Featured articles from
PRJC's highly acclaimed 12-page monthly newsletter, Tailgate
Ramblings. Copies of back issues, as long as they last, and articles are available. View the Index to Tailgate Ramblings.
Wolverines Romp at Rosensteel!
 From the
April 2009 Tailgate Ramblings
Rosensteel Hall was really rompin in March when PRJC'ers and two dozen or so local swing dancers came to listen to the Wolverine Jazz Band.
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Buck Creek Disbands - “Say It Isn’t So, Guys”
From the
April 2008 Tailgate Ramblings
News that the Buck Creek Jazz Band will soon be closing up shop is being greeted with shock and dismay from one coast to the other. The band has told the world that it will fulfill this year’s commitments and next January’s cruise in the Caribbean, and that’ll be it.
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Miracle in Sound
From the
January 2007 Tailgate Ramblings
What if someone told you you could hear King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band as it sounded in 1923? You’d probably laugh, but the fact is that with the release of the Archeophone 2-CD set, “Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings,” you can now hear this great band very much as it must have sounded at Chicago’s Lincoln Gardens.
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John Wood Remembered
From the March 2004 Tailgate Ramblings
“Old Bones” is gone, but our memories live on. He was an
exceptional musician, and a warm, friendly and humorous person. He was
an inspiration to many of us and a gentle giant of a human being.
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Oh, For A Trumpet!
From the November 2002 and January 2003 Tailgate Ramblings
“So, please won’t you help me owning a trumpet, or even a cornet for a personal use? I beg you a lot. I don’t know, but do it for me, perhaps would you have save my soul in this earth.”
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Heitgers Add Spice at Chattanooga
From the September 2002 Tailgate Ramblings
The recipe for the Chattanooga Traditional Jazz Festival is basically set. But presenters Mike and Astrid Griffin like to tinker here and there to make the final dish even better.
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“Music That Will Set You Free”
Was scheduled
to appear in the October 2001 Tailgate Ramblings
That’s what you can look forward to on Saturday, October 13, when the Independence Hall Jazz Band will hold forth at Rosensteel Hall.
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Cruisin’ Alaska, Groovin’ on Jazz
From the
September 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
The vistas were, in a word, breathtaking. However, Jazz-wise it’s hard to beat the band package on this July’s JazzSea Cruise.
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Arcadians All
From the
August 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
Al Webber, co-founder of the Potomac River Jazz Club, and founder of the Federal Jazz Commission, is alive and well in Arcadia.
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Last Chance Front and Central
From the
July 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
It was a long narrow room. We were on the left, and it took 12 hours after the gig to get my head to look straight, but it was worth it.
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Gene Franklin’s Pier Five Jazz Band
From the
June 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
When band leader and clarinetist Gene Franklin Oliver’s life ended on April 19, the band he originated also died.
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James Reese Europe
From the
May 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
The Post reported that a memorial service was held in February at Arlington National Cemetery for Lt. James Reese Europe, who is buried there.
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Tall Stacks
From the
March 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
Every four years riverboats hailing from all the great river cities steam into the Port of Cincinnati to celebrate the Tall Stacks festival.
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Peabody Ragtime Ensemble
From the
February 2000 Tailgate Ramblings
Going strong for 26 years, the Peabody Ragtime Ensemble is sought after, and you are likely to run across them in many different venues.
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Jesse Stone
From the
November 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Jesse Stone died in April. He was 97.
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HOTS Repeats France Success
From the
November 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
The New HOTS Jazz Orchestra, a 1920s-40s-style little big band based in Herndon,
Va., toured Paris, Normandy, and the Val Du Loire in France during the last two
weeks of June 1999. The band played a series of six engagements in and near Paris,
Rouen, Blois and Fontainebleau while undertaking an ambitious schedule of sightseeing.
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Dude Brown
From the
October 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Don Farwell reports in Bandstand this issue on the passing of former Hot Mustard drummer.
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Sowing the Seeds of Jazz
From the
October 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Dave Burns’ Hot Mustard is one of the longest tenured and most successful of
PRJC bands. Dave, as you might imagine from the band’s recorded
output, is a lover of good songs, and Hot Mustard concentrates on the
presentation of versions of popular songs, not only well-known tin pan alley
output, but of lesser known nice tunes that he has found.
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One Fell Swoop
From the
July 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
A proposed getaway for a trad fan that does not involve a long trek might go like this...
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Making a Federal Case
From the
June 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
The Federal Jazz Commission has not gone unnoticed, and the considerable loyal following that shows up at Col. Brooks on Tuesday nights is aware of its good fortune.
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Hot Trad In Ice
From the
May 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
If you want to enjoy an evening of excellent food, drinks and a different sound of jazz, hit the Ice House when the NTJB is there.
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PRJC Jazz Jubilee Remembered
From the
May 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Judging by the full house and audience enthusiasm, the Jubilee in February was an immense success.
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New Columbia Swings at the Birchmere
From the
May 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
The New Columbia Swing Orchestra, led by Frank Guldseth, appeared at the Birchmere
February 12.
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Good Music is Paramount
From the
April 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Who is the Paramount Orchestra? Those of us who were lucky enough to be there really heard something.
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Marcus Roberts
From the
April 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Influenced by Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington, among others, pianist Roberts’ work is significant.
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Coffee is Hot at St. Elmo’s
From the
March 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
Something pretty special has been going on at St. Elmo’s in Del Ray.
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Buck Creek Opens PRJC ’99 Schedule
From the
March 1999 Tailgate Ramblings
It was almost like the old days at the Springfield Hilton: the Buck Creek Jazz Band on the stand, fans crowding every table, the dance floor beckoning, anticipation in the air.
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