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Climax JB-Chimes Blues-Japan with chimes
Chimes Blues climax JB 1996 1996 Climax Jazz Band in Japan I have been a member of the Climax Jazz Band almost from it's beginning in 1971. We lived and operated out of Toronto, Canada. In 1996 we were invited to come to Japan to perform a number of concerts. We had large audiences, 5000-8000 per concert. We also featured a musician who would play the large carillon located in a tower about 50m. tall. De carillon player came from the Netherlands. Dr. Maassen was actually the director of the Dutch carillon school, He loved jazz and could improvise as well. Next to me (Bob Erwig) on cornet we had Pieter Meijers on soprano sax, Len Gosling on trombone, Jack Vincken on banjo, Randy Morris piano, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums.
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East Coast Trot - Climax JB 1986
East Coast Trot - Climax Jazz Band At the 1986 Victoria Jazz Festival in British Columbia, Canada we play an tune originally done by Johnny Dodds in the twenties. I actually heard it first in the sixties on a record of Mr.Acker Bilk. Acker played an very effective stop-chorus in his recording and when I introduced this tune to our band we worked this out for cornet and clarinet. Eventually it became a feature for Mick and myself which gave trombonist Lennie a chance to get a beer. In the eighties when we played the Victoria Festival several times one of the highlights for listening as well as playing was the Crystal Garden. Good accoustics and great atmosphere. Unfortunately it was taken off as a venue in the nineties. In the Band: Bob Erwig cornet, Mick Lewis Clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Pete McCormick drums.
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Go Ghana - Climax JB
Go Ghana - Climax Jazz Band 1987 Go Ghana was written in the fities by Scottisch clarinettist and bandleader Sandy Brown. Sandy wrote many very original tunes . This is probably on of the lesser known ones but it always intrigued me and after we learned it and took it into our repertoire we found it very well received by our audiences. I left the band more than 10 years ago and moved to the West of Canada to enjoy retirement. I wonder if my Climax friends still have this piece in their repertoire. In the band: Bob Erwig cornet, Mick Lewis clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Pete McCormick drums.
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Bobbie Shafto - Climax Jazz Band 1991
Bobbie Shafto - Climax Jazz Band 1991 After having left the Climax Jazz Band more than 10 years ago and not having heard or played Bobbie Shafto it was a wonderful surprise to see and hear us perform this wonderful little melody. The strength comes from its simplicity and although I have to admit that I stole part of the arrangement from an early Chris Barber recording I feel we had been able to give this tune our own stamp. The spoken introduction and the vocal by Chris Daniels made this an unique part of Climax Jazz Band’s repertoire. Recorded at the 1991 Indianapolis Jazz Festival we see and hear Chris Daniels bass and vocal, Jack Vincken banjo, Jamie Aug drums, Bob Erwig cornet, Mick Lewis soprano sax and Peter Sagerman trombone.
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Tell 'em Bout Me - Climax JB 1996
Tell ‘em about Me - Climax Jazz Band 1996. This tune features a vocal by our trombonist Len Gosling. We have had this tune in our repertoire for about 15 years now and I always wondered where we got this from. I did a bit of reasearch and found it was originally recorded by famous vocalist Ethel Waters and her Ebony Four in 1925 with Coleman Hawkins playing the bass saxophone. In 1939 pianist Jimmy Yancey recorded it again and I found it played for the first time in the sixties by Acker Bilk’s Paramount Jazz Band. When I introduced the tune to the band our (then new) trombonist Len Gosling knew it as well and we played it and it has been in our repertoire ever since. This was recorded at the 1996 St Louis Jazz Festival with Bob Erwig cornet, Len Gosling trombone and vocal, Pieter Meijers clarinet, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and spokesman and Jamie Aug drums.
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04:55
When I grow too old - Climax 1995
When I grow too old to dream . Climax Jazz Band in Japan 1995 Almost thirteen years ago that we were invited for the first time to do a series of concerts in Japan. I had not watched these videos for over 10 years and that year, October 1995, we played in our normal setting without piano in the rhythm group. I thought why not share some of this with the youtube and dailymotion crowds throughout the world. The first tune of that day’s concert was a Hammerstein tune caled When I Grow too old to dream. In the typical Canadian band: Bob Erwig cornet, Pieter Meijers soprano sax, Jack Vincken banjo originally from the Netherlands, Len Gosling trombone and Chris Daniels bass originally from Great Britain and Jamie Aug drums of German origin.
