Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for sharing your happy memories with me Jim, Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 19 May 2013, at 19:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Our arrangement had a contrasting passage for oboe. I was also asked to > play bassoon with the college concert band one season. That was a REAL > challenge. > > As for the long hours, I ended up managing a 24-hr-a-day testing > operation, so long hours, and midnight returns to work were just a part of > the job. It's hard to believe that I have been away from that for more > than 20 years. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim > > >> Alto and clarinet or baritone are fairly common, but oboe is an unusual >> one. 'Begin the Beguine' is of course a classic Arty Shaw number and, >> although I don't know for sure, I would have thought that would have been >> played on the clarinet rather than the oboe. >> >> The long hours of a music career coupled with the constant touring >> certainly take their toll, and I think you probably made a wise decision. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> On 19 May 2013, at 17:36, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi Gerry, >>> >>> It is an alto, my primary instrument. I also played clarinet, and even >>> oboe, for a "Begin the Beguine" number. Later, as folks graduated, I >>> switched to baritone, which was a lot of fun. >>> >>> No, I haven't played in years. I figured that music was a hard way to >>> make a living, unless you were quite talented. I put my Engineering >>> degree to work. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at >>> me.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:32 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim >>> >>> >>>> That is great Jim. I am assuming that you mean 4th right as I look at >>>> it. That looks like an alto, but the angle makes it a little difficult >>>> to be sure. The guy to the left of you looks a bit like Gerry Mulligan. >>>> Do you still blow? >>>> >>>> Happy days! >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> >>>> On 19 May 2013, at 07:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gerry, >>>>> >>>>> All I have from those days are scans from 8x10 glossy prints, shot >>>>> with a Speed Graphic and large flashbulb. This is poor quality, but >>>>> gives an idea of our band during my early college years. I'm 4th from >>>>> the right, front row. This was a typical college sorority dance. >>>>> >>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at >>>>> me.com> >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:16 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Jim >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for your comments, and I wish I had been around to hear your >>>>>> band it those days. With that line-up in a college cafeteria you >>>>>> wouldn't have needed much sound equipment. Sounds a very similar >>>>>> grouping to orchestras like Woody Herman, who I saw twice here in the >>>>>> UK. I think the high cost of travel probably killed that era of music >>>>>> off. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerry >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>> >>>>>> On 19 May 2013, at 06:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Gerry, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can't say about the 60s, but in the late 40s - early 50s I played a >>>>>>> number of gigs in college cafeterias where we set up at one end >>>>>>> against a brick wall like that, and photos would have been very >>>>>>> similar to yours. Of course, we were much less well endowed with >>>>>>> sound equipment. ;~) (Five saxes, six brass, four rhythm) The >>>>>>> advent of small combos then killed off the big bands. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at >>>>>>> me.com> >>>>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:26 PM >>>>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is from a recent soundcheck, and the bass player is Reid >>>>>>>> Anderson of The Bad plus. I wanted to try and create a 1960's feel. >>>>>>>> The shot was taken on the X-Pro1 with the 35mm lens at 3200iso and >>>>>>>> then processed through SEP2. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/The+Bass+Player.jpg.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information