Woody Herman late Herd lead players
I had the pleasure of seeing the Herd several times in the 1980's, with Brian MacIntyre (sp?) on lead. He was excellent. That was a swinging band. George Rabbi played solo trumpet. He was featured on...
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I guess the confusion about the "last Lead player" is that I was on the band when Woody was still alive but not on the tour. Woody was getting better, and few times wanted, and was going to get back...
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I was in KS in the mid-late 1980s and the Herman band showed up quite a lot. I saw them once when Woody was sick and word had not gotten out that he wasn't going to show. I knew one of the promoters...
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I too saw the Herman band in 1987 in Oakland when word had not gotten out that he was sick and and would not be there. Eric was there however and sounded great!
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Someone asked who preceded Roger, and I think it was Don Downs, who was on around 84-85. I think Byron Stripling was also on in 84 before him. Downs wasn't on any albums, but he did appear on a PBS...
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My mistake! I've been talking about the Guy Lombardo band all along! (wrong final lead trumpet, wrong lead trumpet from when I did see them, wrong bari sax) So then I realized, it was the Guy Lombardo...
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I could have my dates skewed but I think it was Dan Fornero who preceded Roger on the Herman band. According to his bio, he was on the band for a year sometime after 1982.
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There may have been other players in the early to mid 80s, but I do know that I saw Don Downs with Woody during my senior year of high school, which was 84-85. He was also on the PBS special with...
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Sometime in the early 80's, I caught a double bill concert at Pier Six in Baltimore with Maynard and Woody. Woody played first with his band. Maynard then came out and was backed by the band. I'm not...
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While on the road with Woody in the summer of 1986, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Eckstine, Joe Williams, and Nancy Wilson came out and joined the Woody Herman Orchestra for a one week string of dates on...
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Frank, I do not remember the Woody/Maynard concert, but I do remember one you and Pete and I attended where he did the handkerchief trick to start Give It One, down at Pier Six, in the mid '80's. I...
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Roger, I stand corrected. Now that you mention it, I also remember Nancy Wilson performing as well. Frank
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Brendon, It's funny you should mention playing there because I came across this photo . .
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No problem Frank. ;-) After all, it WAS over twenty years ago... I'm leaving the country tomorrow for a few weeks. I'll holler at all of you when I get home! Enjoy the rest of the month everyone. Roger
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Didn't Howie Shear play the book in about 1980? He's one of the best players no one knows about.
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You got that right DB. I used to catch Howie in the valley playing with either Les Hooper or Ollie Mitchell. One of those bands had a fun arrangement of In The Mood with Howie soloing and picking of...
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Howie Shear is also teaching jazz trumpet at CSU Northridge.
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The Pier Six concert with Maynard/Woody and Nancy Wilson also had a set by Billy Eckstein, who was in wonderful form for that late in his life. I too remember the giant C at the beginning of Body and...
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I saw Woody and the band with Howie Shear playing the lead book. He (was) is a great player. I had a beer with him afterwards and his advice for building range was to plat the Schlossberg book very...
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I recently stumbled across a graduate school thesis written about the life of Bill Chase: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/43839/A lot of the same information as found in Kevin...
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I hadn't thought about this thread in a long time. I did however see Mike Brignola (not Nick) play recently in his Miami Sax Quartet in the Fall. That is a rocking group, although it lacks a trumpet...
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