This New Years Eve during Jazz Legacy's gig at Jax, I was asked if I knew Bob Hardaway by his erstwhile employer, pianist Ms. Lee Cochran, who was in attendance. Wow! Bob has been a musical hero to me as a guy who could be an excellent studio musician and great Jazz player as well. I got to hear his music and play with him for about two years every Monday morning in the Gene Estes - Bob Enevoldsen Little Big Band rehearsal. Bob also did me the honor of submitting my name as a potential member to the Musicians Interguild Credit Union Board of Directors, of which he was a long serving chairman. BTW, Bob's father, a cartoonist with Disney Studios, originated Bugs Bunny! Another great Disney cartoonist, Stephan Zupkas, has succeeded Bob very ably as the new chairman of MICU since Bob's retirement. Steve fell by Jax on the December 9th gig and randomly sat at the bar next to Myrna Daniels, the editor of LA Jazz Weekly, in which MICU has regular advertising. [...]
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Jazz Quorum: Blog
This past Saturday, March 12th, Jazz Legacy basked in the warmth and generosity of the wonderful patrons of Jax Bar and Grill, 339N Brand Blvd., in Glendale. The enthusiasm of the audience was infectious, and the full tip jar brought smiles to the musicians faces. A big thank you to all who attended!
Jazz Legacy had a great CD release party at Spazios, May 4th. The band really cooked for the nice crowd...it was an inspiring evening. Check out the reviews of Tadashi from Sapporo Japan and Skip from Long Beach. Tadashi is a huge fan of Strazz. It's so gratifing ( and maximally random ) that someone visiting from that far away got to see Strazz perform his music with a great quintet. Come to find out Skip has an automobile restoration business, Cypress Auto Restoration at www.mrglasscars.com Being a car nut, I started talking vintage cars with Skip and had to get thrown out of the place by the long suffering waitress. A perfect end to a perfect evening!