[Trombone-l] Woody Herman V ideo

[ALEX ILES]

Trumpet player Denis Dotson [on this video] commented...

>  Personnel was: Sal Spicola, Frank Tiberi, Gary Anderson (tenors), 
> John Oslawski (bari); Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh, Vaughan Wiester 
> (trombones); Bill Byrne, Nelson Hatt, Jeff Davis, John Hoffman, Dennis 
> Dotson [that's me] (trumpets); Lyle Mayes (piano); Kerby Stewart 
> (bass); Steve Houghton (drums).
>
> I know it was a winter tour. I thought late '75 but maybe Sal is right 
> and it was early '76.
>
> Dennis Dotson

I saw the band probably 3 times in 76. Denny is correct.

Alex
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On Jan 7, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Denny Seifried wrote:

> Price---If you take a close look at the brand of bass trombone, you 
> will see
> that is an old Olds tuninging-in-slide dependant bass trombone, which 
> Vaughn
> still has in his possession, today. Harold Garrett, at that time 
> period was
> playing on a King Duo-Gravis, if  I remember correctly and I do not 
> believe
> Harold wore glasses, as does the bass trombone player in this video, 
> which
> Vaugh, did at that particular time in his life, as he does in 2007. I 
> am
> guessing at the other two players; but, that is no guess at who is in 
> the
> bass bone chair!
>
> I watched it a second time----that is Vaughn Wiester on bass 
> bone----I'll
> bet my Elkhart 62H on it!
>
> Denny Seifried
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Price Taylor" <pricetaylor at comcast.net>
> To: "'Bill Dinwiddie'" <billdin at comcast.net>; "'List Trombone'"
> <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Woody Herman V ideo
>
>
>> If this was the same band as the one who recorded it on "Giant Steps" 
>> then
>> it is Jim Pugh on lead, Geoff Sharp on second, and Harold Garrett on 
>> bass
>> trombone (just looked on my CD cover).  I recognize Jim Pugh, 
>> although I
>> bet
>> all these guys have 10% of the hair that they had then!  The "Giant 
>> Steps"
>> recording won the Woody Herman band a Grammy Award in 1973.
>>
>> Another YouTube poster thought it was Dale Kirkland, Jim Pugh and 
>> Vaughan
>> Wiester on trombone.
>>
>> At any rate...I counted 3 bone players and this was definitely the 
>> same
>> arrangement/time period as was recorded on "Giant Steps."
>>
>> The Chick Corea composition and subsequent arrangement and 
>> performance by
>> the Woody Herman band is definitely one of my favorites from the 70s 
>> and
>> was
>> an inspiration to our high school jazz ensemble.
>>
>> Price
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu
>> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Bill
>> Dinwiddie
>> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:54 PM
>> To: List Trombone
>> Subject: [Trombone-l] Woody Herman V ideo
>>
>> Here's a very exciting Woody Herman video from YouTube. Recognize 
>> anyone
>> in
>> the 'bone section? Nice tempo! Those great road bands played together 
>> so
>> much they couldn't help but get tight, even at these tempos.
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AHpvOwejAY
>>
>> Bill Dinwiddie
>> billdin at comcast.net
>>
>>
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