| Alphonso Trent Orchestra - Gilded Kisses |
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Alphonse Trent (or Alphonso Trent) (August
24, 1905 - October 14, 1959) was an American
jazz pianist and territory band leader. Trent
played piano since childhood and worked in
local bands in Arkansas through his youth. He
led his first band in the mid-1920s, possibly
as early as 1923. In 1924 he played with
Eugene Cook's Synco Six, and then took over
leadership of the band, which played until
1934, playing mostly in the American South
and Midwest, as well as on steamboats. He
left music in the mid-1930s but returned with
another band in 1938. His sidemen included
Terrence Holder, Alex Hill, Stuff Smith, Snub
Mosley, Charlie Christian, Sweets Edison,
Mouse Randolph, and Peanuts Holland. Despite
being a territory band, the group did tour a
lot, though. From 1926-27 Trent's group
toured Texas playing the Gunter Hotel in San
Antonio, the Waco Hotel (where they met the
young trumpeter Harry James), the Austin
Hotel, the Fort Worth Hotel, the Galvez Hotel
in Galveston, the Rice Hotel in Houston, and
opened the new Plaza Hotel in San Antonio.
From 1927 through 1929 the Trent Orchestra
traveled east, playing in Cincinnati,
Louisville, Lexington, Buffalo, Stanley,
Ontario, and took their only New York City
date at the Savoy Ballroom. During this
period the band made its first recordings
(four songs for the Gennett Company in
Richmond, Indiana), competed with the great
Louis Armstrong. The band was forced back to
Fort Smith, Arkansas after a fire at the
Plantation Club in Cleveland, Ohio destroyed
the Trent Orchestra's instruments and
library. 

The Alphonso Trent Orchestra
made one last road trip in the winter of
1933. The end finally came in Albany, New
York, at the Kenmore Hotel Trent eventually
formed a smaller group, touring the Dakotas,
Wyoming, Colorado and Texas. Trent spent the
1940's and 50's playing occasional dates as
soloist and with small groups around his home
in Fort Smith, Arkansas. As a leader, besides
the four sides in 1928, he would only record
two more in 1930, and two in 1933, all of
them for Gennett. What a pity, since his
skill was outstanding, as one can tell from
this virtuosic rendition, recorded on October
11th, 1928. The vocal is by unidentified
band member. Besides leader Trent at the
piano, instrumentists included: Chester
Clark, Harry Edison, Peanuts Holland, George
Hudson and Irving Randolph, trumpet; Eugene
Crooke, banjo and guitar; A.G. Godley, drums;
Lee Hilliard, Hayes Pillars and James Jeter,
alto saxophone; Robert "Eppie" Jackson, tuba;
Leo "Stuff" Smith and Anderson Lacy, violin;
Charles Pillars, tenor and baritone
saxophone, as well as Leo "Snub" Moseley and
Gus Wilson, trombone.
Tags : Gilded Kisses Alphonso Trent Orchestra 78RPM |
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| Alphonso Mabry ~ A Change For A Change |
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Filmed at the Schreiner University Coffehouse
Series in celebration of National Poetry
Month. Sponsored by the Texas Heritage Music
Foundation. Alphonso Mabry performs A Change
For A Change for the Slam.
I had this poem named incorrectly, and that
name persists on the film itself. Please know
that the correct title is as posted here,
with apologies to Alphonso.
Check out the other short films of poetry
performers, including competitors in the
Schreiner Slam at milkriverfilm; as well as
musical performances at coffeehouses over the
past couple of years.
Filmed at Kerrville, Texas, 2 April 2008
Film by Tony Gallucci
Holly Riedel, Executive Producer
Special Thanks to Kathleen Hudson
Thom the World Poet, Special Guest Emcee
Prari Blair, Coffeehouse Series Emcee
Kathleen Hudson:
http://www.kathleenhudson.net/
Texas Heritage Music Foundation:
http://www.texasheritagemusic.org/
Schreiner University:
http://www.schreiner.edu/
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Affichage : 77
Durée : 203 s |
| Alphonso Johnson-Involuntary Bliss |
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This is a bad cut from the "Moonshadows"
album!With Gary Bartz-Soprano Sax,Flora
Purim-Vocals,Dawilli Gonga(George
Duke)-Keyboards,Narada Michael Walden-Drums &
Alphonso Johnson-Bass
Tags : 70s Jazz Fusion Funk |
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Affichage : 755
Durée : 380 s |
| Alphonso Mabry ~ Temptation Burns Black Smoke |
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Filmed at the Schreiner University
Coffeehouse Series, 12 March 2008, Schreiner
University, Kerrville, Texas, celebrating
Women's History Month. Schreiner student
Alphonso Mabry performing his poem
"Temptation Burns Black Smoke.
filmed by tony gallucci, milk river film,
Holly Riedel - Executive Producer
special thanks to Kathleen Hudson, Texas
Heritage Music Foundation, sponsor of the
series, host Prari Blair, and Jon Cearley
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Tags : Alphonso Mabry Schreiner Kerrville Texas Heritage Music poetry poem milk river film milkriverfilm tony gallucci |
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Durée : 155 s |
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