Herb Alpert Birthday Party

Herb Alpert - Rise 1979
Fandango Fandango A&M Records CD-3731 Produced by Jose Quintana and Herb Alpert
Recorded in Mexico City Released 1982 Musicians: Herb Alpert (trumpets, vocals), Abraham Laboriel (guitar, bass), Carlos Vega (drums), Michel Colombier (keyboards), Bill Cuomo (keyboards), Miguel Peña (guitar), Paulinho Da Costa (percussion), "Ready" Freddie Washington (bass), Carlos Rios (guitar), Julius Wechter (marimba), Gayle Levant (harp), Herb Alpert, Mary Hylan, Darlene Kolden-Hoven, Marie Cain (background vocals).
Route 101 same album
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass A Taste of Honey
Jan & Dean Baby Talk
Sam Cooke Wonderful World
Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
Dore Alpert - Tell It to the Birds
Dore Alpert - Fallout Shelter
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Last Tango in Paris album Foursider
Spanish Flea
The Girl From Ipanema ♫ (Martini Madness -Cocktail Lounge) on "South of the Border"
Herb Alpert - The Shadow Of Your Smile
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass What Now My Love Video 1967
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Lemon Tree
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Love Potion #9
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Lollipops And Roses

St. Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick and the Snakes:

A tale about Patrick is that he drove the snakes from Ireland. Different versions of the story tell of him standing upon a hill, using a wooden staff to drive the serpents into the sea, banishing them forever from Ireland.

One version says that an old serpent resisted banishment, but that Patrick outwitted him. Patrick made a box and invited the snake to enter. The snake insisted it was too small and the two argued. Finally to prove his point, the snake entered the box to show how tight the fit was. Patrick slammed the lid closed and threw the box into the sea.

There are many skeptics. Some say that although it’s true that Ireland has no snakes, this likely had more to do with the fact that Ireland is an island and being separated from the rest of the continent the snakes couldn’t get there. Some say that the stories of Saint Patrick and the snakes are likely a metaphor for his bringing Christianity to Ireland and driving out the pagan religions (serpents were a common symbol in many of these religions).

Today we have the real story of the snakes. Snakes were prolific in Ireland because they were clever little chaps who had come from England in long thin boats that resembled floating cigar tubes. They hid the tubes in case they had to escape later. They settled mostly in the north and lived in abandoned orange crates, but slowly began to slither southward. Saint Patrick first drove out the dreaded judge snakes, who took delight in biting little children, especially the innocent. South from Avoca he drove them through Woodenbridge and Arklow into the sea at Kilmichael Point. Little did Saint Patrick know but some escaped the ravages of the sea in their little tubes and after a long journey across the Atlantic sailed up the Delaware River and disembarked at the Water Gap and slithered up Route 80 until they came to Luzerne County.
Saint Patrick next drove out the much-feared lawyer snakes, who would hiss and say:"Sue, sue, sue" He drove them through Doonbeg off Donegal Point. Little did Saint Patrick know but some escaped the ravages of the sea in their little tubes and after a long journey across the Atlantic sailed up the Delaware River and settled mostly in Philadelphia. Saint Patrick next drove out the vicious regulator snakes who would hiss and make up rules that you had to follow or else they would bite you in a soft spot of your anatomy. The most vicious of this species was the OHSHA snake. He drive themfrom Toormoore and Goleen into the sea at Crookhaven. Little did Saint Patrick know but some escaped the ravages of the sea in their little tubes and after a long journey across the Atlantic sailed up the Potomac River in Washington DC and neighboring territories.

