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TheJAZZ CULTUREIn These Pages‐Review 1‐2Memorial for Lori Davis 3Barry Harris Interview 3 ‐6
England Event‐J. Watson 7‐8How To Make a CD that May
Outlive You J. Magnarelli 9‐10"The Unforgettable Hamptons"An Emmy Winning Film about
the Hampton FamilyJazz Heritage 10‐15
Let's Link [email protected]
The Jazz Culture, VI:12 1
REVIEW'Tada' Unno TrioCaught 'Tada' Unno's Trio at Arturo’s Saturday July 6,
featuring Tadataka (“Tada”) Unno, Piano, Frank Levantino,
drums, and David Wong, bass, that led offwith “I Remember
You,” at a moderate swing. The combo had a friendly, open, warm
sound, with no shades of blue, befitting the atmosphere at
Arturo’s. Tada based his lyric concept with good articulation close
to the theme, extending and developing the melody, and David
Wong gave full toned support, on 2 choruses of improv, quoting
the melody, performing some octave leaps in the lower middle
register, resolving and using some triplets and upper notes of the
chords. Mr. Wong has a distinctive tone quality, sort of slightly
porous reminiscent ofOscar Pettiford, but the center of the tone is
a little wider. Mr. Levantino maintained a steady swing beat
throughout. Mr. Unno then led off trading 4’s, and restated the
'Tada' (Tadataka) Unno, piano,
DavidWong, bass, Frank Levantino,
drums at Arturo's
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melody, with some nice punctuation by drums.
“My Romance” was next, quarter note=160, a perky tempo,
played very bright and happily with confidence. “Tada” romped
through 2 choruses, mostly in the two octaves between middle C
and high C with some bluesy comments at the end of his solo. The
bassist Mr. Wong started with simple unison notes, playing 6
against 4, The group had a good camaraderie, and played with
vivacity, and the pianist provided an outline to the listener by
marking sections before they began by a chord segue, anticipating
the downbeat.
“Love You Madly,” by Ellington followed, at a groove
tempo—and it was groovy. Pianist first used a rhythmic lick within
the song. Mr. Unno rolled some notes and did a few quarter note
triplets and 8th notes with a triplet feel, swinging in a relaxed way,
then breaking into scalar runs and hitting quarter notes on the head
in the swing style, using some bluesy chords. Mr. Wong first
navigated the tempo which is tricky for his generation, on a simple
three note motif from the song, then inverting it. The pianist then
restated the melody in a swing band version with a Basie ending,
and the drummer Mr. Levantino, gave solid support throughout.
“Darn that Dream,” the pretty and complex song, started with
the piano playing the melody rubato, stating the melody in chords,
and on the second half, bass and drums joined in, in a romantic but
not too florid style. In his solo, Mr. Unno did some arpeggios and
chordal sprays to open up the tune, then showed his ability to
improvise interesting lines but not for the entire chorus, reverting
to the blues scale and some chords . At some
point, the trio went into double time, and then
ritardando for a scalar run and extended chord
backed by cymbals.
Jimmy Latagano, with his clarion tenor,
sat in with a musically rendered and brightly
sung “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever”
just before the end of the set, and Mr.
Levantino invited the crowd back for Mr.
Latagano’s regular gig on Thursdays, when
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JAZZ HERITAGEBarry Harris' Early DaysJC: When did you first hear jazz?
On the radio?
Barry Harris: There was jazz in the
schools. I had a music teacher in
elementary school. I took up
clarinet in intermediate school,
about 1 3. We had the big band in
the intermediate school that played
like, the “9:20 Special.” I played in
that band. I liked to dance.
Nobody taught me to dance. All of us danced.
Just about everybody had a piano at home. Wasn’t no
television. I learned a piece of church music, was the first piece I
played. My mother, Mrs. Harris, played for the church. I lived in
back of the church and I went to church every Sunday. [Where we
lived] was part of the building where the church was, a Baptist.
Barry Harris in "ew York
he is the featured singer. Arturo’s was originally run by Arturo, a
painter (whose lovely and colorful oil paintings are hung on the
walls of the restaurant) who loved jazz, who passed away a few
years ago, it is maintained by his family, a restaurant well known
for its warm atmosphere, has music seven nights weekly and
features a rotation of groups. No Music Charge.
