WHERE FRIENDS and JAZZ MEET...Newsletter Volume XVI I I Number I January 2017

SMUGTOWN STOMPERS with

CAROL MULLIGAN January 16th at the

Radisson

Decades & Decades. Band Assembled 1957, then adver-

tised at Hokie’s Place on Scottsville Road in 1958. The

players change; the music from those 78RPMs carries on.

Publication 1957

BOARD of DIRECTORS Meeting, January 9th, 7pm, Kathie & Kent Campbell’s house FLOWER CITY JAZZ SOCIETY www.flowercityjazz.org Board of Directors ( names with “ * “ )

President: Kathie Campbell* 248-5864 Vice-President: Kay Salerno* 442-1076 Secretary: Jeanne Thomann* 227-6684 Hospitality: Kathie Campbell* Treasurer: Dave Sturmer* 381-7603 Membership: Tom & Carol Ireland* 671-3657 Dinner Reservations: Jerry Williams*, 729-6555. See Page Three ( Menu area) Historian: Carolyn Bastian 586-8294

Governance: Jeanne Thomann* 227-6684 Mary Lou Hogle* Robert DeWald* Special Activities: Joilee Mulhern*/Ron Anderson* Newsletter: Dave Sturmer*/Kent Campbell*/Tom Ireland*/Doreena Hames/Kay Salerno* Publicity: Bob Hesselberth*

Flower City Jazz Society formed to preserve & promote Dixieland Jazz in Greater Rochester. [ASCAP Licensee] Membership dues: $15 per person for one year. Dinner-Concerts are third Monday, January through December, at the Radisson Hotel, 175 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY, 14623). FCJS, Inc. c/o Kathie Campbell, 127 Park Lane, Rochester, NY 14625

MUSICIANS IN THE SMUGTOWN STOMPERS. ( see small “italics” added to their “bios” by editor )

Bob Worden, banjo. Bob is the retired V.P. of business research at Eastman Kodak and currently a partner in Blue

Lake Associates marketing and strategy consulting group. His dad’s Dixieland records and banjo lessons (plus playing jobs) with Lloyd Hagadorn, a versatile vaudevillian, started Bob’s development of a strong rhythm banjo style and a keen knowledge of how “this old stuff” should sound. In his second quarter-century with the band, Bob resides with his wife Carol in Penn Yan. He was president of the Keuka Lake Association & Yates County Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Dariusz Terefenko, piano. Smugtown Stompers first met Dariusz in the late1990’s after he became interested in ragtime, and Prof.

Tony Caramia suggested he play with Smugtown Stompers. Dariusz is a tenured faculty member at the Eastman School of Music, where he began his career as a master’s student of jazz piano. After completing his M.M. in jazz piano performance (1998), he enrolled and finished a Ph.D. in music theory (2004) with a dissertation on Keith Jarrett’s Transformation of Standard Tunes. Terefenko has unique, joint teaching appointments in two departments: Jazz & Contemporary Media and Music Theory. His research explores the interaction between classical and jazz improvisation. Terefenko’s piano solo album, Evidence, offers his creative take on favorite jazz standards, jazz instrumentals, and own compositions. His latest duo project, Crossing Paths, features alto saxophonist Alexa Tarantino. The album explores the potential of interac-tive improvisation using lesser-known standard tunes as well as 20

th century post tonal compositions. In 2014, Terefenko

published a book: Jazz Theory – From Basic to Advanced Study (Routledge), which has already been adopted as a re-quired textbook at prestigious music universities in the USA, Canada, & Europe.

Mark Bernard, trumpet. Mark is employed full time at Monroe County Water Authority & operates his farm in Williamson, first for vegeta-

bles & more recently for wine-grapes using varieties pioneered by Dr. Konstantin Frank. In 2015, the Young-Sommer-Winery’s Bernard-Vineyard-

Select Dry Riesling in New-York-Wine-&-Grape Foundation’s competition won “Best Limited Production Wine” award. Born in Buffalo, Mark soon moved to Rochester, NY, where he began his trumpet studies as a young boy. Early influences and later luminaries are many, but the jazz styles of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke continue to provide influence and inspiration. Mark also regularly researches the history of the Band's music.

