[Shotimes] OT great concert tonight, Bobby Shew

[Jason Hartberger]

I used to play in a Jazz band, trumpet. I've played the trumpet now for 9
years... I play everything from Holst to Sousa to Davis (miles). Also a huge
fan of stuff like Count Basie and music like that. Half of my 45 gig music
collection is jazz; the stuff just moves me... dunno why. I go to every
concert I can, but there aren't that many in the area right now.. gotta wait
til summer!

Jason



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "`V6 SHOtimes" <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>; <v8sho@v8sho.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:46 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] OT great concert tonight, Bobby Shew


> I know there are some jazz fans on the lists, and tonight I
> went to a very good concert.
>
> Illinois Central College Jazz band opened up with a 40
> minute set of very good music for a small junior college.
>
> Feature was trumpet great Bobby Shew with the Illinois State
> University Jazz band.  They did 90 minutes of very good,
> very complicated big band jazz.
>
> Bobby Shew played with most of the major big bands, also,
> like most great musicians that never hit the really big
> time, spent a lot of time playing screaming trumpet for
> music tracks, including for the Muppet Show.
>
> He told a story about being in a house band in Vegas some
> years ago where all the band was so bored with the
> "headliner" and they were just wishing that nobody would ask
> for an encore.  But sure enough, the star left the stage and
> as the band was playing out the last bit of music and
> looking forward to getting to dinner (first show of two each
> night) eight people right in the front stood up and with the
> typical herd instinct, the rest of the audience, already
> filing out, stopped and applauded.  The headliner bounced
> back on stage and the band played one or two more songs.
>
> Second show that night, the same exact thing
> happened........with the same EXACT 8 people in the front!
> Turns out that this headliner paid these people 20 bucks a
> night plus a couple beers (and of course free tickets) to
> sit there and insure that there was an encore and standing
> ovation!
>
> Bobby let it slip that the "headliner" was Wayne Newton.
> Bobby also said that if that was the best job (encore shill)
>   someone could get, having to listen to Wayne 20 times a
> week or more....he would just jump off a cliff!  :)
>
> Shew played with delightful precision and joy, with soaring
> highs accenting a light touch with the trumpet and
> fluegelhorn that most players never have.  At one point he
> was noodling around with some low notes and just hit a rapid
> fire blast up to kissing off on some incredibly high note,
> all at a volume that made you lean forward to catch every
> neuance.  IT almost lifted me involuntarily out of my seat!
> and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
>
> This was their THIRD concert thursday, and they will do more
> on Friday, then there will be an all day jazz festival on
> the campus of ISU in Normal, IL. capped off by the ISU Jazz
> band with Bobby Shew in a longer and more involved double set.
>
> IF you are near central Illinois and love Jazz, try to make
> emergency plans to see them this weekend, I may try to go
> and see them again.  Big band jazz is so rare these days,
> that you must take advantage when you get the chance.
>
> Now back to our regular car talk.
>
> Don Mallinson
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