progmom on the air - post your jazz requests here

[progmom]

and listen here: www.wemu.org

It's a beautiful day! :bounce:

[Ptah]

1. The last request of mine that you honored introduced me to

Helen Humes.
'Bill Bailey'

I bought the CD "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do"
and I love it.

Now listening to it, I'm eager to hear
something new (to me) that has either
Frank Rosolino - trombone
or
Teddy Edwards - tenor sax..

I enjoy the new-to-me music I hear on your show.

:hi:

Thanks,
Ptah

[progmom]

3. i'd be happy to play some teddy edwards for you!

YAY! Glad you liked Helen Humes! She's fantastic!

[Ptah]

7. Thanks, progmom.

Thirty years ago (yes, I'm that old) I lived in Ann Arbor.
I went to Washtenaw Community Collge on the GI Bill.
I learned a good trade (welding and machining), and
thoroughly enjoyed that part of the world.
I had never seen fireflies.
The autumn colors are spectacular.
As an elective, I took a class in ethnomusicology.
One of the perks was being in a small jazz band, I think about
twenty players. I wish I could remember the professor's name.
The highlight of the year was travelling to the Notre Dame Jazz Festival.
I actually was on stage, in a huge venue.

Any how, your weather report transports me back.

Thanks.

Lou,
Tucson, AZ

[progmom]

10. was the professor Dr. Morris Lawrence?

[Ptah]

12. That very well could be.

I remember him as a man that was in his element,
very happy to be doing what he was doing.

[progmom]

18. if it was him...then you were very lucky

He was a tall, very large black man...would have been in his mid-30s at that point. He had a heart as big as anything. We called him "Doc" - and he was my mentor and like a second father to me.

WCC had a KICK ASS jazz band, especially for a community college. I consider myself lucky that I got to play in that band for a few years.

Doc died suddenly of a stroke on January 1, 1994. I didn't pick up my saxophone for years after that....it hurt too much. :cry:

[Ptah]

22. Your description of him matches my memory.

Yes, it was a very LIVE band.

I'm saddened to learn of his passing.

Thanks for the Teddy Edwards.

:hug:

[progmom]

23. I'm thrilled to meet someone who played with Doc too

:hug:
Here's the one pic I have in my photobucket account of us both on stage at the Detroit Jazz Festival...I'm the one with the saxophone. :)

[Ptah]

24. Small world. That's him!

Edit to add, if you look in the dictionary for the phrase

infectious enthusiasm, you should find his picture.

Thanks again for the stroll down memory lane.

[progmom]

35. yes indeed

he wrote a song for me once. damn i miss him. :(

[Ptah]

36. I googled Doc, WOW!

Washtenaw Community College - Morris Lawrence Building
4700 East Huron River Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Phone: [phone]
Venue Homepage

Description:
Named for longtime music instructor and WCC Jazz Orchestra
director Dr. Morris J. Lawrence, Jr., the Morris Lawrence Building
routinely welcomes visitors to campus for conferences and
performances at its facilities, which include the 495-seat Towsley Auditorium.



He had a good case of infectious enthusiasm.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Hey! It's prog!

:hi:

I like the new site very, very much! It's spiffy! How long's it been like that?

Hmmmmm.....What do I want to hear today?? How about some Bill Evans? Dat possible? :D

Thanks in advance!

:loveya:

On edit: Changed the old mind, there.

I gots to go take a shower, I suppose, so definitely no hurry in getting it on. ;)

[progmom]

4. haha - so Bill Evans now

I'll get that on fairly soon for you. Glad to see you here today! :hug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Oh, fuck.

I have to fly now--won't be back until very much later. So, if you haven't played the Evans yet, you don't have to.

:( :(

:hi:

Sorry!

[progmom]

6. oh darn

nice to see you, even if briefly.
enjoy your day!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

8. Thank you! You too!

:loveya:

[Blue-Jay]

9. How about some Bela Fleck & The Flecktones?

Or something live by MJQ?

[progmom]

11. i would be happy to!

:bounce:

[progmom]

27. oh...so I played a studio MJQ

but you got your Flecktones too. :D

[Blue-Jay]

29. Quite OK.

And thank you very much!

[arwalden]

13. How About... "Straighten Up And Fly Right"

Would the Nat King Cole version be appropriate for your format?

:hi:

[progmom]

20. definitely!

great request!

[arwalden]

31. Whoo Hoo!!

Thank you!! :loveya:

[immoderate]

14. Hi progmom!

I'm checking in from the left coast today. Hope all is well with you.:loveya:

Ach! I missed the Jazz Crusaders!:(

--IMM

[progmom]

30. Hey IMM!!

And I thought of you when I played it. No worries - I will play it again next week. It just got reissued!

[immoderate]

32. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Sound of Slim and Slam in the background...

--IMM

[progmom]

34. wasn't that great?

with Diz and Bird? I love that session.

[Misunderestimator]

15. Can you quit early today so we can go play?

:D

just kidding! Play something sunny, for Harley. :loveya:

[immoderate]

16. Hey Mis --

How is it going?

--IMM

[Misunderestimator]

17. Great!

It's a beautiful day here. How's the left coast?

[immoderate]

25. It's been a bit warm in Southern California.

But nothing I can't handle!:beer:

--IMM

[progmom]

19. i think we should skip painting and go for a bike ride

and Mary wants to hang out tonight, mkay?

[Misunderestimator]

21. Sounds great! On both counts.

:D

[progmom]

26. yay

:bounce:

[Blue-Jay]

28. Not a request, but a question.

I heard a recording years ago of "I Can't Get Started", and for some reason I remember that Stan Getz and Buddy Rich took turns singing it. Do you have that somewhere?

Edit: wrong tags.

[progmom]

33. hmmm...i gotta do some investigating!

:hi:

[Ptah]

37. Thanks for the great show.

Love the web tour of his building:

http://www.wccnet.edu/aboutwcc/collegeinfo/tour/ml.php

[progmom]

38. thank you, ptah

:hug: