[78-L] Don Bonnee

[yves francois]

Taylor
I remember that Welk would play some great music at almost any given show (you just had to wait for the swing titles), in the late days I think it was Henry Questa who had the clarinet chair (it seems like it was very important to Welk to have a great jazz clarinet man, seeing Fountain and Bonnee were also holders of the same seat), who was the trombonist in the 70's, I remember him to be a fine musician as well
all the best
Yves


--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Don Bonnee
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 6:11 PM
> I hadn't even thought to look him up in Rust,  and was
> pleased to find him 
> in that late 30s Noble band on Columbia,  along with Earle
> Hagen,  Frank 
> Leithner on piano,  and Jack Dumont on tenor,  who was in
> the Welk band at 
> the same time Don was.
> 
> If anyone thinks that the Welk boys were not capable of
> fine,  swinging, 
> almost "cool" jazz,  I'd urge them to go to
> YouTube and search for "Welk 
> Dark Eyes" to hear a very sophisticated take on that
> old tune,  with a reed 
> trio of Bonnee,  Dumont (on alto) and the excellent Russ
> Klein on tenor. 
> Damn good stuff,  gang.
> 
> Taylor B
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
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> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Don Bonnee
> 
> 
> > He was also with Ray Noble in the early 40s.
> >
> > Dave W.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> > [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf
> Of Taylor Bowie
> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:16 AM
> > To: 78-L Mail List
> > Subject: [78-L] Don Bonnee
> >
> > Does anyone have any information about this fine
> clarinet player,
> > supposedly recorded with Teagarden,  did superb work
> with Lawrence Welk in
> > the 50s and early 60s.
> >
> > I just recently located a Dot LP of his called
> "The Don Bonnee Octet,  as
> > featured on Lawrence Welk"  but I haven't
> received it yet.
> >
> > Curious about what he was up to both before and after
> his years with Welk.
> > He is an outstanding musician.
> >
> >
> > Taylor
> >
> >
> >
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