Carol Mulligan, vocals. Carol sings folk, religious, Irish, pop, and now traditional jazz. In Pittsburgh she started

singing in church, and in Rochester she first joined a folk-singing group at Our Lady of Mercy church. The Stompers first knew her in Mulligan Stew, a group formed in 1975 and popular into the 1980s. She has a long-standing interest in Irish music starting with the trio Mulligan, Dolan, & Parnell and, since 1992, Carol has provided fine jazz vocals for many Stompers audiences.

Al Santillo, drums (& banjo). Al played banjo in both the Upstate String Band and the Stompers & is now the

sparkplug of the Stompers’ rhythm section. Retired from Kodak &also from his own remodeling business, Al’s early music training came from his father, Al Sr., who played tenor banjo on the Keith Vaudeville circuit & in several regional bands.

Dick Stacy, clarinet. Dick has been an immense help to the Smugtown Stompers in the past several years, bringing

his excellent musicianship to many of our jobs at town concerts, bar-rooms, & festivals. Dick received bachelors and masters degrees in music from the Ohio State University. He taught instrumental music in Medina, OH, for 12 years, and then became a high-school principal in Ohio, Illinois, & Rochester for the next 25. His leadership of the Penfield Pops band locally was exceptionally successful. Dick continues to play many musical jobs in the Rochester area, having com-pleted eighteen just this past December.

Bud Taylor, tuba. Retired Kodak inventor and co-developer of 3-D digital-image printing service widely used to-

day. Currently, an engineering consultant in patent searching and writing. After many years in marching bands, Bud joined the Stompers after hearing them at the Last Chance Saloon in downtown Rochester in 1963. He anchors the low-register with his 1912 tuba, combining early players styles with modern phrasing.

Dave Sturmer, trombone, leader. Dave’s high-school/college venues included a local, bi-monthly television

broadcast orchestra, a big “Stan-Kenton” style band, & leading a Dixieland band. With Ph.D. in hand, Dave balanced a research chemist’s career (Kodak) with occasional teaching (RIT) & trombone & music-transcription for the Stompers.

SEND DINNER RESERVATIONS by Friday, January 6th, to reach Jerry by TUES-DAY, Jan. 10th. If check may be late, call Jerry (729-6555), “tell him your dinner order”

THANKS TO RENEWING MEMBERS John Duchnik, Martha Muller, Holl is & Doreena Hames, David & Jane Sturmer

Total enclosed: $ _____ (check payable to FLOWER CITY JAZZ SOCIETY)

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Spouse/Companion ___________________

DINNER RESERVATION for Monday, “January 16th”, 2017

MAIL TO: JERRY WILLIAMS 84 Chippenham Dr., Penfield, NY 14526 (585) 729-6555

Reservation form and payment is due on or before Tuesday, “Jan. 10th”, 2017

MEMBER PROFILE. Jim and Jan Papietro Sheridan Jim and Jan are monthly regulars at JAZZ, and Jan has been for a

long, long time. Both were widowed, found each other, and got married about four years ago.

Jan's first husband, John Papietro, was president of FCJS for five years. Along the way, she was

also the Membership Chairperson of FCJS. Jan says that she has always loved jazz, way back to

when she used to go to the Mardi Gras in Charlotte in the 1960s. She loves to dance, she said.

Jan is an area native and grew up in Webster. She is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo and has a

masters from Nazareth College. She taught school for many years, first in Ontario, NY, and later

at Holy Trinity in Webster. She has two grown children and three grandchildren.

Jim is also a Rochester native, growing up in the Swillburg section of the city. He graduated

from Aquinas in 1954, then went to St. John Fisher College for three years before serving three

years in the Marine Corps. He subsequently worked at Xerox for thirty years, all in administrative positions in their

downtown tower. Jim has two grown sons, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild, with another on the way.

