[78-L] Don Bonnee

[Taylor Bowie]

Hi Yves,

The great jazz trombone guy from the late 50s to about the mid-70s was Bob 
Havens,  who is one of the few old-time Welk guys still playing.  Vince 
Giordano told me that he plays some jazz festival gig once a year with Bob, 
who is still playing great jazz on the ol' slip horn.

Speaking of Welk and trombones...y'all do yourself a favor and check out the 
YouTube video of Welk playing "It's Easy to Remember"  featuring all four 
trombones,  both solo and together...I love that clip.

Taylor B (loves Champagne Music AND Champagne!)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yves francois" <aprestitine at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Don Bonnee


> 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>
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'"
>> <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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