FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 5 December 2014

December 4, 2014 | Canteen Crew

[MEG33]

Good morning, PROCON.
Congratulations on last box unpacked...Happy son visit tomorrow!

[SandRat]

Good, ladders have proven to be dangerous for Creepers.

[Publius]

Quiet. Gearing up for tonight for Luvie Sue’s and my tribute to the Greatest Generation.

[SandRat]

[SandRat]

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOOHOO!! The weekend is finally here!. That little guy is cute. d:o)

Just got home to take my Mom to a 4pm appointment.

Might be a tad late to Ping the Music thread at 5pm.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you had Fabulous Friday lessons today.

[left that other site]

Hi kathy! Yes...a Good Day.

Tomorrow and Sunday i will be manning the Saints Motorcycle Ministry Booth at the Toys for Tots Run

I will be hitting the sheets early tonight!

((((HUGS))))

[Publius]

Big doings tonight. A joint production of a great era in American music.

[left that other site]

And AWAAAAYY we GO! :-)

[Publius]

More like, "Greeting from the ass of the hotel roof -- (AHEM! COUGH! COUGH!) -- Greetings from the roof of the Hotel Astor in the heart of New York City."

[luvie]

Always good to be Friday! :)

[left that other site]

Is that the Roof of the skyscraper in NYC, that is so high that on a clear day you can see Uranus?

[Publius]

"This broadcast is sponsored by your local war bond drive. Remember, it's bonds or bondage!"

(This slogan is not to be used in the state of California.)

[left that other site]

Any Bonds today?
Bonds for Freedom!

[Kathy in Alaska]

That sounds like a job right up your alley!! Enjoy and collect lots of toys!!

Get a picture of your booth.

[SandRat]

[left that other site]

I will be giving out free water in the Name of Jesus to the Bikers who are doing the run. I will take pics! LOL! :-)

[Publius]

YOUR HIT PARADE, 1941

#24 – Freddy Martin: “Piano Concerto in B-flat”

Frederick Alfred Martin (1906-83) was an orphan reared in Cleveland. He started out playing drums, then switched to saxophone, the instrument with which he would be identified for the rest of his life. He intended to become a reporter, as journalists were called then. He hoped he would earn enough money from his music to enter Ohio State but instead wound up becoming a professional musician. Freddy led his own band while in high school, then played in various local bands. After working on a ship's band, Freddy joined the Mason-Dixon band, then joined Arnold Johnson and Jack Albin.

After a couple of years, his skill began attracting other musicians. One was Guy Lombardo, who would remain friends with Freddy throughout his life. One night, when Guy could not do a certain gig, he suggested Freddy's band fill in for him. The gig went very well, and that's how the ball got rolling. But the band broke up, and Freddy did not form a permanent band until 1931 at the Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn.

There, Freddy pioneered the "tenor band" style that swept dance music. With his tenor sax as melodic lead, Freddy fronted an all-tenor sax section with just two brasses and a violin trio plus rhythm. The quickly spawned imitators in hotels and ballrooms nationwide. Freddy took his band into the Roosevelt Grill in New York City and the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Peter Tchaikovsky wrote a piano concerto in B-flat minor with a long introduction in D-flat Major that everyone who listened to Arturo Toscanini or Walter Damrosch on the radio knew by heart. Freddy worked the introduction up into a hit single that put him on the map.

Freddy Martin: “Piano Concerto in B-flat”

[luvie]

*whispering*

Wrong thread.... :)