Jim and Jan met through their love of dancing. They are currently in three dance clubs, mostly ballroom, love to play cards,

and are avid attendees at the Shaw Festival and The Jazz Corner at Hilton Head. Written by Ron Anderson

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=>> SEND DINNER RESERVATIONS by Friday, “January 6th”

RATE LAST MONTH'S BAND: O BELOW AVERAGE O AVERAGE O ABOVE AVERAGE

( Roger Eckers Little Big Band)

COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD: ____________________________________________

MENU for MONDAY, JANUARY 16th 5:30pm cheese/crackers social; 6:30pm dinner service

starts; music 6:30pm-9:30pm

PRICE # of MEALS

PRICE X # MEALS

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Drizzled with Balsamic-Honey Reduction served with Mashed Potatoes & chef’s choice of vegetable

$21

Seasoned Grilled Chicken Breast Topped with a Honey Mustard Glaze served with Mashed Potatoes & chef’s choice of vegetable

$21

Baked Penne with Alfredo Sauce with chef’s choice of vegetable $21

Gluten Free choice: Grilled Pork Tenderloin with chef’s choice of steamed vegetable

$21

Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping $4.50

Vanilla Ice Cream with Caramel Topping $3.50

FLOWER CITY JAZZ 2017 Radisson Hotel (Airport) Park in well-lighted area in back of Hotel; Enter thru Doors At Back Of Hotel to Ballroom.

127 Park Lane

Rochester, NY 14625

UPCOMING "FCJS" CONCERTS & OTHER VENUES

FCJS Events are at Radisson Hotel (Airport), 175 Jefferson Rd, Rochester , NY 14623 (585) 475-1910 FCJS times: 5:30pm cheese/crackers social; 6:30pm dinner service starts; music 6:30pm—9:30pm

Queen City Jazz (Buffalo) events: SEAN PATRICK’S in Williamsville, NY. Concerts 5pm New Location Syracuse Jazz (JASS): URIAH’S in Clay, NY at 7990 Oswego Rd(Rte57) few miles north of Liverpool. Concerts 4pm

January 8th

Sunday (QueenCity) Phil Nyhuis’ Queen-City Jacks, BuffaloJazzSoc, 5pm at Sean Patrick’s

January 2017 16th

Monday (FCJS) SMUGTOWN STOMPERS with CAROL MULLIGAN, Radisson

January 2017 22nd

Sunday (JASS) JazzHappens Jazz Band, SyracuseJazz, 4pm at Uriah’s

February 2017 12th

Sunday (QueenCity) Jambalaya, BuffaloJazzSoc, 5pm at Sean Patrick’s

February 2017 20th

Monday (FCJS) ROD HAM’S BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS, Radisson

March 2017 19th

Sunday (JASS) The Little Trio / The Thirsty Rag, SyracuseJazz, 4pm at Uriah’s

March 2017 20th

Monday (FCJS) EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S YOUNG DIXIELAND SEXTET, Radisson

April 2017 17th

Monday (FCJS) BOURBON STREET PARADE, Radisson

May 2017 7th

Sunday (QueenCity) Barroom Buzzards, BuffaloJazzSoc, 5pm at Sean Patrick’s

May 2017 15th

Monday (FCJS) FREDTOWN STOMPERS, Radisson

May 2017 21st

Sunday (JASS) Diana Leigh & the Savoy Stompers, SyracuseJazz, 4pm at Uriah’s

June 2017 4th

Sunday (QueenCity) Cakewalkin’ Jazz Band (Toledo), BuffaloJazzSoc, 5pm at Sean Patrick’s

June 2017 19th

Monday (FCJS) JOE CAVALLARO’S DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND, Radisson

July 2017 17th

Monday (FCJS) The JAZZHAPPENS BAND, Radisson

August 2017 21st

Monday (FCJS) JAM WITH JON (SEIGER’S) TRIO, Radisson

September 2017 17th

Sunday (JASS) Sarah Spencer’s TransAtlantic Jazz Band, SyracuseJazz, 4pm Uriah’s

September 2017 18th

Monday (FCJS) SARAH SPENCER’S TRANSATLANTIC JAZZ BAND, Radisson

www.FlowerCityJazz.org Condolences to family & friends of Warren Stirtzinger. Warren passed away Dec. 4, 2016. He played many FCJS concerts with Barroom Buzzards & other bands. A very successful 45+ year career as a pro-fessional musician from St Catherines, Ontario. An accomplished guitarist & banjoist with a gentle soul.