IT’S SKJELBRED’S YETI CHASERS PLUS TWO ON DECEMBER 17TH!

Volume 42, Number 10December 2017

WHERE:Ballard Elks Lodge 6411 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle

WHEN: 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m December 17ADMISSION:  $12 PSTJS members $15 non-members. Pay only at door.

FURTHER INFO:  Carol Rippey 425-776-5072. Or - website: www.pstjs.org. Plenty of free parking; great view & dance floor, snacks, coffee, and other beverages available.

by George Swinford

Once again, as the winter solstice approaches, Ray Skjelbred musters his Yeti Chasers for what has become a December tradition. Each year since 2009 Ray’s quartet, plus two or three added musicians, has played our December session. For the first few years Ray’s close-knit little group appeared as the First Thursday Band, so-called for their slot in the schedule at Gaye Anderson’s New Orleans Restaurant. When that venue closed the doors for good those four became the Yeti Chasers. Left to right, as pictured, they are Dave Brown, bass, Steve Wright, cornet and reeds, leader Ray Skjelbred, piano and Mike Daugherty, drums.

This year’s additions will be Dave Holo on cornet and Jacob Zimmerman, reeds. It’s been some months since Dave Holo has been with us and it will be great to see and hear him again. Jacob is the exciting young reedman we most

recently heard with the Good Herb band, last September. Steve Wright says that for our upcoming session he’ll concentrate on reeds, leaving the brass work to Dave Holo. With Jacob also on stage we can look forward to some sparkling reed duets!

The Yeti Chasers have always been a tight little group. Dave Holo and Jacob Zimmerman are familiar with the band and will blend right in. Ray selects interesting tunes, his tempos bring out the best features of the music he chooses and the Yeti Chasers’ unfailing rhythm suits the dancers. It’s all coming together for us at the Ballard Elks, on December 17th. Join us there, vote for next year’s officers and board members and enjoy this year’s pre-holiday session!

Left: Yeti Chasers

Below: Jacob Zimmerman

Right: Dave Holo

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Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society

19031 Ocean AvenueEdmonds, WA 98020-2344

425-776-5072 www.pstjs.org

UPCOMING EVENTSElks Lodge, Ballard, 6411 Seaview Ave N.W., Seattle

Dec. 17 Ray’s Yeti ChasersJan. 21 Uptown Lowdown Jazz BandFeb. 18 Ain’t No Heaven Seven Mar. 18 Crescent City JazzersApril 15 TBAMay 21 TBAJune 18 TBA

PRESIDENT Judy Levy jazzdancer2@msn.com 425-606-1254 VICE PRESIDENT Jack Temp 425-242-0683

SECRETARY Cilla Trush paultrush@yahoo.com 206-363-9174TREASURER Gloria Kristovich gkristo@live.com 425-776-7816BOARD OF DIRECTORS Keith Baker kacybaker@comcast.netVerna Eriks vernaeriks@gmail.com 206-363-6171Joanne Hargrave shorejo1@comcast.net 206-550-4664John Heinz latitude47.8@comcast.net 425-412-0590Edmunde Lewin 360-297-6633George Peterson ggpeters99@gmail.com 425-453-5218Carol Rippey trianglejazz@comcast.net 425-776-5072George Swinford grs-pms@comcast.net 425-869-2780

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Carol Rippey trianglejazz@comcast.net 425-776-5072

EDITORAnita LaFranchi jazzeditor@q.com 206-522-7691

WEBMASTERGeorge Peterson ggpeters99@gmail.com 425-890-8633

Gigs for Local Bands

On Your Dial........Sunday3 -6 pm Art of Jazz, Ken Wiley, KPLU 88.5 FM

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December 2017

AIN’T NO HEAVEN SEVENNov. 11 The Spar Tavern in Old Tacoma. 8-11 PM.Nov. 18 The Royal Room in Columbia City 6-8 PM.

BELLINGHAM TRADITIONAL JAZZ SOCIETY1st Saturday, 2-5 pm VFW Hall 625 N. State St., Bellingham, WADec. 2 Crescent City JazzersJan. 6 Clamdigger Jazz BandFeb. 3 Bob Storms Dixieland All-Stars DAVE HOLO TRIOSalty’s on Alki 1936 Harbor Avenue. SW Seattle, WA 98126 206-937-1600 http://saltys.com/seattle Dec. 1 5-8pmDec. 15 5-8pm

JONATHAN DOYLEDec. 8 9pm Eastside Stomp (Redmond, WA) 9 pm - Midnight For more info visit: http://eastsidestomp.com/

