Dec. 27 B-days

[Ron Hearn]

Mike Altschul, tenor sax, 1945

Mike Barone, trombone, leader, arranger, 1936

Eric Breeze, trombone, trumpet, vocal, 1912. (d. ?)

Peter Chapman, bass, 1937

Sam Coslow, songwriter, 1902 (d. Apr. 2, 1982)

Bill Crow, bassist, author, 1927

Dardanelle, piano, vocal, vibes, leader, 1917 (d. Aug. 8. 1997)

Willie Foster, violin, 1888 (d. ca. 1959)

Johnny Frigo, bass, violin, vocal, leader, composer, 1916 (d. July 3
or 4, 2007)

Bunk Johnson, trumpet, 1889 (d. July 7, 1949)

Gyula Kovacs, drums, 1929

T. S. Monk, drums, 1949

Walter Norris, piano, 1931

Eddie Wilcox, piano, arranger, 1907 (d. Sept. 29, 1968)

Booty Wood trombone, 1919 (d. June 10, 1987)

ron

[Loudon Briggs]

Ron Hearn <rwh...@shaw.ca> wrote:

>
>Johnny Frigo, bass, violin, vocal, leader, composer, 1916 (d. July 3
>or 4, 2007)
>

>ron

Every year, I post this poem that Frigo wrote... it perfectly
expresses how I feel about jazz. I liked his musicianship too! :)

LIVE JAZZ

Somewhere in the silent ether,
Orphaned by the ear,
Floats every note was ever played
That we no longer hear.

The iceberg tip of tape and disc
We resurrect at will,
Is but one note in millions
Drowned and ever still.

True-- the ink, the quill and paper
Genius put to use
Still comes alive in concert halls
In reverence-- or abuse.

But what of every masterpiece
That died while being born,
Through smoke and booze in gin mills
>From piano and from horn?

For every Monk and Coltrane chorus
Ever put to tape
Are millions, more profound by far,
That made their sad escape.

Those instant creativities,
Confetti-ed in the air--
Lost to all the world, save for
The few who heard them there.

Johnny Frigo

Unquote

--
Loudon Briggs lar...@bbz.net Phoenix, Arizona, USA)