Memorial for LORI DAVIS, Beloved Wife ofCharles Davis St. Peter's Monday July 9, 2012
Lori Davis, left, wife ofCharles Davis (Coverage 7/16)
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I lived in [the city of] Detroit. I knew Tommy, we took
classical piano from the same teacher, a Mrs. Dilliard. He went to
Northern HS and I went to Northeastern HS. We were in a recital
together. A preacher taught us all piano, Neptune Holloway. Earl
McKinney, [somewhere there’s a picture of] little kids at a recital
place and we all took from him. I played the “Revolutionary
Etude.” At the age of four I played the piano and I knew what I
wanted to do.
JC: How did you learn to solo?
Barry Harris: I knew when I went to the Westside, some of the
players [like] Willie Metcalf, Clarence Beasley, pianists, could
solo better than me, so when I came back, I got the blind girl Bess
Makras, [who] had a machine that slowed up things and I
borrowed that machine and I learned to solo from that machine.
They [Willie and Clarence] were a little bit older than me. I just
found out I was older than Tommy Flanagan. He always thought
he was older. [I’d go to] Tommy Flanagan’s dances--him and Will
Davis, another pianist--and I would look over their shoulders and
steal as much as I could.
JC: Did you have to pay to get into the dances? Did your mom
give you the entrance fee?
Barry Harris: I worked around a car repair shop. I was the inner
tube repairman. When the inner tube blew out, I changed tires.
And I worked as a soda jerk in a drugstore. I lived right across the
street from it.
JC: Were there juke boxes in the drugstores?
Barry Harris: [Yes but] I had no money to waste on no juke box.
JC: How did you learn songs?
Barry Harris: I never was a good (sight) reader. I can learn a piece
good, but it takes me time. I never heard of that in my life. Write
out your own personal voicings. That don’t mean a thing. Look at
the sheet music. I learned with my ear, sheet music, a lot of
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things, watching people. You all think of voice leading. You got
to grow into something before you use your own voicings. They
don’t know how to play “I Got Rhythm.” You voice it a million
ways because there’s a million ways to play “I Got Rhythm.” You
play whatever your hand falls on. Every time I ever played I
played stuff I never played before and it works because I know the
basic right stuff. This is not a prefabricated thing where you do the
same things all the time. Music is free and beautiful. I don’t have
to sit at the piano to write music, I could write it on the bus or
sitting in the park because I know about music.
JC: Did you ever get together with a bass player, say, to memorize
tunes?
Barry Harris: I had a trio. I must have been pretty
young. Grey McKinney was my bass and John
Evans was my guitar player, and my wife and her
sister and some other ladies they had a trio. We
had a lot of things going on. I wrote trio things
for the singers. We just learned how to play
together, learned about music.
I was in the Northeast HS orchestra I played
bass fiddle. We played classical music. We had
little dances in the school, a bunch of us that were jazz musicians.
Betty Carter used to come to the dances outside the school. Most
people loved dances. She sang Sarah Vaughan songs. Sheila was
in a group with two men. They scatted and sang Skeeter [Spight]
lyrics.
JC: Who did you think was an idol when you were a kid?
Barry Harris: We had an alto player named Cokey,(name was
Kenneth something) he was the greatest as far we were concerned.
We were surrounded by good musicians so we learned to play
good, right. We were kids and we just played jazz, that’s all.
JC: Did you play the Graystone Ballroom?
Barry Harris: I played the Graystone Ballroom because it was a
Barry Harris
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ballroom. I sat in with Bird at the Graystone Ballroom. I think it
was a “C blues.”
JC: When did you first hear Bird?
Barry Harris: A long time ago when I was very young. I fell in
love with that music, that was my love, don’t ask me why, don’t
ask me how I knew. Singing those melodies, ahh! (sings Billie’s
Bounce) cause that’s the way we were. Bird’s music was legible.
The first record I slowed up, Bud Powell was on it. Web City. I
remember that, it was Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, that was the first
solo I learned, Bud Powell. I met him in New York. Joe Henderson
took lessons, Paul Chambers to learn to play the bass, James
Jamison the bass player from Motown, Charles McPherson,
Lonnie, Yusef, we used to rehearse every week, that’s when I
made up the rules. Frank Foster taught us a lot, me and Pepper and
bunch of us. Johnny Griffith, from Motown, Kirk Lightsey, Hugh
Lawson.