OLYMPIA JAZZ SOCIETY2nd Sundays 1-4:pm Elks Lodge. 1818 Fourth Ave E., Olympia, WADec. 10 Evergreen Jazz Band Jan. 14 Black Swan Classic Jazz BandFeb. 11 Dave Brown ComboMar. 11 Market Street April 8 Clearbrook Dixieland Jazz Band May 13 Mardi Gras Jazz BandJune 10 Dukes of Swing

PEARL DJANGO Dec. 14 7pm Jazz at the Center - in Camano Island with Gail Pettis 606 Arrowhead Road; Camano Island, WA 98282, 360-387-0222Dec. 15 8pm North City Bistro Tickets and reservations made directly through the Bistro will be required to guarantee seating. Call (206) 365-4447 Or email rbloom888@gmail.com for reservations. 1520 NE 177th St; Shoreline, WA; Jan. 2,3,4 7:30 pm Jazz Alley Our special guest this time is none other than Neil Andersson. Neil is a founding member of Pearl Django. 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA (206) 441-9729.

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Jazz Soundings Page 3December 2017

Black Swan Jazz Band Blue Street Jazz Band

Bob Draga with Friends Tom Rigney & Flambeau

Gino & The Lone Gunmen High Sierra Jazz Band

Ivory & Gold® Dave Bennett and the Memphis Speed Kings

Dave Bennett Quartet

High Street Party Band Stephanie & Paolo with Danny Coots

Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band Rock Island Roustabouts

Bands subject to change.

Presented by Lighthouse Jazz Society

FEBRUARY 22—25, 2018 SEASIDE, OREGON

A portion of this project was made possible from a grant from the City of Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee, funded by room tax dollars.

Five venues: Three at the Convention Center and one each at the Best Western Ocean View Resort, and Seaside Elks.

Thursday Night Warm Up at the Seaside Elks - 7 PM; 200 Pre-sale Tickets Only Dance floors and free shuttle! Call 1-888-306-2326 for housing info.

More info at www.jazzseaside.com or 1-866-345-6257, Monday-Friday, 9 – 5 PM only.

Jazz Soundings Page 4December 2017

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Vote for 5 candidates

Ed Lewin* Michael Shilley

John Ochs George Swinford*

Carol Rippey*

Note - Nominated Must have person’s permission

OFFICERS PRESIDENT John Heinz

VICE PRESIDENT Jack Temp*

SECRETARY Cilla Trush*

TREASURER Gloria Kristovich*

Note: If you intend to vote at the concert in December you will be required to present your membership card to receive a ballot.

Write-in:________________ Office: ______________

Place your name(s) and the word BALLOT on the top left of the envelope. Your name will be checked on election day and your vote added to the rest. On election day the ballots will be removed and the envelope discarded before the ballots are tallied.

If you must miss the December meeting, here is your chance to vote for your PSTJS officers and board members. Remove from newsletter, vote your preference and mail by Dec 11, 2017 to:

PSTJS 19031 Ocean Ave., Edmonds, WA 98020-2344

Puget Sound Traditional Jazz SocietyPSTJS officers and board members - December 2017 Absentee ballot

*Incumbent

We all aware of the relatively recent attempts to change language and expressions so as not to offend any race, culture, religious group or whatever. While it is necessary and proper to treat all people with respect, sometimes these changes sound ridiculous. To achieve these desirable changes the change agents take extreme steps, often inadver-tently generating a backlash countering their efforts. There always has to be a balance. Extremists are needed to achieve progress, but it is the moderates that make things work.

Many songs and stories in the past contained things that would be very offensive to most people today. But we cannot change history nor should we destroy literature and songs of the past because they are of-fensive by today’s standards. My friends Jim and Ginger Reid, PSTJS members from Victoria, BC are buyers and sellers of antiques. Some years ago I sold them a mechanical toy that my mother bought me for my second birthday in 1928. This ingenious little device consisted of a man with arms and legs that were jointed causing his arms and legs to swing and looking very much like a man dancing. They paid me about 75 times what my mother paid for the toy in 1928.

The problem was that the toy was called a “Coon jigger” and the figure was apparently meant to represent either a black man with exag-gerated Negroid features, or perhaps a Caucasian in blackface. The Re-ids tell me that these old racist artifacts are often bought up by wealthy Black people as collectors items. As offensive as these toys were, they now are useful reminders to people of all colors that in the not too dis-tant past blatant racism was pervasive.

Jim and Ginger did not resell the antique toy but put it in a large display case in their home where they keep a few choice items. I spent a weekend with the Reids a few years ago and it was a treat to see my little “Coon Jigger” being displayed.

In addition to being an antique dealer, Jim is an accomplished trad jazz cometist. He has a band called The Bastion Jazz Band which is still active in Victoria. Jim travels a lot so he doesn’t get to play with the band much any more. I once invited them to a PSTJS concert many years ago, and I had the thrill of playing tuba with the Bastion.

