Also see: Early History of the Galvanized Jazz Band & History of the Galvanized Jazz Band, Part 2: The Millpond Years
After the Millpond Tavern closed in December of 1995 the Galvanized Jazz Band tried a few months of Sundays at “Bill Miller’s Castle” in Branford, CT, which was operated as a catering hall and dance studio. There was an old grand piano, but it was virtually unplayable. Mr. Miller could not understand why we didn’t use it because it had such “beautiful legs.” Because other events in the castle sometimes ran late we often found ourselves waiting outside until after our nominal starting time, and that became more of a problem when the winter weather arrived. So we decided to go to a recording studio and make a CD.
Performing for a crowd of microphones was a new and difference experience. They don’t laugh, shout, clap, or make requests! But after about five hours in the studio and a few more on mixing and editing we had a pretty good recording with Jane Campedelli, Jim Fryer, Fred, Noel, Bill Sinclair, Bob Bequillard, Joel Schiavone, and me. At that time the minimum order for CDs was 1000 copies. We thought we would be selling them for the rest of our lives, but we are now selling re-issues. The title is “Nobody’s Sweetheart” and the cover is a cartoon caricature of the band by Bob Nilson. Bob used to come to the Great Connecticut Jazz Festivals