I was always practicing. I did not hang out like other people, I
wasn’t a football, basketball, or baseball player. A lot of people
came to Detroit and stayed so they could study with me.
I cannot say the rules I thought up came from Bird and Diz. I
made them up so Yusef, Kiani and myself--so we could practice
good. After I made up those rules, I could hear things better. I
could hear Bird better. I never had perfect pitch, it’s almost as if I
made up the rules thinking ofBird.
JC: You made up certain scales?
Barry Harris: I made up four scales. The Major 6 to diminished
scale, minor 6 diminished, dominant 7 diminished, and dominant 7
flat 5 diminished scale.
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ENGLAND EVENTGIG REVIEW
by John Watson
Band: Dave Lewis' 1 Up.
Venue: Pizza Express Jazz Club
Soho, London, UK. Sunday,
17th June 2012
Dave Lewis is an
experienced and versatile sax
player on the London scene. One
night he can be found performing
with a big band playing Dizzie
Gillespie transcriptions, and the
next with a rock or blues band. However, last weekend I caught
him performing with his own band Dave Lewis’ 1 Up at Pizza
Express Jazz Club Soho (just a street away from Ronnie Scott’s).
Before we go any further; some ofmy American friends laugh
when I mention “pizza” and “jazz” in the same sentence. However,
Pizza Express has been putting on live jazz since the 1960’s and
continues to host gigs in several venues in London and across the
UK. The Soho venue is in the basement of the main restaurant and
holds about 100 people.
Back to Dave Lewis’ 1 Up: the band opened their set with a
Crusaders’ piece entitled "Stomp and Buck" (rather suitable as
Dave cites the Crusaders as one of the main inspirations for the
band). The band was then joined by vocalist Polly Gibbons in the
first of several originals by Dave Lewis and Fi Carrioll entitled
"Turn It Around." Polly’s husky voice perfectly suited the line-up
whether on funky numbers or more sensitive ballads. Sean
Hargreaves was an unobtrusive but very supportive accompanist
on both grand piano and electric (Wurlitzer). Sean studied briefly
with the late, great Oscar Peterson. Mike Outram (electric guitar)
played some amazing solos and bassist Neville Malcolm got the
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John Watson, Pianist, Arranger,
Musical Director, Singer
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chance to shine in "East Coast Strut" ( another funky Lewis
original). American drummer Rod Youngs certainly kept the
energy going and was perfectly complimented by percussionist
Pete Eckford. I was seated near Pete and couldn’t help noticing
how he never over-played and yet got it just right for every
number (like a first take in the studio).
As for the leader of the band; Dave moved effortlessly from
funk to ballad to blues. Talking ofwhich, his solo in "Dr.
Feelgood" really brought the house down. I asked Dave what were
his personal influences and he listed Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley,
Stanley Turrentine and Junior Walker as saxophonists he admired.
If you would like more information on Dave Lewis' 1 Up go to:
http://www.davelewis1up.com/ and for more information on live
music at Pizza Express go to: http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/
Line-Up: Dave Lewis (tenor sax); Polly Gibbons (vocals); Sean
Hargreaves (piano/el. pno.); Mike Outram (electric guitar); Neville
Malcolm (el. bass); Rod Youngs (drums);Pete Eckford
(percussion)
Set List: "Stomp and Buck" (Crusaders); "Turn It Round" (by
Dave Lewis & Fi Carroll - title track from previous album); "The
Further You Fall" (by Dave Lewis & Fi Carroll); "Take A LIttle
Time" (by Dave Lewis & Fi Carroll - original)" Dr. Feelgood"
(Aretha Franklin); "Hurt Inside" (original);"Deep Underground" (
by Dave Lewis and Fi Carroll); "The Thrill Has Gone" (B.B. King)
"It's A Real Motha For You" (Johnny 'Guitar' Watson); "East
Coast Strut" (original - great bass solo from Neville Macolm);
"Love Gives"; "Ain't It True"; "Rock Steady" – Aretha Franklin.
BARRYHARRISJAZZWORKSHOP
I"ROMASept. 17-21, 2012
Info:A""APA"TUSO
@HOTMAIL.COMTel. : +39 3393383139
QUOTATION:"Practice a Million Hours."