Eddie Condon

1. Eddie Condon Orchestra (dub) Tennessee Twilight (1933) B14194 Columbia 36009
2. Bing Crosby & Eddy Condon Orchestra Personality (1946) Decca 18790A
3. Eddie Condon's Chicagoans Oh Sister Ain't That Hot (1940) 29055 Commodore 535
4. Eddie Condon & His Orchestra Sheik Of Araby (1944) 72631 Decca 23718 Pike Jones
-Eddie Condon & His Orchestra Abe Olman-James Brockman Down Among The Sheltering Palms (1947) 74031 Decca 24219A
-Chicago Rhythm Kings - There'll Be Some Changes Made - Brunswick 4001 Muggsy Spanier, c / Frank Teschemacher, cl / Mezz Mezzrow, ts / Joe Sullivan, p / Eddie Condon bj, v / Jim Lannigan,bb / Gene Krupa, d / Red McKenzie, v. Chicago, April 6, 1928.
-Julie London - There'll Be Some Changes Made Best of Liberty Years Announcement 1 below
5. Eddie Condon & His Orchestra Oh Lady Be Good (1945) Decca 23431
6. Dill Pickles (1950) 75989 Decca 27987
7. Eddie Condon & His Orchestra Black Bottom voc. Peggy Ann Ellis Spike Jones
78rpm pressing: Sugar - McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans, 1927 - UHCA 10
78rpm pressing: Liza - McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans, 1927 - UHCA 12
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8. Eddie Condon & His Orchestra J.Kern-Dorothy Fields The Way You Look Tonight (1946) 73649 Decca 23721
9. Eddie Condon & His Band Fidgety Feet (1952) The classic Condon band really wails on this 1952 broadcast with Edmond Hall, Wild Bill Davidson, Cliff Leeman, Cutty Cutshall, Gene Schroeder and Bob Casey.
Eddie Condon with Bud Freeman and Bobby Hackett - Jada (1938)
E.Condon Windy City Seven is: Hackett (cn); Pee Wee (cl); Freeman (ts); George Brunis (tb); Condon (g); Jess Stacy (p); Artie Shapiro (sb); George Wettling (dms). recorded Jan17'38. (NYC).
The Lady/China Boy - Condon 1944
In 1944 Eddie Condon and his All Stars began their scheduled radio broadcasts on the Blue Network. Every Saturday afternoon they did half hour shows at 1.30 pm from the Town Hall in New York. The shows were transcribed by the Armed Forces Radio Service and broadcast around the world. This show won the first price in the GI popularity poll. The shows continued until around 1947. I believe some 45-50 shows were recorded and are now available on CD's through the Jazzology label.


Performance Music at The University of Scranton will host a recital by renowned violinist Annamae Goldstein, accompanied by pianist Christopher Oldfather, on Sunday, March 13. The performance begins at 3 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
Goldstein earned her Master of Music at The Julliard School in 1988 and for the past 21 years has been a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She has also performed as part of the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble, under the direction of James Levine. As a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Goldstein has had the opportunity to play on numerous recordings and television broadcasts with the company, including a Grammy-award-winning recording of Wagners Die Walkure. She has also performed on the group's critically acclaimed recordings of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Beethoven's 3rd Symphony.
In addition to her work with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble, Goldstein is also a founding member of and violinist for the IRIS String Quartet and a member of Musica Amici. The IRIS String Quartet has performed throughout the United States. Musica Amici has performed in New York and throughout the eastern United States.
A committed teacher and community activist, Goldstein has taught at the Trevor Day School as well as the French Woods summer music program. As a board member of the New York City philanthropic organization Pathways to Housing, she direc
ts the organization?s music fund-raising program.
Accompanying Goldstein will be acclaimed pianist Christopher Oldfather. Since his recital debut in Carnegie Hall in New York in 1986, Oldfather has performed throughout the world as a freelance musician. He has appeared as a soloist with ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Germany. His experiences have led him to perform on virtually every type of keyboard ever made, including the Chromelodeon, an experimental, color-coded reed organ developed by instrument creator Harry Partch. He is best known for his expertise on the harpsichord and as a leading advocate for the performance of 20th century music for more than 30 years. O
ldfather has been a member of Boston's Collage New Music since 1979, and New York's Parnassus since 1997. In 1990, he was nominated for two Grammy Awards for his recording of Elliot Carter's violin-piano duo with violinist Robert Mann.
For more information on this event, contact Cheryl Y. Boga, director of Performance Music at The University of Scranton, at (570) 941-7624, music@scranton.edu