Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade on television, Butch Miles recalled “it was hard to believe but I marched in the Macy's parade with the Charleston (West Virginia) High School Mountain Lion Championship Marching Band 55 years ago. We led off the parade and jumped on buses right after our spot to head for the old Polo Grounds to play the halftime festivities between the New York Titans (later Jets) and Dallas Texans (later Cowboys). Then headed out that night to hear Maynard Ferguson's big band sharing the bill with Buddy Rich's sextet at Birdland. THAT was a memorable Thanksgiving!”
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Stephanie Trick and husband Paolo Alderighi had a scheduled concert in Marcq-en-Bacoeul, a suburb of the City of Lille in Northern France canceled the day after the November 13 terrorist attack in Paris.
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The Colorado Springs Jazz Party in November reported a 20% increase in attendance over 2014. “If we get another 50 people, we’ll need a bigger room,” says energetic committee member Jan Ostrom.
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The offices of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society are now located at 301 North 10th Street, Sacramento CA 95811. The phone number remains the same: (916) 444-2004.
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Our good writing buddy Cam Miller recently took a spill in his driveway that put him in the hospital for a week. He is current rehabbing in a skilled nursing f