-Junior Cook, Saxophonist
"You can't take offwithout a
launching pad."
-Lonnie Hillyer, Trumpeter
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by JoeMagnarelli
My Old Flame:
Songs: My Old
Flame, I’ ll Be
Seeing You,
Highbridge,
eracism, The
Duke, Blues for
‘Skee” (Dennis
Irwin), When
Your Lover Has Gone, Bilbao, McChesney Park.
With Quintet & 16 Strings. Quintet Personnel: Joe Magnarelli,
T, Jimmy Wormsworth, D, Rick Germanson, P, David Wong, B,
Dick Oatts, S, Peter Bernstein, G, Vince Cherico, D, Wilson
“Chemo” Corneil & Daniel Sadownick, Percussion. Arranger:
Marty Sheller. Released in 2010.
My Old Flame, a recording with strings, was about a two year
process. Being a fan ofClifford Brown with Strings, and of course
Charlie Parker with strings, I had imagined myself in that context
for many years. But, actually thinking about making it happen
started in 2008, I have a good friend who plays violin, Efrat
Shapira, she started turning me on to the Emerson String Quartet,
and Bartok string quartets, and she was encouraging me to do
something with strings.
My Old Flame was a project that took about two years to
complete.
I was studying ( and still am) out of orchestration books at the
time, 2008, and was putting some 'pads' down on paper to a couple
ofmy favorite ballads. I realized then that my own writing would
not be ready for many years. That's when I called Marty Sheller,
my friend, and someone I had worked for in the recording studio.
A great orchestrator and composer, and very well known in the
How To Make a CD that May Outlive You
Joe Magnarelli
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Latin jazz genre.
I also thought a cd of just ballads was not what I wanted, [and]
Marty agreed, so we included 2 ofmy originals, and, Marty did a
great thing with Dave Brubeck's " the Duke," making it a Cha-Cha.
Overall I think there is a good variety ofmoods on the cd.
I contacted violinist Genice Grice, the wife ofmy good friend
Tony Reedus. She helped organize the string players, since I knew
only a couple, and we did the date all in two days with one day of
rehearsal.
Marty's writing is so beautiful, he created beautiful settings for
all the tunes. We had the easy part, just play and have fun.
The months preceding the recording, I spent a lot of time
practicing, and memorizing the string parts. Not only did I feel
more connected at the date, but I learned so much about
orchestration.
It was a learning experience, producing, contracting, playing
and composing. See JoeMagnarelli. com
“The UnforgettableHampton Family”
Director of Emmy Award WinningFilm Talks About Hampton
FamilyPart I: Note: The African
American territory bands from the
1920’s-60’s disseminated jazz
throughout the Midwest. There
were Caucasian territory bands but
not primarily in that section of the
country. There were a few
integrated bands like The
Sweethearts ofRhythm. In the
1920’s, territory bands travelled by
station wagon with another vehicleDawn Hampton & Julie Cohen,
holding an Emmy Award
JAZZ HERITAGE
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behind. There were 900 dance
bands in 1924, providing jobs
for 7,200 musicians. The
Hampton Family Band has
produced 80 years of
musicians, spanning blues,
swing, bebop. The father,
Deacon Hampton, was a self
taught musician. The mother
Laura played piano. “The
Unforgettable Hampton
Family” breaks away from
many commercial films in the
past, in which scripts portrayed African Americans only in
subservient roles and not depicting their contributions to history.
Director Julie Cohen, an experienced prize-winning
documentarian, shared the story of the making of “The
Unforgettable Hampton Family:”
Julie Cohen, Director [JC]: “I did not know her [Dawn] well
when I started the project. I had earlier done a documentary about
Frankie Manning and in the course of doing that I saw great
footage of the two of them dancing together, and then I saw Dawn
as one of a number of people who danced at Frankie’s memorial
service. And [Dawn] made a grand entrance as only she knows
how to do and seemed like such a remarkable person…
“[Then] I went to a workshop she made on bhangra [dance] and
Dawn was so entertaining on that I knew she would make a
wonderful interview. I had not known until that point about her
wonderful siblings and the family band they had together as
children, and in fact, [that] a number of them had gone on to great
musical careers separately. On You Tube, I was able to find
footage of her sisters in Indianapolis, Aletra and Virtue, (who had
passed away by the time I started the project) on piano and bass
duets. They were extraordinary performers and it was quite
unexpected to see women in their 90’s play the bass with such
verve and style…I was not aware that her brother was Slide
Fans live it up at Dawn Hampton's
birthday party, dancing to the
strains ofGeorge Gee's Swing
Orchestra
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Hampton the prominent
trombonist. That and her own
family story seemed like a strong
basis for a film. I was also
producing for a New York
audience, and Dawn had spent had
own her history performing in
Greenwich Village, and that
opened the door to an interesting
world that I hadn’t known about --
the Gay music scene in 60s and
70s, ofwhich she was a major part.
