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WKHR presents to you compete
interviews with some of our favorite personalities.
You'll need Real
Player to listen to these audio files. Double click on a part
to listen to a portion of the interview |
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Buddy
Greco
Live at Night Town August 2000 |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Part 1 |
Coming Back to Cleveland, Recent Projects,
London Symphony Orchestra, Art Tatum, Jazz Groves CD, Like Young CD,
Sammy Nestico, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Big Bands in Cleveland |
| Part 2 |
Benny Goodman Trip 1949, Toots Thielmans,
The Magic of it All, England, Beattles, Europe, Las Vegas, Lezlie
Anders, Buddy Greco Jr. |
| Part 3 |
Night Town Restaurant |
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Buddy Greco and Lezlie Anders
Telephone Interview November 18,2000
(due to techinical difficulties, the first 5 minutes of the interview
are missing) |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Explanation |
Explanation by Jerry Jelinek on missing
first 5 minutes of Buddy Greco Interview |
| Part 1 |
Peggy Lee project with Lezlie Anders, Scoring
for Films, Performing with small groups versus large groups |
| Part 2 |
Trio coming to Night Town Restaurant, Favorite
Songs and Albums, Johnny Hartman, Nat "King" Cole, Contemporary Singers
who Buddy Enjoys |
| Part 3 |
Greco life on the ranch, Lezlie Anders,
Arthristis Foundation, Contributing to Charities |
| Part 4 |
New Peggy Lee Project Project for Lezlie
Anders, Innovative nature of Peggy Lee's Recording Career, Support
from Peggy Lee's Family, Growing up with Peggy Lee's Music |
| Part 5 |
Night Town Gig on Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 |
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Jack
Schantz
Musical Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Telephone Interview from September 1, 2000 |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Part
1 |
Kenton Concert 9/8/2000 and 9/9/2000,Marilyn
Holderfield |
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2 |
Jack Schantz's Ohio Background, Orrville
Ohio, Playing at Montreux in 1972, Schantz Organ Company, Severence
Hall Organ Restoration, University of Akron Assistant Professor, The
Jazz Unit |
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3 |
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra's 2nd CD - Jazz
Traditions, CJO 1st CD with Sammy Nestico |
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Jack Schantz Playing Background, Tommy
Dorsey Orch., Glenn Miller Orch, Buddy Morrow, People with CJO who
toured with Jack, Musical Influences, Conte Candoli, Tom Harrell |
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5 |
Jack as CJO musical Director, Bringing
in Arrangers, Jack Schantz Speechless CD, Chip Stephens, Music Education,
Stan Kenton's Education Legacy, Stan's Physical Presence |
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Oscar Peterson Christmas CD with Jack |
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7 |
CJO Overview of entire 2000-2001 Concert
Season |
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Jack Schantz Musical Director Ideas with
CJO, Big Band Music as Arrangers/ Composers Art Form, Evolving Music
with Stan Kenton, Frank Foster, Gerald Wilson |
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Thrill of leading CJO, Stan Kenton Legacy
on Big Band Sound, Larry Patch with CJO |
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Maynard Ferguson
Telephone Interview from September 12, 2000 |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Part 1 |
Trip to Thailand, Dennis DiBlasio on trip |
| Part 2 |
New Music in Bands Book, Next Recording
Project |
| Part 3 |
Michael Feinstine CD, Diane Shurr, Tito
Puente CD |
| Part 4 |
Concord Recording Contract |
| Part 5 |
Montreal and Oscar Peterson in youth, Playing
piano and violin, Kiawnis Boys Band, Warm Up Band in Montreal, Boyd
Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Memeber of the "Three Sons" |
