[Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...

[Bill Dinwiddie]

Hi Robert, (Rob or Bob, perhaps),

I certainly second what Phil has selected as his favorites. In addition I 
would like to recommend his "Turn Me Loose" CD. This has been reissued and 
is available for the price of $9.83 + shipping from this web site,

http://www.oldies.com/search/keywords.cfm?results=keywords&q=Frank+Rosolino&x=15&y=12

Frank sings a lot on this CD, but he is a great scat singer, and he plays a 
trombone solo after every vocal chorus. Hearing Frank sing is a wonderful 
insight to his sense of humor. "Pennies from Heaven" is worth the price 
alone. I think most of us realize now that Frank was probably bi-polar, and 
for every time he was UP, he probably had some times when he was really 
DOWN. The tragedy of his death, and the circumstances surrounding it, should 
be balanced by the great music he left us, which is totally UP. I heard him 
live only once, when he came to Chicago and sat in with Dave Remington's 
band. He seemed very quiet and we almost had to carry him onto the bandstand 
to play, but he sounded great. He was certainly one of a kind.


Bill Dinwiddie
billdin at comcast.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Holland" <publisher at briarmusic.com>
To: "Trb. List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Listening to Frank...


> The list must be getting old and crusty. There was a day when a minor
> conflict about a writer's tone and intent would erupt into a flame war.
> Now, it was resolved handily with a couple follow-up posts. That's
> great. But I can't help wondering (sarcastically) where's the passion!?
> Where's the fire?
>
> Back to Frank Rosolino. I'm not a jazz guy, though I have played in
> lots of big bands. I never made any sort of careful study of it, and
> I'm always among the last to learn things that everyone else seems to
> know since their teenage years. So I only really learned about Mr.
> Rosolino a couple years ago. I'd heard the name, but I wasn't paying
> attention. The Jazz Scene DVD was loaned to me by a friend, and it's
> remarkable. I also bought a copy of Trombones, Inc. when it was
> rereleased on CD last year. The things that really surprised me about
> his playing on that was the amount of bite he gets. I play jazz with a
> lot of bite, but almost all of the groups I've played with are too
> demure for that. They'll play loud as possible (all the way through a
> tune), but they won't play the articulations, especially with
> commitment.
>
> I've been slowly filling in my shelf with CDs of jazz trombonists from
> all over. What's the indispensable Rosolino CD? Or are there several?
>
> Robert Holland, Publisher
> Briar Music Press
> publisher at briarmusic.com
> http://www.briarmusic.com
>
> P.S. Is it appropriate to speak of these guys on a first name basis? It
> seems strangely familiar to me.
>
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