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060302 Okanagan Swing in session with special guest Bob Walker on guitar. : At our regular Thursday afternoon rehearsal we had a surprise guest. Bob Walker came to join the band on guitar. I had known Bob Walker from the days in 1974 with Climax Jazz Band at Alberts Hall in the Brunswick Hotel in Toronto when Bob often came to listen when he lived in Thunderbay and came for medical conventions to Toronto. Bassist Leigh had told me that he knew Bob and had actually played with him in their Vernon days a number of yers ago. Bob played fine rhythm guitar and the afternoon became a memorable event. Also on guitar as well as on bass we had Randy Millan from Vernon. Our long time regulars were Leigh Perry on bass, Don Ross on tenor sax, George Beazley on piano, Bill Lowden on drums and the odd vocal and I tried to keep up with this talented bunch of musicians on my old cornet. Bob's wife Jan was there as well and apparently works as an artist as well as photographer and she was so kind to shoot these pictures.

060302 Okanagan Swing in session with special guest Bob Walker on guitar.

At our regular Thursday afternoon rehearsal we had a surprise guest. B ...

Updated: Mar 03, 2006 5:21pm PST

Classical Favourites : This is a some explanatory information I gathered for my friend Leigh Perry. Leigh mentioned that he loved classical piano music. This is not piano music only. I have included some of my overall classical favourites. I recorded the music described on this photo and text information site on a MP3 CD for Leigh. Anyone else interested in such a CD should let me know. The work is done now, and it is easy to burn another MP3 CD. I might consider it. Photos 1-4. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - The Four Seasons. Photos 5-8. Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685-1750) - The Violin Concertos Photos 9-10. Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concertos 23 and 27 (KV 488 & KV 599) Photo 11. Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770-1827) Moonlight Sonata Photo 12-13. Robert Schumann ( 1810-1856) Piano Concerto Photo 14-16. Frederic Chopin ( 1810-1849) Piano Concertos no 1 & 2 Photo 17-18. Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770-1827) Violin Concerto in Dmin Photo 19. Dmitri Shostakovich ( 1906-1975) Piano concerto No 2 Photo 20. Royal concertgebouw Orchestra plays Tea for Two

Classical Favourites

This is a some explanatory information I gathered for my friend Leigh ...

Updated: Feb 11, 2006 3:24pm PST

classical music index :

classical music index

Updated: Feb 08, 2006 11:58am PST

Stumptown January 2006 : To my dear Stumptown friends. It was cerainly a memorable weekend to be together again. Meet, drink, eat, laugh and make some music as well. Lets hope it happens again! Thank you all. Bob

Stumptown January 2006

To my dear Stumptown friends. It was cerainly a memorable weekend to b ...

Updated: Feb 08, 2006 8:58am PST

1952 Early years : Around 1950 Bob became interested in traditional jazz. This photo gallery follows from some of his beginnings until some glorious finales after which the Erwig family moved to Toronto, Canada in May 1966.

1952 Early years

Around 1950 Bob became interested in traditional jazz. This photo gall ...

Updated: May 20, 2006 3:46pm PST

2005 OKANAGAN SWING : Our jazz group "Okanagan Swing". with Bill Lowden drums and the odd vocal, Don Ross tenor sax, George Beazley piano, Leigh Perry, wooden double bass and Bob Erwig cornet.

2005 OKANAGAN SWING

Our jazz group "Okanagan Swing". with Bill Lowden drums and the odd vo ...

Updated: Jan 09, 2006 2:36pm PST

2005 Music in Holland : For our holiday to Holland in September 2005 I left a few days earlier specially to be able to see some old music friends and also to meet some new ones. Here are a number of memories from two events. I enjoyed being with my friend Peter who took me to a concert of his Midlife Jazz Band in Zeist. Another day we organized a session at his house in Bussum.

2005 Music in Holland

For our holiday to Holland in September 2005 I left a few days earlier ...

Updated: Feb 14, 2006 11:38am PST

2002 Breda Jazz Festival : My friend Simon Stribling had been invited to be an all star musician at the 2002 Breda Jazz Festival. He told me before leaving that his mom Marg would come over from Australia to witness all the events. It happened that Ilse and I had decided to go on a holiday to the Netherlands as well. We were able to meet Simon and Marg at the festival and spend an incredible enjoyable day together. We had met Marg a year before when she visited Simon in Vancouver and we had both of 'em over for a wonderful evening at our house. So it was quite a pleasure to meet again.

2002 Breda Jazz Festival

My friend Simon Stribling had been invited to be an all star musician ...

Updated: Nov 25, 2005 10:46pm PST

1995 Climax Jazz Band in Japan : In the fall of 1995 Climax Jazz Band was invited for a series of concerts in Japan. These concerts were held on a large square and each concert had audiences between 6 and 10.000 people.

1995 Climax Jazz Band in Japan

In the fall of 1995 Climax Jazz Band was invited for a series of conce ...

Updated: Nov 18, 2005 3:56pm PST

1985 Kenny Davern & Climax Jazz Band : In the summer of 1985 we invited world renowned clarinetist Kenny Davern to join the Climax Jazz Band for a recording session. The results of these recordings were issued on a cassette. The brother of our drummer Pete McCormick was there with his camera and about 20 colour slides were made. The slides have been with me in storage for more than 20 years ( time flies) and just now I scanned and bring these to you via this great smugmug photo website

1985 Kenny Davern & Climax Jazz Band

In the summer of 1985 we invited world renowned clarinetist Kenny Dave ...

Updated: Nov 18, 2005 6:56pm PST

060513 Wild Cards J.B. in Aberdeen : Randy Keller's Wild Cards Jazz will feature Vintage Jazz Artists and Band Leaders from both coasts at the 'Rain or Shine Jazz Festival' in Aberdeen, Washington on the weekend of 12 - 14 May 2006. Leader bassist Randy Keller invited me to participate and join his Wild Card Jazz Band. I had not played a festival for a few years and I was not certain my chops would hold up for the 8 one and a half hour sets during the weekend. Fortunately it all worked out fine. The band had never played together in this combination, but from the first set on it was swinging nicely with creative solos from the bandmembers. All were relaxed, took it easy, and we all had a darn good time making the music together. A very satisfying weekend! Always good to get favourable comments from the crowd. In an email to Randy the following from Joe Kistler: "" What I wanted to say was I thought the group you put together for this occasion ranked far and away up there as one of the best Wild Card groups to this date! The jazz fans all over town were saying, ".....have you heard the Wild Cards?"......."Have you heard the Wild Cards?"....... "This is one of the best Wild Card groups I've ever heard!"...........!" Etc., etc. I strongly agree. I hope all the members of your group enjoyed themselves in the little humble town of Aberdeen. We're certainly no Sacramento or San Diego or Sun Valley, but we do know our "Trad Jazz" and your group provided us with some of the best this past weekend. Thanks to you and your band members."" Thank you Joe!

060513 Wild Cards J.B. in Aberdeen

Randy Keller's Wild Cards Jazz will feature Vintage Jazz Artists and B ...

Updated: May 18, 2006 1:45pm PST