So we spent some time trying to
find a fan of hers from that era,
that we could interview alongside her. There were three big sit
down interviews, one with her and (her brother) Maceo, (one with)
George Gee, and one with a fan of hers from Greenwich Village
scene, Freeman Gunter. Dawn is the sort of person who has a skill
for interacting with others, so she was good to interview.
“I guess it was sort ofDawn in some ways (who) suggested the
theme in a couple of interviews; in terms of crediting, really, all of
the success, both in terms of public recognition, but also in terms
of personal satisfaction, tying [that] back to her extraordinary
father, (Clark Deacon Hampton) and his attitudes towards his own
life and family. Despite coming from extremely difficult
circumstances, having almost no money and being African
American at a time when that would raise huge barriers to
education, professionally, [in] almost every area of life, even
without any formal education, [Deacon Hampton] had an agenda
that he put forth himself for his wife and kids. ‘ I have a plan of
how my kids are gonna make it in this world, through becoming
performing artists.’ [Deacon Hampton] he did not take the time to
let the kids grow up, he just—‘One way we would lift the family
out of poverty would be through performing, that is one way
whites are able to accept blacks, that would be a way that I can
provide for my family and they can provide for themselves.’
Dawn Hampton dances at Swing
46 recently
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“The father [Deacon Hampton] had
extraordinary talent, but the kids did
not necessarily have it. Slide said he
was not innately talented, [it was that]
he worked hard [at things] that seemed
to come easier to his other siblings’
pure musical talent.
“Dawn has extreme musical talent;
now she does her whistling and
teaching dance, but she was a great
singer, saxophone player, [doubled on]
other instruments, the kids had more
than one, [so they could spell each
other] . Her real talent is as a
performer, which is evident from the
fact that although certain parts have dropped out of her
performing, due to thyroid problems in the 60’s, as she grew older,
singing was not an option, but it was easy for Dawn to shift to
teaching and dancing. Her stage presence was her skill,
captivating the audience onstage. And that goes back to her father
who was teaching her and Maceo (closest in age) how to do
vaudeville performing.
“[He taught them that] In front of an audience you have to give
them a full entertainment experience, and she has a great talent for
public speaking. [for example,] Since the film came out she and I
have done some Q&A’s. She is really good at that, she really
understands how to talk about things that would be of interest to an
audience. She stands up and gestures with her hands until people
really do give her a standing ovation; [or] the way she dresses.”
Dawn Hampton
“Dawn has a complete understanding of performance
magnetism and entertainment. [It is] Not just an act. I have done a
number of documentaries about performing artists, and it isn’t
uncommon [for a person] to be a great performer onstage, but
when the show is over or the camera turns off, the person is not
one who loves interacting with people.
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“But Dawn has the same personality onstage that she has under
the camera. She is very interested in other people, which isn’t true
ofmany people who have star qualities. Every time I see her, she
asks about my husband and about Alex Lowther who was the
editor and field producer on this project. I was impressed with her
on all kinds of levels. She has a huge following, and a lot of that is
that people love her. She is very loveable and she has an attitude
towards life where she is not going to let things get her down.
Seven to eight months ago(?)she was having a problem with
sciatica. She said from the start, ”I’m going to get better.” And
she feels a lot better now.
JazzCulture: Did you travel a lot to make this film?
“Julie Cohen: Yes I travelled but not too much…Herreng, the
dance camp in Sweden she goes to in the summer. . .Alex spent a
week in Herreng shooting that. I also went to Chicago to film a
number ofmembers of the next generation, nieces and nephews,
grand nephews, who carried on the legacy and become music
performers so I was eager to meet a group of them and most live in
Indianapolis or Chicago. Other than that it was [made]mostly [in]
New York.
