Bo Winiker trumpet, flugelhorn; Phil Person trumpet; Ted Casher clarinet, tenor and soprano sax, Bob Winter piano, Eli Newberger tuba, Bob Tamagni drums; plus Elaine Wu vocals, Carolyn Newberger washboard.  (Missing: Herb Gardner and Jimmy Mazzy)

This is a group of superb musicians who meet here once a month under the guidance of leader Eli Newberger, because they enjoy playing together!  There was no set theme, so each musician played what was in his heart, resulting in amiable ensemble improvisations and rousing counterpoint.

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Elaine Wu joined the band with a Leonard Bernstein song from On The Town, We’ll Catch Up Some Other Time.

She introduced Belinda Rathbone who sang No Moon At All and Just In Time; Bob Tamagni playing the melody on drums.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob makes a lot of music with a very simple drum set – snare drum, small bass drum, cymbal.  He doesn’t need anything more – he can do anything with it!

 

 

 

Elaine Wu sang a riveting Route 66, special request from “Regulars” Despine and Bill Gray. Eli took the intro, with Ted Casher on tenor sax.

 

 

Not usually a Jazz tune – the Band played Gone With The Wind, straight from the heart, with inspired solos.  Phil was amazing on muted trumpet.

 

 

 

The evening was full of surprises.  Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time was played in the Perez Prado style, with Carolyn Newberger joining them on washboard.  It was a riot!

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Winiker sang a Billie Holiday tune, Getting Some Fun Out of Life, which they certainly do!  He also sang a song about Bob Winter – That Piano Man, with fabulous duet by Bo and Phil on trumpet

 

 

 

 

 

With no trombone or banjo, the two trumpets had unrestrained freewheeling on many tunes including In The Good Old Summertime and At The Jazz Band Ball.  They were wild!

 

 

 

 

Another surprise guest – Bob Winter’s dentist, Dr. Melvin Gluskin, came up and played fine harmonica on Moon River slipping in a bit of Over The Rainbow.

 

 

 

 

 

Ted Casher was featured on smokey tenor sax – with I’ve Got Rhythm.  Beloved by all his students, the man has rhythm, and fluid command of the jazz language.

 

 

 

 

There was a full house, including Elaine Wu’s sisters who were vising from California.  Elaine dedicated her last set to her first grandchild, a beautiful baby girl, Shandra, singing from The Bells’s of St. Mary’s, Aren’t You Glad You’re You, Carol Hall’s Jenny Rebecca, and Love – and celebrating the everlasting love a Grandma has for her Grandchild.  Welcome to the world, Shandra!

At The Jazz Band Ball was a barn-burner!  Followed by an upbeat Just You, Just Me.

They closed with Strike Up The Band,

When these musicians get together it’s magic!
We vowed to be back here next month on September 20^th for more of Eli and The Hot Six!