Every year Jim and Ginger fly to Australia and stay a month or so. Australia has a month-long jazz festival every year that attracts mu-sicians and fans from all over the world. The musicians form bands and play at various venues. It is a jazz event that unfortunately has no counterpart in the US.

If there is any moral to this story perhaps it is that Trad Jazz is enjoyed and played worldwide, and that racism is much less than it was a few decades ago.

GOLDEN FIGS Reprint from Jazz Soundings June 2000

by Rusty Rathfelder

Jazz Soundings Page 5December 2017

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Members

YOU can help with little effort and that’s

by bringing just one of your friends or family members into our club. If WE ALL do that, our

membership will double.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:JIM & DORIS VAN OLST

THE YETI CHASERS Dec. 17 1-4:30pm Puget Sound Traditional Jazz Society 1 - 4:30 pm For more info visit: http://pstjs.org/

UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND

Dec. 3 Portland Jazz Society - Rose w/Hume Street JazzDec. 19 6:45 & 8:45 Lights of Christmas - Jingle JazzDec. 20 6:45 & 8:45 Lights of Christmas - Jingle JazzDec. 21 6:45 & 8:45 Lights of Christmas - Jingle Jazz

JACOB ZIMMERMAN

Dec. 22 9pm Eastside Stomp (Redmond, WA) 9 pm - Midnight For more info visit: http://eastsidestomp.com/

Gigs - continued from page 2

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AIN’T NO HEAVEN SEVEN Leader: Terry Rogersterryrrogers@comcast.net 206-465-6601BARRELHOUSE GANG  Leader: James Walls 206-280-1581 email: barrelhousegang@gmail.com www.barrelhousegang.com BOURBON STREET ALL STARSLeader: Jeff Winslow (360) 731 0322 drjwjazz@gmail.comCOAL CREEK JAZZ BAND Leader: Judy Logen, 425-641-1692 Bookings: judy@coalcreekjazzband.comCOMBO DE LUXE Bookings: Candace Brownwww.combodeluxe.net jazzstrings@comcast.net 253-752-6525CORNUCOPIA CONCERT BAND Leader: Allan Rustadwww.comband.org 425-744-4575DUKES OF DABOB Bookings: Mark Holman, 360-779-6357, seaclar7@embarqmail.com. DUWAMISH JAZZ BAND Bookings: Carol Johnstoncarolanjo@yahoo.com 206-932-7632EVERGREEN CLASSIC JAZZ BAND Leader: Tom Jacobusemail: t.jacobus@comcast.net ph: 253-852-6596 or cell 253-709-3013FOGGY BOTTOM JAZZ BAND Leader: Bruce Cosacchi360-638-2074GRAND DOMINION JAZZ BAND Bookings: Bob Pellandbobpelland@gdjb.com 360-387-2500 holotradband Leader: Dave Holo email: dave@daveholo.comwww.holotradband.com HOT CLUB SANDWICH Contact: James Schneiderwww.hotclubsandwich.com 206-561-1137

HUME STREET PRESERVATION JAZZ BANDBookings: Karla West 406-862-3814JAZZ UNLIMITED BAND Leader: Duane Wrightduane.janw@frontier.com 206-930-9998JAZZ STRINGS Bookings: Dave Brownjazzstrings@comcast.net 206-650-5501LOUISIANA JOYMAKERS  Leader: Mike Hobbs mikehobbs1924@gmail.com THE MARKET STREET DIXIELAND JASS BANDAnsgar Duemchen: 425-286-5703 Tim Sherman 206-547-1772www.marketstreetjazz.com MIGHTY APHRODITE Co-leaders: Bria Skonberg, Claire McKenna mightyaphroditejazz@hotmail.com 405-613-0568NEW ORLEANS QUINTET Jake Powel 206- 725-3514 jake_powel@comcast.netRAINIER JAZZ BAND Manager: Randy Kellerrandolphscottkeller@gmail.com 206-437-1568RAY SKJELBREDrayskjelbred@gmail.com 206-420-8535RONNIE PIERCE JAZZ ENSEMBLEronniepiercemusic@yahoo.com, 206-467-9365UPTOWN LOWDOWN JAZZ BAND Leader: Bert Barruljb@yahoo.com 425-898-4288WILD CARDS JAZZ Leader: Randy Kellerrandolphscottkeller@gmail.com 206-437-1568THE YETI CHASERS Leader: Ray SkjelbredRayskjelbred@gmail.com 206-420-8535 For more information:http://www.rayskjelbred.com/calendar.html

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