, followed by “Sweet Cider Time, When You Were Mine" in 1916. The First World War seems to have inspired Wenrich to compose “Where Do We Go From Here?" in 1917, while 1922's “All Muddled Up" was a healthy response to the authentically charged atmosphere of jazz so prevalent at that time. Percy Wenrich's last memorable song was “Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon", published in 1937. He passed away March 17, 1952 in New York City. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1953 Robin Zander, vocals, b. Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. (raised in Loves Park, Illinois). Member group: 'Cheap Trick'. Zander's father led a Jazz band. Robin began as a folk singer, but later switched to Rock. He is sometimes called "The man with a thousand voices." CONFETTA LOVES ROBIN ZANDER ; ) Biography ~by Greg Prato Cheap Trick's Robin Zander holds the distinction of being perhaps the only singer in rock history whose influence can be detected in such polar opposite musical styles as '80s glam metal (Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil, Enuff Z'nuff's Donnie Vie), and '90s alternative (Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, etc.). Born on January 23, 1953 in Beloit, Wisconsin (but raised in Loves Park, Illinois), Zander discovered his fondness for music via his father's jazz band, as well as his older sister's record collection. But as with countless other subsequent musicians, it was the Beatles' infamous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that inspired Zander to pick up the guitar, and play in various high-school bands. By the dawn of the '70s, Zander turned his back on rock for a spell, as he played in a folk band with a piano player (Zander and Kent), which held down a residency for three summers at the Wisconsin Dells Picadilly Pub. Between breaks however, Zander would play in groups that featured drummer Bun E. Carlos. But it wasn't until a stint during the early '70s where Zander hitchhiked across Europe that he was approached by Carlos and his bandmates to join their group full-time (who just happened to be in France on a night that Zander was playing a solo show at a pub). Zander was still under contract with Wisconsin Dells however, and had to decline the offer. By September of 1974, Zander had moved back to the U.S., and his contract with the Dells had finally expired -- resulting in a second invite to join Carlos' band, Cheap Trick (which also included guitarist Rick Nielsen and bassist Tom Petersson). This time, Zander accepted. The Rockford, Illinois-based quartet played the area steadily during the mid-'70s, during which time Zander's pin-up good looks were incorporated into the group's image -- Zander and Petersson would be the 'cool guys,' while Carlos and Nielsen would be 'the nerds.' The ploy worked, as the group signed a recording contract with Epic, and issued a trio of underappreciated studio albums that combined power pop, punk, and hard rock -- 1977's self-titled debut, and In Color, plus 1978's Heaven Tonight. It wasn't until 1979's classic concert recording, Live at Budokan, that the band took off, resulting in Zander briefly becoming one of rock's leading teen idols. But Cheap Trick's success was fleeting, as a string of unfocused albums during the '80s saw the group (which had lost Petersson along the way to a solo career) barely stay afloat. Zander performed a one-off solo show in 1983 at Rockford's Midway Theater (backed by an orchestra and choir for select numbers), performing everything from versions of "Ava Maria" and "Nights in White Satin" to Cheap Trick standards, and was also invited to join a group being assembled by former UFO bassist Pete Way. Although such activity would lead one to think that perhaps Zander was contemplating leaving the group, he remained a member of Cheap Trick through the thick and thin. Almost immediately upon Petersson's re-entry into the group in 1988, Cheap Trick issued their first hit album in years, Lap of Luxury, which helped introduce the quartet to the MTV generation. Around the same time, Zander began duet ting with others, including soul singer Rebbie Jackson ("You Send the Rain Away" from her Reaction album) and with Heart's Ann Wilson (the Top Ten hit "Surrender to Me," from the motion picture soundtrack for Tequila Sunrise). The '90s saw Cheap Trick continue issuing albums and touring, while Zander found the time in 1993 to issue a self-titled solo debut. The album failed to ignite the charts, but did include an impressive roster of guest talent -- including Stevie Nicks, Dr. John, Maria McKee, Don Felder, Mick Fleetwood, Dave Stewart, and members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers. In addition to his solo work and Cheap Trick releases, Zander has guested on several other artists' albums over the years, including Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood, the Posies' Amazing Disgrace, Shudder to Think's First Love, Last Rites, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana's All the King's Men, Foreigner's Complete Greatest Hits, Boot Camp's As You Were, and on a Queen tribute, Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute. http://www.cheaptrick.