“The footage ofDawn’s older sisters, who had already passed
away when I started the project -- fortunately WFYI (in
Indianapolis) had covered them pretty extensively. A few years
earlier on the occasion of their doing an album, WFYI had filmed
them doing the album and had a sit-down interview. WFYI
licensed it to us for a reasonable cost. They gave me the field tapes
to watch and pick out and the sisters [Aletra and Virtue] were
terrific in their own right and shared Dawn’s attitude of
enthusiasm. And like Dawn they put a fair amount of cheekiness
and even dirty jokes [into their act] , something you don’t always
expect from a 90 year old woman. They [the sisters] always put on
matching outfits. Dawn’s clothes are one of a kind things. . . but
her sisters … I think one of them can sew. They have hats with
Treble clefs symbols, they had a great sense of style. The nicest
part ofwatching the film with Dawn is seeing how strongly she
reacts to seeing the footage of her sisters talking and performing.
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“There were several pictures of the full family playing at an
early age, and one taken when they were teenagers and young
adults and two or three people that played along that were not in
the family. That was when Dawn was a saxophonist. It’s obviously
a real help when a family has saved newspaper clippings and a
number of people in the Hampton family were great at that. Dawn
had scrapbooks and clippings and so did Maceo and a couple of
her nephews. Piles of stuff that was extremely valuable, nice that
they had pictures of their dad.
"Maceo played trumpet, and was one of the most talented
[musicians] . Although as an adult he became a minister, he told
me the story of during the period when they were playing side
show entertainment at circuses, that because of his dad’s
commitment to educating not only the family, but whatever other
children he met on the road, teaching math, history and English.
[He was] teaching young black children to read, [reading] from
Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. Maceo told the
story of a group of locals coming and try to lynch him [Deacon
Hampton] . They were able to thwart that attack because circus
friends, mostly white, decided they wouldn’t stand for this, and
stood guard at night to prevent people coming to attack Deacon
Hampton. The attackers were unsuccessful.
"The family members have such strong stories and were such
great interview subjects, particularly Dawn, [with] a lot of clear
memories and stories to tell. This family is really extraordinary.
Without being famous (with the exception of Slide), people are
unfamiliar with their story. There was so much good material and
recordings, [so] I was very optimistic that it would come together
as a story that was very entertaining, but has a lot more to it as
well.
“Plans for The Unforgettable Hampton Family? [ I would] like
it to be seen as much as possible. In February, 201 1 it aired in
New York and in February 2012, it aired nationally, on PBS
stations[ throughout the] country. [In] most of the country it aired,
through one of PBS’ national distribution services, and so many
stations got to see it. It has shown at some film festivals as well. I
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know Buddy Steves, (Myron Steves, Jr.) the Houston businessman
and dance aficionado who funded the film, has shown it to the
dance fans who gather for a Lindy Festival every year… [in]
national lindy events and [he has also] has spread the word to the
swing community, which is something I also had not been so
aware of until I did the film about the Hamptons and the earlier
one about Frankie.
"I often do documentaries about people in their 80’s and 90’s
because they have a lot to tell. I actually make a lot of
documentaries about a lot of different kinds of people, and
sometimes I don’t maintain the relationship after the fact, [but]
with Dawn I really, really love her on a personal level, not just as
the subject on camera, [but as] the type of person you’d like to
spend time with. Dawn is interesting on all kinds of levels, and
given her life, I am always impressed by how much she is
interested in others. [She is] really a fun, thoughtful person.
[With] Dawn, I always have fun at a big event or visiting her at
home in the village. “ See DawnHampton on Facebook.comLet's Link/Musician Correspondents
See RickStone.comKuniMikami.com@CD
Baby‐"Hamp's Boogie"Clarence Banks, Count Basie Trombonist,
Private Lessons, 917-428-6746
We rememberDr. Frank Foster:Listen to hisNippon LamentPhoto: Brian
McMillen
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VIBES FOR BOBBYHUTCHERSONat Birdland July 8, starred Jay
Hoggard, Steve "elson, Mark
Sherman, Warren Wolf
Barry Harris Trio VillageVanguard dates:July 17‐22 & 24‐29