| Part 6 |
Fans Confusing Lead Player with Soloist,
Stan Kenton, All the Things You Are, Paramount Studio |
| Part 7 |
Road Life, Bus Traveling, Keeping Music
Fresh, Dr. Bill Lee's Maynard Biography Book |
| Part 8 |
Maynard Ferguson School of Jazz at Rowan
University - Dennis DiBlasio |
| Part 9 |
Europe Audiences versus American Audiences,
Future of Jazz Scene, Ghost Bands, Maynard Ferguson Legacy, Stan Kenton
Ghost Band |
| Part 10 |
Pete Ferguson as Road Manager, India Yearly
Trips, Jazz Educations |
| Part 11 |
High School Audiences, Retirement |
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Marlene and Billy VerPlanck
Telephone Interview from October 7th, 2000 |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Part 1 |
Tour of Japan, England Tour in 2001, Ken
Peplowski All-Stars |
| Part 2 |
Birdland Concerts, Background with Billy
and Marlene, Charllie Spivak, Tommy Dorsey, Night Town Restaurant,
Lakeland Jazz Festival |
| Part 3 |
Musical Style Selections, Picking Songs
to Record, Billy's Style of Arranging, Billy's Feelings on Medleys,
Passion for Music |
| Part 4 |
Musical Influences and Growing up for Marlene |
| Part 5 |
Billy's Musical Influences and playing
Professionally at age 15 |
| Part 6 |
Changes in Popular Music, Young Musicians,
Diane Krall, Romance and Popular Music |
| Part 7 |
Playing in U.K. versus U.S., My Impetuous
Heart CD, The Pizzarelli Family, Ernie Krivda and The Fat Tuesday
Big Band |
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Johnny
Frigo
Telephone Interview from October 13th, 2000 |
| Part |
Subjects Discussed |
| Part 1 |
Coming to Night Town |
| Part 2 |
Johnny's Musical Upbringing, Chico Marx
Band, Ben Pollack, Mel Torme, barney Kessel, Coast Guard, Al Hague,
Evolution of BeBop |
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Versitality of being a musician, Studio
Gigs in Chicago, Playing Electric Bass versus Acoustic Bass, Developing
Vilon Ability at Airport, Nation Barn Dance, Joe Vito, Playing by
Ear |
| Part 4 |
Playing in Chicago, Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase,
Monty Alexander, "Triple Treat 2&3" CDs Recordings, Recent CD,
Leonard Feather, Johnny Carson Show |
| Part 5 |
Playing Versus Listening to Music, Poetry
and Painting, Mark O'Connor, Arbors Jazz, Recording Projects, Dave
Morgan, Night Town |
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Bill
Lichtenauer
Telephone Interview from October, 2000
Bill is the owner of Tantara Productions. He is dedicated to helping
keep Stan Kenton's musical legacy alive and well. |
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1 |
Background on Revelations CD Set, Finding
material, Development of Tantara Productions, Musical upbrining, Stan's
generosity, professional career |
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2 |
Stan Kenton's radio shows, Concert in Miniatures,
Getting rights to the music |
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3 |
Other releases on Tantara, Tunes and Topics
CD Set, Musicians featured on Revelations Set, Future projects, Contacting
Bill |
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Allan
Harris
Telephone Interview from December 10, 2000
Allan is a talented singer, songwriter and performer. |
| Part 1 |
Night Town, Coming Back to Cleveland, Family
Background, Encouragement from Family |
| Part 2 |
"Love Came" CD, Music of Billy Strayhorn,
johnny Hartman |
| Part 3 |
Maturity of Male Vocalists versus Female
Vocalists |
| Part 4 |
"It's a Wonderful World" CD, Midnight Sun Song |
| Part 5 |
Musical Influences, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn,
Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis |
| Part 6 |
Scat Singing, Variety of music on recordings, "Black
Coffee Blues" song with Ray Brown |
| Part 7 |
European View of Jazz, Government Sponsored Orchestras
in Europe, Music Education and Youthful Musicians |
| Part 8 |
Diane Krall, Tony Bennet, Night Town Gig on Dec. 12 |
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