Frisco Cricket. Published By The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation. Bill Usually Does This. by Scott Anthony

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1 Frisco Cricket Published By The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation Summer 2014 Our page 1 article is most often a thoughtful, inciteful piece by William Carter about some element of San Francisco Bay Area or California traditional jazz history or a lead-in to one of the articles later in the issue. But, because this summer has been very busy for Bill and for me, there has been very little time available to pull together a normal issue. A couple of months ago a number of SFTJF board members and staff met to inventory, consolidate, and dispose of extraneous material in our storage space. One of the items I spotted off in a dark corner was a plain corregated cardboard box. When I carried it out into the light and opened it I found it contained a stack of miscellaneous material that Jim Goggin, whose collection of items formed the basis of the Foundation archive, Bill Usually Does This by Scott Anthony Bill Carter with archive items for disposal. By the way, the empty banjo case and trunk below it looked interesting from a distance but were falling apart and completely unusable. Photo by Scott Anthony Contents Bill Usually Does This by Scott Anthony 1 Donna Huggins is New Board Member from Minutes of Board Meeting 28 July Archive Scrapbook 3 Yerba Buena Jazz Band - rare acetate discs online 10 Membership Application and Product List 11 Click here-permanent Clearance Sale on all CDs and Books 1 had carefully cataloged by subject or musician and placed in file folders or envelopes. Presumably the contents of this box must have been items that were either duplicates or were not considered interesting enough to be included with the material transferred to the Stanford Music Library a few years ago. Or it had just been overlooked.at any rate, I had never seen any of the items before and I decided to start scanning everything in the box instead of discarding it. So, instead of our normal issue, this (late) Summer Frisco Cricket will be a scrapbook of some of the scans of miscellaneous interesting photos, clippings, and trivia that were in the box. At some point in the near future, all the scans will be placed on our website in albums of related material for all to see.

2 Official SFTJF archivist, Clint Baker, with canvas Firehouse Five + II sign from Earthquake McGoon s. Photo by Scott Anthony Donna Huggins Is New Board Member It was Motioned, seconded (Carter/Tooley), and confirmed that in view of Donna Huggins accomplishments in her own right, including a long history and knowledge of traditional jazz, as well as personal connections and a proven fund raising record with prestigious projects such as the recent restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, that Ms. Huggins be made an additional member of the Board of Di-rectors of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation. Ms. Huggins was warmly welcomed to the Board. The Frisco Cricket Issue No. 64 Published by the SAN FRANCISCO TRADITIONAL JAZZ FOUNDATION 3130 Alpine Road, #288 PMB 187 Portola Valley, CA Phone: (415) , FAX: (415) Website: info@sftradjazz.org Publisher: William Carter Editor, Layout, Webmaster: Scott Anthony Curator of the Archive : Clint Baker Special Projects Consultant: Hal Smith Office Manager: Scott Anthony John R. Browne, III William Carter Jim Cullum Donna Huggins John Matthews Terry O Reilly Margaret Pick William Tooley Honorary Directors Charles Campbell, Leon Oakley Board of Advisors Philip Hudner, Michael Keller, Paul Mehling, Margaret Pick, Gregg Keeling Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright 2014 San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation 2 Ex-treasurer John Matthews holding canvas Clancy Hayes promotional signs from Earthquake McGoon s. Photo by Scott Anthony Advertise in the Cricket! In an effort to help defray the costs of maintaining all the varied programs that SFTJF supports, including The Frisco Cricket itself, we re going to begin providing limited advertising space here. We want to be fair to everyone, so there are a few rules we d like to follow: The advertiser should be in a music related (preferably Traditional Jazz related) business (band, club, cruise, radio station, etc.). No more than a total of 2 full pages will be used in any single issue of the Cricket, so ads will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. We need to be able to maintain the right to accept or reject advertisements at our discretion. Please send your ad to: Cricket Editor San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation 41 Sutter Street, PMB 1870 San Francisco, CA Or (preferably) by to: webmaster@sftradjazz.org or santh@comcast.net Advertising Rates per issue 1/8 Page $35, 1/4 Page $50, 1/2 Page $75

3 Archive Scrapbook NOTE: One of the advantages of receiving the Frisco Cricket online is the ability to zoom in on the images embedded in each issue. Be sure to zoom in to 200% or more to read the text below and on the following pages. Turk Murphy Recognized Turk and the band played often at the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco. 3

4 Eubie Blake 100th Birthday Party Invitation and tickets sent to Turk Murphy 4

5 Miscellaneous Photos of Musicians Left: Bob Mielke, Carl Lunceford, Bill Carroll Below: Bob Schulz, Phil Howe Mike Walbridge 5

6 The Frisco Cricket Late Summer 2014 Valley Vagabonds Bob Helm, 5th from the left. 6

7 The Frisco Cricket Late Summer 2014 The Hot Jazz Society of San Francisco Predecessor of the San Francisco Bay Area s four local jazz clubs that meet one Sunday each month: Traditional Ragtitme and Dixieland Jazz Appreciation & Strutters Society - 1st Sunday Napa Valley Dixieland Jazz Society - 2nd Sunday New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California (NOJC) - 3rd Sunday South Bay Traditional Jazz Society - 4th Sunday 7

