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the Marjean
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Jazz Advocate is the catalyst for our local jazz network. We
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hopefully tell your friends what a good time you had.
That way we keep our beloved jazz going and have a wonderful time
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Cincinnati has jazz too:
Hello again
Ron,
Conrad
Jessee and I made time to run down to CCM to listen to the CCM Faculty
Jazztet performance on 2-19-08. Man-oh-man, 9 jazz performers, many of
which we would have traveled to see if they had been singular
headliners. Rick VanMatre on saxophone, James Bunte on saxophone, Kim
Pensyl on trumpet, Marc Fields on trombone, Jim Smith on guitar, Jim
Connerly on piano, Chris Berg on bass, Rusty Burge on drums & vibes and
John Von Ohlen on drums, whew!! Jazz fans in the Dayton area will
recognize the Dayton influence of Chris Berg & Jim Smith. I could give
a blow-by-blow account of 5 songs in the first set and the 5 songs in
the second set but let me just mention some highlights. Various
combinations of performers occurred throughout the night and only the
last song of the first set was full blown, and I do mean full blown.
Betty My Dear written by James Bunte inspired by his wife was hard
driving bop and some great ensemble work. A great way to finish the
first set. Two of the best songs all night, and there were many, were
small combo efforts. The first was On a Clear Day with a
wonderfully understated solo by guitarist Jim Smith who was accompanied
by Connerly, Berg & Von Ohlen who really made the song swing. Another
was The Best Things in Life are Free with the piano skills of Jim
Connerly filling the auditorium. He was accompanied by Berg & Von Ohlen.
Berg had a memorable bass solo and then Connerly traded fours with the
master of the drums, Jon Von Ohlen. For those unfortunate readers who
are not familiar with Jon Von Ohlen, he was a big band drummer with Stan
Kenton, is still the big band drummer for the Blue Wisp Big Band and has
been described by the late Don Henke as the best big band drummer in the
world. He alone is worth a trip to Cincinnati. The final song I will
mention was also a set closer and ended the evening of spectacular
music, You or No One, a Styne & Cahn song from the 1948 movie
Romance on the High Seas. Rusty Burge wowed the crowd with his vibes
work, Connerly, Berg & Von Ohlen swung like crazy, Fields and Pensyl
traded sixteens and worked their way down, Van Matre stepped up to his A
game on the saxophone and Jon Von Ohlen brought the house down with his
extraordinary drum solo. What a way to end the evening. The crowd was
still standing and applauding like crazy when they turned the house
lights down. One final note, a relative new player in my jazz
experience, was Kim Pensyl. He is a real player and at times makes the
beautiful sounds emanating from his trumpet and flugelhorn sound
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