mark weber / jazz for mostly

1. Lisa Polisar Towles 02.20.12 / 4pm

   God I miss you guys!! (sniff)
2. David Sherr 02.22.12 / 3pm

   Hi Mark,

   The gig was 10 shows for Black History Month. It must have been in 1974 or thereabouts, maybe 1975. It was done at NBC in Burbank and I never knew if it was shown only in LA or on the network. It aired at 6:30 AM and I never saw it. I don’t think there was a “star” as such but there were people who appeared on more than one episode, Abbey Lincoln and Roscoe Lee Browne being the only two I can remember. The band was a trio: Bobby Bryant was the leader and played trumpet along with Mike and me. It was a half hour show and we recorded it in the early evening. I think we only did underscoring, no vocal accompaniments. I don’t remember Abbey singing but I sure remember her acting–very intense.

   After the gig, Mike would disappear and a few times Bobby and his wife Pam and I went across the street to Chadney’s, a jazz club and bar. Mike was surely invited but must have had better things to do. I met Mike around 1962 through a mutual friend, Mark Weiss, aka Dr. Scat, a marriage and family counsellor/scat singer. His father was Sid Weiss, a prominent bass player in the swing era and, incidentally, the Local 47 business representative who showed up at the Sonny’s Dream session. Small world, huh?

   Wish him my best and tell him he was part of one of the best gigs I ever had.

   DS
3. Mark Weber 02.22.12 / 4pm

   I’m squinting because the sun is pounding on my eyes

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