andsome Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 I have the whole of this concert on CD. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 It may surprise you but I do have a Benny Goodman CD, he's good but I prefer Basie, Ellington (Duke or Ray not fussy) and Armstrong. If you want something a little more contemporary there's Brubeck and Davis. I never however got to grips with Monk or Parker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 My daughter lived in California for two years. She had our granddaughter over there, after attending ante natal classes there. When we visited we said we would like to see San Francisco. She said she had a friend there, who she met at ante natal , and took us to a lovely house where we met her friend Nora and husband Danny. During the conversation Nora mentioned a visit to GB as Danny would be playing in the Barbican. We asked who he would be playing with, and much to our surprise Jacke said sorry I should have introduced you fully, Danny is playing drums with his Dad, Dave Brubeck. It appeared that Dave was doing a tour of Europe for his seventy fifth birthday. Not with the group but with the family. They are all musicians, and were playing with the London symphony orchestra, all Dave's music. We attended the concert having taken Nora and her baby out for tea, while Danny was in rehearsal. She took us backstage after the concert to meet the family. They are lovely people. We met him again when he did his eightieth birthday tour. On both occasions all the members of Dave's party were family members, except Bobby Millittelo, who played several different saxophones. The conductor was Russell Gloyd who toured with them. We met Dave for the third time in Symphony Hall Birmingham when he toured with the group. Our daughter also stayed with the family for a few days at one of Dave's homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 The fickle finger of fate strikes again.................splendid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Did you tell them he was just Plunkety Plinking on the piano and not playing proper stuff like Mahler ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 He was playing all the right note's, but not necessarily in the right order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Trumpet Voluntary - Diane Bish & Stacy Blair With all the notes in the right order. One of my favourites - it was played at our wedding. bishfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Now that was nice. It is also one of my favourites as well. I heard it played year's ago in St. Pauls Cathedral I think it was the Royal Marines Band. I was only about five at the time but I remember liking it the first time I heard it played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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