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SCHULZ FRISCO JAZZ BAND RETURNS
AS SEXTET AND WITH UPCOMING
RISING STAR AS NEW REED MAN
September 2013 Volume 38, Number 07
By Rod Belcher
The onset of autumn brings on a new season of PSTJS monthly
concerts, with–as usual–Bob Schulz and his Frisco Jazz Band offering a top-drawer curtain-raising attraction Sunday, September 15.
Bob’s group has been our opening act for many seasons and always draws the plaudits of our jazz-hungry audience for its musicianship, both individually and ensemble-wise.
This year Schulz’s band will be in sextet form, with players from California, Chicago, Texas and British Columbia imported to make up a truly all-star aggregation.
The newest addition is clarinet/sax virtuoso Evan Arntzen. He’s the one from BC. We’ve watched and heard him grow remarkably for several years since playing as a teenager with various Canadian festival groups. He’s now more of an “old pro” having performed with many highly-rated outfits, including Jim Cullum’s band down San Antonio way.
Bob’s Frisco Jazz Band for our September 15th date (as well as a previous night’s 4:30 to 8 p.m. gig at the New Orleans Restaurant in Pioneer Square) also includes swinging pianist Ray Skjelbred, from close-by Lake Forest Park; Tom Bartlett, trombone, and Mike Walbridge, tuba, both from Chicago. Drummer Hal Smith checks in from Texas. Missing from the usual Frisco bunch is banjoist Scott Anthony, who is not available to make the trip north from his Bay Area home. That leaves Schulz as the lone California resident in the sextet.
Bob himself is a great Seattle-area favorite for his driving lead-horn work, vocals, and pleasant emcee style on the bandstand.
WHERE: Ballard Elks Lodge, 6411 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle.WHEN: 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 15ADMISSION: $12 PSTJS members; $15 non-members. Pay only at door.FURTHER INFO: Carol Rippey, 425-776-5072. Or - website: www.pstjs.org. Plenty of free parking; great view. Coffee, snacks, and other beverages available..
Above: Bob Schulz
Jazz Soundings September 2013
BELLINGHAM TRADITIONAL JAZZ SOCIETY 1st Saturday 2 - 5 pm VFW Hall 625 N. State StSept. 3 Bob Storms B’ham Dixie AllstarsOct. 1 Red Beans & RiceNov. 5 Updown LowdownDec. 3 Company B
GRAND DOMINION JAZZ BANDSept. 6 - 8 “Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival” - Penticton, BC, Canada www. pentasticjazz.comSept. 27 - 29 “Vancouver Dixieland Society - Jazz Band Ball” - Pacific Inn in White Rock, BC www.vcn.bc.ca
GLENN CRYTZER AND HIS SYNCOPATORS1st Sunday and 3rd Wednesday of the Month 9:30 pm -12:30 am Century Ballroom 915 East Pine Seattle, WA, 206-324-7263
NEW ORLEANS QUINTET Mondays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, New Orleans Restaurant, 114 1st Ave S., Seattle, WA 206-622-2563
GREATER OLYMPIA DIXIELAND JAZZ SOCIETY 2nd Sunday 1:00 – 4:30 PM Elks Club 1818 4th Ave, Olympia, WA
PEARL DJANGOSept. 13-14 7 – 9 pm Tagaris Winery 844 Tulip Lane, Richland, WA 99352; Reservations: 509.628.0020
UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BANDSep 27-29 Vancouver, B.C. Dixieland Jazz Festival Pacific Inn White Rock, BC www.vcn.bc.ca
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Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society
19031 Ocean AvenueEdmonds, WA 98020-2344425-776-5072 www.pstjs.org
UPCOMING EVENTSElks Lodge, Ballard, 6411 Seaview Ave N.W., Seattle
Oct 20 Black SwanNov 17 Evergreen ClassicDec 15 Ray’s First Thursday BandJan 19 Uptown LowdownFeb 16 Ain’t No Heaven SevenMar 16 Crescent City StompersApril 27 Sidewalk StompersMay 18 HolotradbandJune 15 New Orleans Quintet
PRESIDENT Judy Levy [email protected] 425-890-6605VICE PRESIDENT George Swinford [email protected] 425-869-2780SECRETARY Cilla Trush [email protected] 206-363-9174TREASURER Gloria Kristovich [email protected] 425-776-7816
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joanne Hargrave [email protected] 206-550-4664Leroy Johnson [email protected] 206-772-4378Jan Lemmon [email protected] 425-776-9763Edmund Lewin 360-297-6633Gary Lydum [email protected] 206-719-3955 George Oelrich [email protected] 360-793-0836 Carol Rippey [email protected] 425-776-5072Jack Temp 425-242-0683
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Carol Rippey [email protected] 425-776-5072
EDITORAnita LaFranchi [email protected] 206-522-7691
Gigs for Local Bands
On Your Dial........Saturday7 - 12 pm Swing Years and Beyond KUOW 94.9 FMSunday3 -6 pm Art of Jazz, Ken Wiley, KPLU 88.5 FM