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04:31
Stevedore Stomp - Climax JB 1996
Stevedore Stomp - Climax Jazz Band 1996 Just a few months before my wife and I were going to move to the west coast of Canada to start enjoying early retirement our band was invited for a second trip to Japan. We played a a series of 5 concerts for large audiences somewhere from between 5 and 8 thousand people per concert. In the band we had several guests. Pieter Meijers, a wonderful clarinet player, originally from the Netherlands and now living in California had organized this tour for the band. Additional strength in the rhythm group came from pianist Randy Morris from Florida, who worked at Disneyworld as a staff musician. The regular members in the band were Bob Erwig cornet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums. Stevedore Stomp is a Duke Ellington composition originally recorded by his Cotton Club Orchestra in March 1929.
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03:11
Gatemouth - Climax Jazz Band 1996 Carillon
Gatemouth – Climouth Jazz Band with Carillon 1995 One of my favourite tunes has been this Louis Armstrong composition. Through all my playing years I had never ever imagined to play it anywhere with the accompanyment of a carillon. Here we were in Misono Japan to do a carillon concert. About 50 metres above us in the carillon tower Dr. Jack Maassen, the director of the Dutch Carillon School, who loved his classic jazz as well. Normally the first set of breaks are being played by clarinet. We decided to have Jack in the tower do the second set. Together with his solos this was an amazing effect. Each time a a surprise, but it worked. Bob Erwig cornet, Pieter Meijers clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums.
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04:47
Charleston Rag - Climax JB 1995
Charleston Rag – Climax Jazz Band Japan 1995 It was in October 1995 that we had an opportunity do to a series of concerts in Misono Japan. That day approximately 6000 in the audience, a beautiful autumn day and our band played full of spirit. Our special guest for this tour was Pieter Mijers, who plays excellent clarinet and soprano sax. Originally from the Netherlands Pieter was always an admirer of Peter Schilperoort and Jan Morks, two Dutch jazz players from the Dutch Swing College.For this clip we had choosen a not too often heard Eubie Blake composition. The other members in the band were Bob Erwig cornet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums.
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04:49
Lady be good Mick Lewis 1991
Lady be Good Lewis Mick 1991 Clarinettist Mick Lewis was a member of our Climax Jazz Band from 1981 until 2002 and is now more or less retired from music. I had the pleasure to play with him for more than 15 years. We probably did some 200 jazz festivals together and some 1500 gigs. Mick was not just a great bandsman, but was most often featured with solo pieces, which got audiences hopping. Mick, originally from the English Midlands was very much influenced by Acker Bilk and Monty Sunshine and loved the George Lewis original recordings. In this clip Mick plays his own special feature arrangement of Lady Be Good during the 1991 Indianapolis Jazz Festival In the full band: Bob Erwig, Mick Lewis, Peter Sagerman, Jack Vincken, Chris Daniels, Jamie Aug
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06:13
I want a Little Girl
I want a Little Girl - High Sierra Jazz Band 1987 From a concert in Denver Colorado the High Sierra Jazz Band from California play “I want a Little Girl” with a vocal by Earl McKee. I had been friends with the band since the late seventies. We always met at jazz festivals and in sessions we musically mixed and mingled. Leader Al Smith could not make it on this trip so I was very pleased to substitute for him this weekend in Denver. Someone taped several of the performances and after more than 20 years on one of my shelves it is certainly fun to see it again and I decided to share some with you. On trombone is Vic Kimzey, Bruce Huddleston piano, his brother Stan banjo, Earl McKee sousaphone and Charlie Castro drums and I, Bob Erwig, am the substitute cornetplayer and appointed leader.
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Gatemouth - Climax JB 1996
Gatemouth - Climax Jazz Band 1996 In St Louis, during on of the last jazz festivals that I played with the Climax Jazz Band, a full set was recorded by Heritage Films. This is the opening tune of the set which we started with “Gatemouth”, a tune recorded first by Johnny Dodds and his New Orleans Wanderers in 1926. Our regular clarinetist Mick Lewis was not able to make this festival and we were pleased that his substitute was no less than former fellow Dutchman Pieter Meijers, who now lives in Los Angeles. Pieter eventually became the leader of the very popular High Sierra Jazz band from California. In the band: Bob Erwig cornet, Pieter Meijers clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums.
