Bob Florence wrote:
Do you know Ira Liss? It was with his band. Charlie McGhee is the
drummer in question, and having played with a good many good drummers
(including Louie Bellson, Nick Ceroli and Jim Plank among them), I'd
put him in that league.
Not being a regular in Ira's band, I mostly only know the others in
the brass section by name - Tim Hall, Paul Kurokawa, Gary Bucher ...
those guys. Not generally as good as your band, but a pretty decent
ensemble.
cd
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Hi Carl:
The name Ira Liss is quasi familiar. However, I don't know any of the
other names. I was born in LA, grew up here and yet I still meet people
who have been here as long as I. You mentioned the rehearsal being in
Southern California. That's a big area. What part of So. Cal.? There are
so many great musicians in LA county and Orange County. I know many of
them. However, I live in Ventura County which is 40 miles northwest of
downtown LA.
We're in San Diego. I met Ira while playing with Bill Yeager's L.A.Jazz
Workshop Band, and later when Bill moved to San Diego State U. Paul
Kurokawa (aka Paul Seaforth) used to be a major east coast trumpet
player, and now teaches here. Tim Hall is no Bill Reichenbach or Rich
Bullock, but is a serious bass 'bone player. Gary Bucher is another of
many former navy musicians who retired here - one of the big advantages
of San Diego. We get a lot of cats here who play very well, but don't
want to even try the jungle up in L.A.
Ira is probably most memorable for being a 6'10" tall bari sax player. :)
There are oodles of fantastic musicians within 150 miles of here, of all
sorts and genres, and in almost 40 years of playing, I've only met
probably 15-20 percent of them. But strangely enough, in any one
geographic area (defined within California as 'within easy driving
range') there's always the same few dozen who get all of the work,
mostly because they're more reliable.
Thanks to all of the rest of you for putting up with this diversion.
All a part of the business of being a musician. :D
Bob Florence: and now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
And with (almost) no commercials!
Carl
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