JAZZ SOUNDINGSPublished monthly except July and August by the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society.Anita LaFranchi, Editor, [email protected] must be submitted in a jpeg or PDF format Payment in advance to: Gloria Kristovich, P.O. Box 373, Edmonds, WA 98020-0373
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To the PSTJS,
Thank you so much for the scholarship to Jazz camp! I had a wonderful time! All of the instructors were amazing and even those instructors, who were designated to groups other than mine, went out of their way to assist me. This is a great camp and an amazing opportunity for musicians of any sort on any instrument to learn, progress and perfect their skills. Once again, thank you for the scholarship! I learned a lot and had a lot of fun and was very inspired to keep playing and practicing.
Sincerely, Caleb Gershon.
Dear members of the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society, I would like to thank you for granting me a scholarship to Camp Heebie Jeebies this summer, I wouldn’t have been able to attend the camp without your help, nor have the amazing experience in which I did. When I first rolled into the camp parking lot after a long drive I wasn’t very excited for the week I had in store. “Band camp” had gradually established a negative reputation in my head and I was not expecting I would have a very fun time. However, after the first day or two I began to feel comfortable and had made some new friends, I was beginning to understand
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Jazz Camp Thank You LeTTers To psTJswhy I came here and what benefit I would gain from the experience. My cabin as well as the whole camp was filled with nice, outgoing people as well as amazing musicians, from which I learned ten times more than I ever thought I would. The staff and instructors were all incredibly kind to me, and made me feel like Camp Heebie Jeebies was my home. I am a trumpet player, and with all of the time I spent playing that week I learned more about my instrument and myself as a musician than I ever have before. This opportunistic exposure to traditional jazz absolutely blew my mind. I never had played true Dixieland jazz in the past, because of the fact that almost all of my trumpet playing and performing was through school. This week at camp showed me how fun traditional jazz is, and it made me realize how jazz has developed and changed from its original roots. I met amazing people, made incredible friends, and changed my perspective of music. The way I play, listen to, and enjoy jazz will never be the same and I have only Camp Heebie Jeebies and you to thank for that. This summer camp has proven me wrong, and has corrected the way that I see band camps in general. It is maintaining tradition and reminding people of how marvelous Dixieland jazz truly is. Once again thank you so much, I can promise that Camp Heebie Jeebies will be seeing me next year, as long as I’m not in Europe playing in concerts at the time, in which there is nothing I can do. A special thanks to Judy Levy for encouraging me, pushing me in this direction, and teaching me some swing dance moves as well. Long live traditional jazz!
Sincerely, TJ Rutter
Dear Members of the Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society,
I would like to thank you for letting me go on this awesome excursion into traditional jazz. When I first got there the weather was really nice and the people seemed friendly. Also at first when I first heard that it was a traditional jazz I wasn’t too excited because I never really liked it, but after this camp I really enjoy it and I listen to it all the time. Curriculum at the camp was a lot but it made my chops a lot stronger and now I’m able to play for long amounts of time. Sight reading music was always a little bit of a struggle for me but from the camp it got a lot better and since we had theory classes I know a lot more about music than I did before. So I would just like to say thank you again for letting me go on this awesome experience and I would definitely do it again.
Sincerely, Thomas Medak
Dear PSTJS,
Thank you very much for continuing to send me to Camp Heebie Jeebies for the past 3 years, and every year is better than the last. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to spend such quality time with the best instructors I have ever had, and thank you for organizing this every year and making it possible. I know that I
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A BIG THANK YOU!Special thanks to these P.S.T.J.S. members for sponsoring the Bob Schulz Jazz Band.