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04:11
Burgundy Street Blues - Sammy Rimington
Burgundy Street Blues - Sammy Rimington 1987. Sammy Rimington was one of the top trad musicians to emerge during the 1960s. He played with Barry Martyn in 1959, spent several years with Ken Colyer (1960-65) and came to the U.S. in the mid-1960s, playing with Big Bill Bissonnette's Easy Rider Jazz Band. Since that time, Rimington has been heard in a countless number of settings and he has stuck exclusively to New Orleans revival jazz. Rimington has recorded and performed with the who's who of New Orleans jazz Kid Thomas Valentine and Captain John Handy. He is influenced strongly by George Lewis on clarinet and by Handy on alto saxophone. In this performance in Japan in 1987 he plays the famous George Lewis original Burgundy Street blues. On piano Butch Thompson, guitar Danny Barker, bass Chester Zardis and drums Stanley Shephard. Why not dedicate this clips to some of my good friends who love George Lewis: My brother, clarinettist Hans Erwig; my clarinet player in our Rampart Night Hawks around 1960 in Holland ,clarinettist Carel Wijnand and finally my friend and drummer in my present band Okanagan Swing, “jazzbobill”
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08:11
Royal Garden Blues Climax Jazz Band
Royal Garden Blues Climax JB 1991 A few hours ago I posted Royal Garden Blues with Wild Bill Davison on trumpet. A recording done in 1964. Going through some of my files I found my own recording of Royal Garden Blues some 27 years later. Of course the styles of playing have changed for all of us, but my initial love for Bill Davison is always in my mind when playing that tune. This tune is such a standard that normally when making a recording it is not going to be used. Too common. One looks for something more special, more obscure, something that hopefully makes you stand out. To me it was amazing that not having seen this clip for some 15 years, I was pleasantly surprised. Here in Canada one of my favourite trombonists in our style in Toronto is Peter Sagerman. Peter plays much more in the Condon idiom than our regular trombonist. At this jazz festival in Indianapolis our Lennie couldn't make it and it was a real pleasure to have Pete on trombone. Of course this limited us with our fancy arrangements and we had to fall back to more standard tunes. Mick Lewis on clarinet is like a cameleon type player. If the idiom changes slightly Mick always handles it beautifully. Looking back I specially like some of the ensemble dynamics. So it is with great pleasure to offer you our Indianapolis version of Royal Garden Blues. Bob Erwig, Mick Lewis, Peter Sagerman, Jack Vincken, Chris Daniels, Jamie Aug
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03:43
Bob Erwig's jazz in 1965
Love is just around the corner Dixieland Seven 1965 The Dixieland Seven from the Netherlands 1965! Bob Erwig trumpet, Joop Postma clarinet, Jan Meeuwisse trombone, Dick Posthuma piano, Ad Funcke guitar, Willem Van Den Bos bass, Ted de Jong drums. In 1965 I was member of a very talented local band while still living in the Netherlands. I played trumpet in The Dixieland Seven of Naarden-Bussum, a suburb town of Amsterdam. We had a swinging rhythm section and played very much in the Eddy Condon idiom. Our band was the winner at the AVRO radio competition that year and the price was to play a concert in the concerthall of the Kurhaus Hotel in Scheveningen with New Orleans clarinettist Albert Nicholas. Unfortunately that concert was probably never recorded but that same year we ended up in a Hilversum recording studio to play some tunes. I' am quite proud of these recordings and like to post one for you on dailymotion. When we were visiting Holland a few years later I had my old 8mm movie camera and while standing in my brother's car I filmed the streets and avenues of Naarden-Bussum, the town we grew up in. In combining these movie clips with the music You'll get an idea of where this all happened.
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09:40
Humphrey Lyttleton-Dans les Rues ...
Dans les rues d’Antibes - Humphrey Lyttleton with Climax Jazz Band in 1984. About ten years ago when I left the Climax Jazz Band to move to Canada’s westcoast the father of Jamie Aug, our drummer, gave me a videotape which he called Jazz potpourri. George Aug often came to our gigs and taped many perfmances. It ended up on a shelf in one of my video cabinets. Just now I found a clip I like to share with my dear youtube and dailymotion friends. In 1984 our band had an opportunity to play a few tunes with famous trumpetplayer Humphrey Lyttleton. It was during a jazz weekend in Toronto and Humph was there as a special guest. We didn’t even know Humph would come and perform with us until the beginning of our set. I choose Dans les Rue d’Antibes hoping and being pretty certain Humph would know it. Humph even announces it in good French. Even though the recording quality is limited ( a single VHS camera ) the atmosphere is there and it was a once in a lifetime memory and opportunity to play with Humph and have it filmed as well. During the tune Humph discusses the possibility to do a double clarinet solo and both Mick and Humph play the final part of the tune on clarinets. In the Climax Jazz Band: Bob Erwig cornet, Mick Lewis clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Max Littlejohns drums. p.s. When I was 15 one of my first 78’s was Humph’s band with On a Treasure Island and Tom Cat Blues on the flip side.
