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Music Makers -- by Bill Irvin
November 2007
  THE CLUBS' JAM SESSION ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25
DREW A PRETTY GOOD SIZED CROWD.  TWENTY
MUSICIANS ALSO TURNED OUT.
TO OPEN, ALL THE MUSICIANS PLAYED IN A WARM-UP
SESSION.  
   FOR A WHILE THEY HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE FINDING THE RIGHT KEY AND
STAYING IN IT.  THEY ALSO PROVED THE ADAGE THAT LOUD IS NOT
NECESSARILY GOOD. THINGS IMPROVED AS INDIVIDUAL SETS WERE ORGANIZED.
   THE MUSICIANS INCLUDED: GLENN FULLER, BILL SMITH, JIM DAVIS AND
STAN EBIN -TRUMPET. AID HARSCH, BARRETT TAYLOR, MIKE KOVACH AND
DAVE SMITH - REEDS.  DENNY SMITH, RED EVANS, MARC BERRIDGE, JIM HRONEK
AND DAVE BAIR ‑ TROMBONE.  BOB BOSTON, JIM EMERT AND BILL PARTHE -
PIANO.  RON BENACH AND RUSS MORTUS - BANJO.  DAVE EVANS - GUITAR AND
EILEEN FREEZE - VOCAL AND UKE. JOE POPCHAK AND JERRY SANDERS - DRUMS.
   SOME OF THE TUNES WERE: "AIN'T MISBEHAVIN", "HARD HEARTED HANNAH",
"I'M CONFESSING" AND TWO SEASONAL TUNES "WHITE CHRISTMAS" AND
"JINGLE BELLS".
   A YOUNG MAN CAME IN AND SAID HE HAD READ ABOUT THE JAM IN THE
PAPER.  HIS NAME WAS JEFF RABAI, AND HE PLAYS PIANO IN THE HUDSON
HIGH JAZZ BAND.  AFTER TALKING TO HIM, HE AGREED TO SIT IN WITH A
GROUP.  HE DID QUITE WELL. HE SAID HE HAD SOME FRIENDS THAT WOULD
PROBABLY COME IN FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
   CAROL  ACOCELLA WON THE 50-50 RAFFLE AND THE AMERICAN RAG
SUBSCRIPTION WENT TO DICK ROBERTS.
Earlville Association for Ragtime Lovers Yearning
for Jazz Advancement and Socialization
EARLYJAS