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notable Events on this date include: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1972. "Big Maybelle", vocals, died in Cleveland, OH, USA. Age: 47. née: Maybelle Louise Smith : ( 1973. "Kid" Ory, trombone, died in Honolulu, HI, USA. Age: 82 : ( 1976. Paul Robeson, vocals, died in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Age: 77 : ( 1989. Samuel "Baby" Lovett, drums, died in Leavenworth, KS, USA. Age: 94 Worked with singer/pianist Julia Lee (b. Oct. 31, 1902, Boonville, MO, USA, d. Dec. 8, 1958 in San Diego, CA, USA. Lee frequently teamed with drummer Samuel "Baby" Lovett. In 1949, Lee and Lovett played at the White House at the invitation of President Harry Truman. For a time, Lee was married to baseball player and manager Frank Duncan, of the Kansas City Monarchs.) 1990. Texas Jim Lewis, leader of the "Lone Star Cowboys" died. Age: 80 1993. Thomas A. ("Georgia Tom") Dorsey, piano/gospel, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 93 1993. Wayne Raney, "The Harmonica Wizard", died. Age: 72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Songs Recorded/Released this date include: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1925 “Careless Love”, (Playing at Spanish Fort) - Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/tuxedo/carelesslove.ram 1925 Hot-Hot-Hottentot”, (Fred Fisher) - The Tennessee Tooters http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/tntooters/hothot.ram 1925 How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - The Tennessee Tooters http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/tntooters/hothot.ram 1925 “Peter Pan (I Love You)”, (Robert King / Ray Henderson ) - Waring's Pennsylvanians http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/waring/PeterPan.ram 1928 “Wolverine Blues”, (Benjamin Spikes / John Spikes / Jelly Roll Morton) - Benny Goodman's Boys http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/goodman/WolverineBlues.ram 1928 “Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella”, (Kahal / Wheeler / Fain) - Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/morse/letasmile.ram 1928 “There Must Be A Silver Lining (That's Shining For Me)”, (Walter Donaldson / Lee Morse) - Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/morse/theremustbeasilver.ram 1941 "Moonglow" recorded by the Artie Shaw orch. (Victor). 1942 I Said No, - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. 1942 Remember Pearl Harbor, - Sammy Kaye Orch. 1946 "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie", - Louis Jordan Orch. recorded for Decca Records. 1948 Now Is The Hour, - Bing Crosby Vocal. 1948 Now Is The Hour, - Gracie Fields Vocal. 1948 Manana, - Peggy Lee vocal 1948 I'm My Own Grampaw, - Guy Lombardo Orch. 1954 Till Then, - Hilltoppers 1961 There's A Moon Out Tonight, - Capris 1961 Wheels, - String-A-Longs 1963 You've Really Got A Hold On Me, - Miracles 1965 This Diamond Ring, - Lewis, Gary & The Playboys 1965 I Go To Pieces, - Peter & Gordon 1971 If You Could Read My Mind, - Gordon Lightfoot vocal. 1971 One Bad Apple, - The Osmonds 1988 Father Figure, - George Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LYRICS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Careless Love ~Lonnie Johnson Love, oh love, oh careless love Love, love, oh careless love You have caused me to weep You have caused me to moan You have caused me to lose my happy home Don't never drive a stranger from your door Don't never drive a stranger from your door It may be your best friend knockin' on your door, then it may be your brother, you will never now Careless love, look how you carry me down Careless love, look how you carry me down You caused me to lose my mother and she's layin' in six feet of ground Careless love I can't let you carry me down Careless love, you drove me through the rain and snow Careless love,you drove me through the rain and snow You have robbed me out of my silver and out of all my gold, I'll be damned if you rob me out of my soul You've worried my mother until she died You've caused my father to lose his mind Now damn you, I'm goin' to shoot you and shoot you four five times, and stand over you until you finish dyin' Now Is The Hour Now is the hour When we must say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing Far across the sea. While you're away Oh, then, remember me. When you return You'll find me waiting here. Sunset glow fades in the west. Night o'er the valley is creeping. Birds cuddle down in their nest Soon all the world will be sleeping. Now is the hour When we must goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing Far across the sea. While you're away Oh, then, remember me. When you return You'll find me waiting here. Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:37:26 GMT http://crooners.tribe.net/thread/1a887ad7-fe9f-46dc-9f21-8388c97ff3a8#56505471-86ae-4a8c-9422-8cf0bc70c3a4 Confetta 2006-01-23T20:37:26Z