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Amazing Grace- Ruby Wilson Climax JB Japan 1995
Amazing Grace –Ruby Wilson /Climax Jazz Band Japan 1995 This clip represents the last tune of our concert on October 15 1995 in which we play together with a carillon and a Memphis blues singer. Ruby Wilson sang Amazing Grace and the musician in the carillon tower was Dr. Jack Maassen from the Netherlands. We were invited for this series of events by a spiritual cultural organisation of about 500.000 people by the name of Shinji-Shumeeikai. This organisation was under the leadership of Mrs Koyama. We see her in this clip together with her mother who was the wife of the originator who had started this group I believe in the nineteen thirties. In our Canadian band playing for this crowd of about 8000 specially invited members: Bob Erwig cornet, Pieter Meijers clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums. Ruby Wilson comes from Memphis, she often holds at B.B. King's, the epicenter of nightclub entertainment in the Mid-South. When she's out of town, she might be singing at the White House, or at a renowned jazz club in Switzerland, or on a luxury cruise in Asia.
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03:58
Panama - Climax Jazz Band 1996
Panama - Climax Jazz Band 1996 A short version of “Panama” played at the St Louis Jazz Festival in November 1996. Usually the invited bands play a number of sets during these festivals where each set has to be played in a 75 minute period. Of course we plan the program but for a last tune in the set we often find out that we’ve run out of time. Therefore this somewhat shorter version. The complete video of several of our sets in this festival was filmed by Bob Byler. Unfortunately it has been shelved for more than 10 years and I’m very excited to have found it and it is still in such good playing shape and that the band plays so well particularily with our guest clarinetist Pieter Meijers from Los Angeles. Pieter is a former Dutchman as well, just like Jack Vincken and myself. We all adored our famous Dutch Swing College Band in our formative years. You can certainly hear that our Pieter was influenced by Peter Schilperoort and Jan Morks, two reedplaying members of the great DSC. In this clip: Bob Erwig cornet, Pieter Meijers clarinet, Len Gosling trombone, Jack Vincken banjo, Chris Daniels bass and Jamie Aug drums.
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06:20
Memphis Blues Climax JB 1991
Memphis Blues - Climax Jazz Band 1991 In 1991 our Climax Jazz Band celebrated their 20th anniversary. Here we are playing at the Indianapolis Jazz Festval and the volunteer organisation called Heritage Video would come around to several festivals to film different bands. At this festival weekend they recorded more than 2 hours of videofilm of our band. Now some 18 years further I enjoyed watching these films again and decided to share some of it with you through the youtube/dailymotion media. I’m not certain if the Heritage folks still exist, however, if I get approached I’ll be glad to pass on any information for anyone interested. Our regular trombonist Len Gosling was not able to be at this festival and I am so glad that we had Peter Sagerman on standby. Pete has often played with the band and is not only familiar with our repertoire but has this great perception and understanding of the values and principles of good trombone playing in a jazz band. Our band was rather New Orleans/British revival style oriented and Pete comes from the Eddie Condon styled approach. I always just love Pete’s feeling and great jazz technique. We play W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues, a relatively simple 12 bar blues, but then, simplicity in traditional jazz, that’s often what it is all about. In the band: Chris Daniels bass, Jack (Jacques) Vincken banjo, Jamie Aug drums, Peter Sagerman trombone, Mick Lewis clarinet and me, Bob Erwig cornet
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06:19
Clap hands-Climax JB
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie Climax JB 1996 This clip is part of a concert we did during the St Louis Jazz Festival in 1996. A typical festival is usually held in a number of ballrooms and concert centres. Probably 10 to 15 bands from all over the USA would participate during a festival weekend.Our Climax Jazz Band had to play the last set of the day. This clip is also the last tune of that set. Here and there a bit rough maybe, but good in spirit. In the band we had Bob Erwig ( me) on cornet, Pieter Meijers on clarinet, Len Gosling on trombone, Jack Vincken on banjo, our brilliant announcer and bassist Chris Daniels and Jamie Aug on drums. A special guest came up to join us on piano. Paul Reed is one of America's finer stride pianists and played at the festival with Chet Jaeger's Nightblooming Jazzmen. Both bands had met previously on seacruises and other festivals and Paul and I had become very good friends. So, it has always been a great pleasure to announce him and invite to come and sit in. Here is one of Paul's favourites "Clap Hands, here comes Charlie!"
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