8 The Frisco Cricket Spring 2014 Zoom in to Read... 8

9 Turk Murphy Jazz Band and The Salty Dogs Turk Murphy Jazz Band and The Salty Dogs at an evening jam session on the Goldenrod during the St. Louis Ragtime Festival, date unknown but probably mid-1970s. Photographer unknown. Miscellaneous Artist Appearances at Earthquake McGoon s From Tom Bartlett: What a great photo, because it shows almost everyone during one of the late Sat. night grab-asses on the Goldenrod. I have several of these types of photos with too many bands/people crowded together...but I ve NEVER seen this one. Where d you get it? Thanks!! This is the Leon/Helm/Lunsford era. Left to Right: T. Bartlett-tbn, L. Oakley-cnt, Bob Helm-sop, C. Lunsfordbjo (hidden behind Lew), Lew Greencnt, Wayne Jones-dms, Jack Kunclbjo, Kim Cusack-cl, John Cooper-pno, Bill Carroll-tbn, Turk Murphy-tbn, Mike Walbridgetba. I REALLY appreciate it. Judith Durham and Husband, Ron Edgeworth, 1977 Sippie Wallace,

10 Yerba Buena Jazz Band rare acetate discs online: JAZZ RHYTHM presents twenty rare YBJB air shots and private recordings. New transfers of rare and unissued discs recorded at the Dawn Club. With a fresh reassessment of Watter s Trad Jazz rebellion, Phil Elwood s legendary YBJB broadcasts & commentary by Hal Smith. Now Online Free At: Yerba Buena Jazz Band Yerba Buena archive Phil Elwood s Jazz Archives YBJB broadcasts (1957/1966) About Your New San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation Created as a non-profit in 1981, the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation stated, as its primary mission, the archival preservation of thousands of items related to the West Coast Jazz Revival that began in San Francisco about In 2009 SFTJF completed the transfer of the main body of those materials to the Stanford University s Music Library. Thereupon, your Foundation s Archive was closed; possible donors of jazz materials should now contact Stanford or other public repositories. SFTJF s wider, ongoing aim is to help foster high-quality traditional jazz, regionally and worldwide. That mission is now carried out primarily via electronic media. The Foundation s main window on the world is our website -- www. sftradjazz.org -- where visitors are invited to become members at $25 per year. Benefits of membership include insider information and discounts to special events and products, and a subscription to our lively newsletter, the Cricket, now available electronically. Those wishing to continue receiving the Cricket on paper in the mail should please contact the SFTJF office manager. Thank you for your generous support over the years. Contributions in categories beyond the basic membership level are tax deductible, and the names of those contributors are published annually (unless a contributor specifies anonymity). Donations welcomed The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation accepts gifts and grants in many forms, including his tori cal items which shed further light on the history of traditional jazz on the West Coast, such as recordings, music, newspaper clippings, pho tographs and corre spon dence. Contributions of materials or funds are tax-deductible under IRS ruling status 501(c)(3). SF Jazz on the Web The San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation has an ever-expanding web site. The site includes sound files and photos of many San Francisco (and other) jazz figures from the 1930s to the present. Please visit us at Join (or rejoin) the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Founda tion today to begin taking advan tage of reservations to special events, discounts on selected jazz books and recordings, and a year s sub scription to The Frisco Cricket. If you are already a member, give the gift of Founda tion membership to a friend! Use the form at right. 10 (Click on image above to listen)

11 Product Order Form & 2014 Membership/Renewal Application Name Address Phone ( ) PERMANENT CLEARANCE SALE PRICES! Compact Discs ($5 members, $6 non-members) Quantity Amount El Dorado Jazz Band Live At Mr. Fatfingers...(BCD-510) $ The Sunset Music Company Live in Dusseldorf, (BSR-009) $ The Unheard Bob Scobey and his Frisco Jazz Band (BCD-285) $ Firehouse 5 Plus 2 Live at Earthquake McGoon s (BCD-450) $ Clancy Hayes Satchel of Song...(SFTJF CD-108) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band Wild Man Blues...(SFTJF CD-107) $ Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Vol 2, (SFTJF CD-106) $ Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Vol 1, (SFTJF CD-105) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band Euphonic Sounds...(SFTJF CD-104) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band Weary Blues...(SFTJF CD-103) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band In Hollywood...(SFTJF CD-102) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band Live at Carson Hot Springs...(SFTJF CD-101) $ Turk Murphy Jazz Band At The Italian Village, with Claire Austin... (MMRC CD-11) $ Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band At Hambone Kelly s, (MMRC CD-10) $ Bob Helm with the El Dorado Jazz Band 1955*...(SFTJF CD-110) $ *Specially priced two-cd set. Members: $8; non-members: $10 More CDs online at Books Members Non-mem. Jazz on the Barbary Coast, by Tom Stoddard $4 $5 $ Pioneer jazzmen reminisce about old San Francisco and its role as a wellspring of jazz The Great Jazz Revival, by Pete Clute & Jim Goggin $5 $6 $ The story of the San Francisco jazz revival Jazz West 2, by K.O. Ecklund, published by Donna Ewald $4 $5 $ The A-to-Z guide to west coast jazz music; a unique source. Complete the credit card information below, or enclose check or money order for Total. Send to: San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation 3130 Alpine Road, #288 PMB 187 Portola Valley, CA Total Qty: $ California residents, add 9.0% sales tax (1 April 2013) $ Everyone add shipping (Total Qty X $2.00 per item) = $ If outside U.S., Canada and Mexico, add $5 per order. $ New or Renew SFTJF membership, add $25. $ Donation* $ Total $ *contributions to SFTJF, above the basic membership level, are tax deductible Credit Card MasterCard Visa American Express Name (as appears on card) Account Number (16 digits) Expiration Date (mo/yr) Cardholder Signature 11

12 The Frisco Cricket San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation 3130 Alpine Road, #288 PMB 187 Portola Valley, CA Anytime is a good time to renew your Membership! Join or renew online at Support Traditional Jazz! The Frisco Cricket Late Summer 2014