Great Jazz!
Saturday night we went to the 80th birthday concert put on by Stanley Ross, the leader and trumpeter of the Stompers Dixieland Jazz Band. Stanley comes from Glasgow where he developed an obsession for jazz at an early age and started a jazz band in his teens. Eventually his band toured Scotland and Britain, but he could not make a living from that so he got a job distributing light bulbs. Stanley is also an Orthodox Jew so after retiring he made aliyah and brought his four children here, now he has 22 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren (no wonder the Jewish birth-rate is increasing). His concert was held in the refurbished hall of the Young Israel Congregation in Netanya to a packed audience. Not only is Stanley getting on in years, but three months ago he had a triple bypass operation, but you could hardly believe it as he blew his trumpet with verve last night.
This was a great concert, with a full complement of excellent musicians: Larry Brant, a huge guy from Long Island NY, who played the banjo and the trumpet, and is a musician who can play any instrument; Ed Mishnov from Russia, who played the double bass, and also plays in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Zig Benson, the drummer, who has spun off another band called "Pzazz Jazz" (that we saw at the AACI last week); Roy Rich, an excellent guitarist from Manchester; Evy Tamari, on the piano from Detroit; Amnon Ben Artzi, the Israeli trombonist, who started the band in Israel with Stanley, and who in real life is an engineer; and the diminuitive Jacques Sany, a French soprano saxophonist, who grew up on Sidney Bechet in Paris, and is a renowned artist who plays around the world (he just returned from China) and is known in New Orleans where he has played in the Preservation Hall (see the web for more details).
The total of eight wonderful musicians belted out many old classics (St. Louis Blues, Bourbon Street Parade, Bie meir bis du schone, Bill Bailey) as well as some lesser known ones (Tishomingo Blues). I especially love when the trombone blasts a deep long note and the soprano saxophone comes soaring out thru it. If I have to pick a favorite it was Jaques Sany and Amnon Ben-Artzi playing "Petit Fleur" (this can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJ7WSLG8bU ) what a combination! This was about the fifth time Stanley has had a final retirement concert. Let's hope its not the last.
This was a great concert, with a full complement of excellent musicians: Larry Brant, a huge guy from Long Island NY, who played the banjo and the trumpet, and is a musician who can play any instrument; Ed Mishnov from Russia, who played the double bass, and also plays in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Zig Benson, the drummer, who has spun off another band called "Pzazz Jazz" (that we saw at the AACI last week); Roy Rich, an excellent guitarist from Manchester; Evy Tamari, on the piano from Detroit; Amnon Ben Artzi, the Israeli trombonist, who started the band in Israel with Stanley, and who in real life is an engineer; and the diminuitive Jacques Sany, a French soprano saxophonist, who grew up on Sidney Bechet in Paris, and is a renowned artist who plays around the world (he just returned from China) and is known in New Orleans where he has played in the Preservation Hall (see the web for more details).
The total of eight wonderful musicians belted out many old classics (St. Louis Blues, Bourbon Street Parade, Bie meir bis du schone, Bill Bailey) as well as some lesser known ones (Tishomingo Blues). I especially love when the trombone blasts a deep long note and the soprano saxophone comes soaring out thru it. If I have to pick a favorite it was Jaques Sany and Amnon Ben-Artzi playing "Petit Fleur" (this can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJ7WSLG8bU ) what a combination! This was about the fifth time Stanley has had a final retirement concert. Let's hope its not the last.
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