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http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=GRAAS%2C_John a bio that I wrote about John Graas - at the bottom are some video links - Susan Graas McKeever

You're welcome - I never know when something like this is of interest to people. Susan Graas McKeever

http://youtu.be/t0-oYE3t_b0 discussion of the technique John used for playing jazz on the French horn http://youtu.be/btgM-D5tTDc John Graas was a French horn classical and jazz player and jazz composer. I am his niece and got these interviews from Ball State University. Susan

John Graas "Jazz Overture" Ken Wiley, French horn, and 8 great jazz players playing live poolside in LA at the LAJI concert, a tribute to John Graas. Susan Graas McKeever

John Graas Flip-Tip on YouTube Ken Wiley on French horn; live Los Angeles Jazz Institute poolside concert with nonet of excellent jazz musicians playing John Graas' "Flip-Tip" on October 23, 2011

John Graas - recent recordings Jeff Snedeker and the Central Washington University ensembles and Big Band

Bill, thanks for passing the link on to Mark and Tom. I actually tried to email Tom, but you never know with spamblockers, if he actually received the email. Susan

Yes, John and my whole family were from Dubuque, Iowa. I'm hoping the Dubuque Symphony is going to perform John's "Jazz Symphony". They're interested in doing that.

I'm actually his niece. You met him one year before he died.

John Graas's MySpace website Someone from France just created this webpage for John Graas (French horn, Third Stream, West Coast Jazz). It's pretty nice and includes some free tracks to listen to down further on the page.

Great show!

Wow? That's a neat story about John. I have been hearing quite a few nice things John did like writing back to fans, etc., but that was very generous of him!

I went to hear the concert of my uncle John Graas' music but I gained so much more - I was surprised that Paul Horn, Herb Geller, Chico Hamilton, Bud Shank and others could still play so well! I loved hearing Holly Hofmann. The John Graas concert included Richard Todd on French horn, Bill Mays on piano, Joe La Barbera on drums, Putter Smith on bass, Jeff Driskill and Phil Feather on saxes. The audience jumped up with an enthusiastic standing ovation. It's hard for me to be objective about John's music, but many people were blown away by the concert - even though John played with the best people of the 50s, I don't know if it was the recording quality back then, but this concert sounded much better than the old recordings. The panel discussions, films, and other concerts were outstanding. I'm really glad I went.

This is the first time I attended this festival and I was blown away. I'm not very experienced as far as reporting but there are two reports dated Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 at http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/ that summarizes much of it better than I could.

Don Adams' daughter Cathy was my "suite" mate (We shared at bathroom between our two rooms) at the University of Redlands. When we would go out late at night to a coffee shop, she only had $100 bills and this was 1967! She was a very nice person and we had a lot of fun - I lost touch with her after college.

I just clicked on the link for this and Frank Sinatra's 9/17 is playing instead of the James Dean.

I'm flying in from Wisconsin. I bought tickets for some of the events. Richard Todd is featured in a concert of my uncle John Graas' music. I'm also hoping to meet Bud Shank and Herb Geller, etc. who worked with John. All the events sound interesting to me.

