Jim Fryer

Jim Fryer and Friends, Sweetly (June 2, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
June 8, 2010

I was at Birdland last Wednesday, listening to David Ostwalds Louis Armstrong Centennial Band. The LACB always attracts first-rank players, but this edition was remarkable because it was an All-Star All-Leader Band (with none of the expected tensions): David on tuba and vaudeville commentaries; Vince Giordano on banjo, vocal, and guitar; Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpet; Dan Block on clarinet and alto sax; Jim Fryer on trombone and vocals.

Although it has nothing to do with his musical virtues, Jim might ...
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