[78-L] Pee Wee Marquette^

[Malcolm Rockwell]

What restaurant?
Mal

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Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> Marquette was a major pain in the ass and a bit of a swine. This was what
> every musician who played Birdland who I've spoken to has said. Some
> musicians came close to really beating him up over this business of asking
> for money to be announced.
>
> Marquette ended his 'career' as a doorman for a Hawaiian restaurant.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Terry Gibbs told me some very funny stories about Marquette in his
>> autobiography that I helped write. Pee Wee called Eddie Shaughnessy
>> "Shaw-genessey" and Teddy Kotick became "Teddy Kotex." When Terry had to
>> miss the opening of his Birdland date to receive a plaque from Down Beat on
>> "The Steve Allen Show," Marquette told the audience, "Terry Gibbs is going
>> to be a little late because he's getting the plague on TV."
>>
>>
>>
>> Marquette didn't demand money to pronounce your name correctly; he wanted
>> money just to say your name at all. When Terry asked him to name off
>> everyone in his quintet one night, Marquette asked for a dollar for each
>> name. When Terry found out Marquette had also asked each individual in the
>> band for a dollar without Terry's knowledge, Terry called him on it.
>> Marquette's answer: "Business is business, Terry. Business is business."
>>
>>
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>     
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:38 -0800
>>> From: ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: [78-L] Pee Wee Marquette
>>>
>>> Oops, I misspelled Art’s name. I got it
>>>       
>>>>> on good authority from Pee Wee Marquette that it is “Art Blakley”
>>>>> because that’s how I heard Pee Wee introduce him at Birdland.
>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> Allegedly, Pee Wee Marquette wanted money to pronounce the names
>>>       
>> correctly. I'm trying to remember who called Marquette, who was a little
>> person, "half a motherf---er"`
>>     
>>>