[The Los Angeles Jazz Institute is presenting its third celebration of west coast jazz this fall. Details follow. http://www.lajazzinstitute.org JAZZ WEST COAST 3 - LEGENDS OF THE WEST WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 7:30PM Bonus Event Full Registrants Only Jazz Themes From The West An All-Star Ensemble performing music from a number of Motion Pictures which featured music written by an array of West Coast Legends. Including music from Shorty Rogers’ The Wild One, Andre Previn's The Subterraneans, Johnny Mandel's I Want to Live, Bud Shank's Slippery When Wet and Barefoot Adventure and more...... THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 9:30-10:30 San Diego Room Film 1 Central Avenue Breakdown Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette, Eric Dolphy, Ernie Andrews, Hampton Hawes, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss, Britt Woodman, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray 11:00-12:00 San Diego Room Panel 1 Baron Mingus Kirk Silsbee with Buddy Collette 12:30-1:30 Pool Patio Concert 1 The Anthony Ortega-Bill Trujillo Quintet 2:00-3:00 California Ballroom Concert 2 Man of Many Parts The Buddy Collette Big Band 3:30-4:30 San Diego Room Panel 2 Legends of the West Panelists: Frank Morgan, Jack Costanzo, Dave Pell, Herb Geller, William Claxton, Med Flory, Gene Norman, Anthony Ortega, Bill Trujillo 5:00-6:00 California Ballroom Concert 3 The Frank Morgan Quartet 8:30PM California Ballroom Concert 4 Afro Cubano The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra with special guest conductor Joel Kaye A Big Band excursion exploring two of the most significant Afro Cuban Jazz Suites ever conceived: Shorty Rogers Afro-Cuban Influence-The Wuayacañanga Suite Dedicated to the memory of Michael Rogers and Johnny Richards’ Cuban Fire Suite Originally performed by The Stan Kenton Orchestra FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 9:30-10:30 San Diego Room Film 2 West Coasting Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, June Christy, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Jimmy Giuffre, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Harry Babison, Dave Pell Octet 10:45-11:45 San Diego Room Panel 3 The Mode Records Story with Peter Jacobson and Bones Howe 12:00-1:00 Pool Concert 5 Shorty Roger's Martian Chronicles The Ron Stout Quintet Beginning with Martians Go Home in 1955, Shorty Rogers continued to write compositions in what he playfully referred to as his "Martian series." This special concert features the Ron Stout Quintet performing many of these classic titles. As Shorty said "you've got to mind your relations with the constellations." 1:30-2:30 California Ballroom Concert 6 Grey Flannel The Dave Pell Octet 2:45-3:45 Panel 4 Young Chet The Early Years of Chet Baker Panelists: Bob Whitlock, Bernie Fleisher, Hersh Hamel 4:00-5:00 California Ballroom Concert 7 Jazz Wave The Med Flory Big Band 5:30-6:30 San Diego Room Panel 5 Shank's Pranks Panelists: Bud Shank, Howard Rumsey, Chuck Flores, Mike Wofford, Bobby Shew 9:00 California Ballroom Concert 8 Bud Shank Celebration An All-Star Tribute to Bud Shank featuring Bud Shank, Chuck Flores, Howard Rumsey, Mike Wofford, Holly Hofmann, Bobby Shew, Joe LaBarbara and lots more..... SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2005 9:30-10:30 San Diego Room Film 3 Swingin' Sounds Chico Hamilton Quintet, Jimmy Giuffre, Stan Getz, Lou Levy, Max Roach, Andre Previn Trio, Red Norvo, Pete Jolly, Bill Perkins, Frank Rosolino, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Victor Feldman 10:45-11:45 San Diego Room Panel 6 Surf Ride Rare and Unissued Art Pepper Ken Poston with Laurie Pepper 12:00-1:00 Pool Patio Concert 9 JazzMantics-The Music of John Graas featuring Richard Todd 1:30-2:30 Concert 10 Geller Plays Geller-The Music of Herb and Lorraine Geller The Herb Geller Quartet 2:45-3:45 San Diego Room Panel 7 Drums West Chico Hamilton Panelists: Chico Hamilton, John Pisano, Paul Horn, Buddy Collette, Fred Katz 4:00-5:00 California Ballroom Concert 11 Figure 8 The Lennie Niehaus Octet 5:30-6:30 California Ballroom Concert 12 Mr. Bongo The Jack Costanzo Latin Big Band 9:00 California Ballroom Concert 13 Reunion The Chico Hamilton & Euphoria featuring Cary Denigris, Paul Ramsey, Evan Schwam and Karolina Strassmayer plus special guests Paul Horn, John Pisano and Fred Katz and Paul Horn Quintet Reunion featuring Paul Horn, Emil Richards and Mike Lang Sunday, October 2, 2005 9:30-10:30 San Diego Room Film 4 Cool Heat Shelly Manne, Conte Candoli, Ralph Pena, Harold Land-Red Mitchell, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Scott LaFaro, Stan Levey, Paul Horn, Warne Marsh, Allyn Ferguson's Chamber Jazz Sextet, Vi Redd, Carmell Jones, Sleepy Stein, Barney Kessel 10:45-11:45 San Diego Room Panel 8 Take 5 The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond Doug Ramsey- Discussion and Book Signing 12:00-1:00 Pool Patio Concert 14 Jazz Rolls Royce Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble directed by Bruce Babad performing Bob Cooper's Jazz Rolls Royce originally written for The Lighthouse All-Stars 1:30-3:30 Film 5 The Lighthouse - A Film by Ken Koenig followed by a discussion with Howard Rumsey and Ken Koenig 4:00-5:00 California Ballroom Concert 15 Allyn Ferguson's Chamber Jazz Sextet 5:30-6:30 California Ballroom Concert 16 West Coast Alto Summit Bud Shank, Herb Geller, Lennie Niehaus 9:00 California Ballroom Concert 17 THE COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF JOHNNY MANDEL Johnny Mandel conducting an all-star big band featuring many of his classic compositions and arrangements including material written for Chet Baker, Cy Touff, Hoagy Carmichael, Mel Torme and music from the motion picture I Want to Live. FESTIVAL FACTS DATES SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 2, 2005 PLACE The Four Points Sheraton at LAX 9750 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045 The special convention rate is $82 and $92 per night. Hotel stay not included in registration fee. Reserve your room now by calling 1-(800) 529-4683 REGISTRATION $350 ($325 for Jazz Institute members) Includes reserved seating for all concerts. TICKETS Tickets are available for each individual event To order tickets by phone or for more information call (562)985-7065

I'm going to this. Is anyone on this board going?

You're welcome, Brad. It was a great show!

http://wfiu.indiana.edu/nightlights/052805-nl.ram one final attempt

[url=http://wfiu.indiana.edu/nightlights/052805-nl.ram] If I got the code right, this might get you to the show

Congratulations, Ghost! I'm sure you've heard this before, but you have a great voice! And a great show!

Thanks, Ghost!!!

GOM, I hope this week's show gets archived soon - I want to email it to some people. Thanks.