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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 19:23:00 +0100
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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
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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