CHARACTERISTICALLY MARTY GROSZ: THE “ORPHAN NEWSBOYS” (1997)

Posted on January 10, 2011 | 5 Comments

I’m delighted that the tireless videographer Don Wolff has decided to share another performance from his archives with us — this one from the 1997 Mid-America Jazz Festival in St. Louis. 

It features Marty Grosz in classic form: bespoke bowtie and striped shirt, verbal effusiveness in full flower, describing the “joints” of yesteryear . . . before inviting the boys to swing out — “the boys” being the dewy Peter Ecklund (cornet), Bobby Gordon (clarinet), and Greg Cohen (string bass).

And swing out they certainly do — on WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA, at a wonderfully leisurely tempo suitable for romance over Lapsang Souchong, or perhaps Earl Grey:

More, please, Don?

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5 Responses to CHARACTERISTICALLY MARTY GROSZ: THE “ORPHAN NEWSBOYS” (1997)

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  2. Bob Sparkman | January 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM |

    WOW!!!! Great performance!

  3. jazzlives | January 11, 2011 at 5:16 PM |

    Don Wolff heard my pleas and there’s more to come! Three more, in fact —
    Hope all’s well with you, Bob! Cheers, MS

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  5. Al | July 29, 2012 at 9:07 AM |

    Most excellent-Thanks

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