JIM & MARILYN ALLANROD BELCHERTHERESE BERGDENNIS & BARBARA BREWERWILLIAM & ANNABELLE CABLELARRY CANNONGEORGE & LIND CARRBEN & IRMGARD CASTLEBERRY PETER & CHLOE COMANORJACK & DOTTY COOPERTED & SHIRLEY ELDERMARY JANE ERICKSONJERRY & EVA FADERROD & BEV GROSSO
JOHN HEINZBOB & SYLVIA HUBBERTJAN JAMESRAY KINGPETER KOKJUDY LEVYEDMUNDE LEWINGARY LYDUMRON & MARIAN MacQUEENDICK & TIP MARTINJ.P.(PAT) MARTINCHUCK & MARGARET MORSEJOHN OCHS & PAMELA BRADBURNDOUG PARKER
H.B. PEMBERTONGEORGE & ARLENE PETERSONVERN & LAUREL REDECKERCAROL RIPPEYBOB ROGERSTERRY ROGERSMARILYN STAUTERGEORGE & PAT SWINFORDJACK TEMPJIM WALKERBOB WEST
am not the only kid you have sent that is extremely grateful, but camp is always the highlight of my year, and I look forward to it all year long. Once again, thank you for making it all possible, and for choosing to send me this year.
Thank you so much, Adam Gill
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FROM the PREZ!
Here we are at the beginning of our 2013-14 Jazz year. Ten Sundays, September through June. As always we will have the Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band playing for us September 14 and 15. And a big Thank You to all of you who helped sponsor the band again this year. We couldn’t present this awesome band without your help.
Jazz Camp was absolutely fabulous this summer. The weather was perfect and the students jumped right in to learn more about their instrument(s) and also music theory, as well as work with other students in their small “trad” bands and play under the grand direction of Sanford Feibus in the three Big Bands. The Friday
evening performance was spectacular. We sponsored five young men, two new students and three returnees. You’ll find their pictures along with their Thank You notes to the members in this issue. They are very aware of the fact that if it weren’t for our members buying raffle tickets they wouldn’t be at camp. Many thanks to all of you for your continued support. Camp Heebie Jeebies has a wonderful colorful website: www.campheebiejeebies.us. Check it out.
That’s it for me, hope you all had a wonderful summer and are looking forward as I am to another ten Live Jazz Sundays. Together, we’re Keepin’ Jazz Alive. Cheers, Judy
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AIN’T NO HEAVEN SEVEN Leader: Terry [email protected] 206-465-6601COAL CREEK JAZZ BAND Leader: Judy Logen, 425-641-1692 Bookings: [email protected] DE LUXE Bookings: Candace Brownwww.combodeluxe.net [email protected] 253-752-6525CORNUCOPIA CONCERT BAND Leader: Allan Rustadwww.comband.org 425-744-4575DUKES OF DABOB Bookings: Mark Holman, 360-779-6357, [email protected]. DUWAMISH JAZZ BAND Bookings: Carol [email protected] 206-932-7632FIRST THURSDAY BAND Leader: Ray Skjelbred,[email protected] 206-420-8535FOGGY BOTTOM JAZZ BAND Leader: Bruce Cosacchi360-638-2074GRAND DOMINION JAZZ BAND Bookings: Bob [email protected] 360-387-2500 holotradband Leader: Dave Holo email: [email protected] HOT CLUB SANDWICH Contact: James Schneiderwww.hotclubsandwich.com 206-561-1137 HUME STREET PRESERVATION JAZZ BANDBookings: Karla West 406-862-3814
JAZZ UNLIMITED BAND Leader: Duane [email protected] 866-337-2111JAZZ STRINGS Bookings: Candace [email protected] 253-752-6525LOUISIANA JOYMAKERS! Leader: Leigh [email protected] 604-294-9464THE MARKET STREET DIXIELAND JASS BANDAnsgar Duemchen: 425-286-5703 Tim Sherman 206-547-1772www.marketstreetdixielandjass.com MIGHTY APHRODITE Co-leaders: Bria Skonberg, Claire McKenna [email protected] 405-613-0568NEW ORLEANS QUINTET Leader: Dave Holowww.neworleansquintet.com email: [email protected] JAZZ BAND Manager: Randy [email protected] 206-437-1568RAY [email protected] 206-420-8535RONNIE PIERCE JAZZ [email protected], 206-467-9365UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND Leader: Bert [email protected] 425-898-4288WILD CARDS JAZZ Leader: Randy [email protected] 206-437-1568
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