Please permit me some shameless self-promotion! I have just received my new CD entitled THAT OLD GANG OF MINE, which features three of Cincinnati's finest keyboardists, Steve Schmidt, Wayne Yeager, and Ted des Plantes. The contrasts among them are very interesting, the music refreshing, swinging, and very much in the jazz tradition. Outstanding support is provided by Lou Lausche on bass, and Steve Strider on drums. I should make special mention of Lou's frequent arco solos, reminiscent of Slam Stewart or Major Holley, my Berklee drinking buddy! Why THAT OLD GANG OF MINE? Well, these musicians and I go way back to Blue Wisp on Madison Road, Whitey's on Colerain, Joe's Bar, Public Library Jazz Concert, and Arnold's Bar days. I have envisioned this project already for a long time and only regret that I could not include other fine pianists such as Pat Kelly, Lee Stolar, Mike Darrah, etc. The economics of such projects privately funded by the musicians themselves simply don't allow for more ambitious productions. Nevertheless, I hope to have contributed to the aural documentation of current Cincinnati jazz and its practitioners, and I hope the jazz loving public will continue to materially support such local endeavors. Simply ask around and you will find that musicians will have available excellent private recordings worthy of greater exposure. I know offhand that Wayne Yeager, Bob Roetker, Pat Kelly, Jim Leslie, and Ed Moss, are available on recordings, as well as others. Consult the musicians themselves as to their availability.

 

 

 

THAT OLD GANG OF MINE can be obtained from me directly. Please send a check for $15 to cover the cost of the CD and shipping to Christopher von Volborth, 3818 Drake Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45209. Be sure to include a return shipping address.