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Music Appreciation

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4. Mine was born in '24 and was in the Army in the Pacific during WWII.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 09:54 AM

Dec 7

After the War he went to college on GI Bill to major in music. He was a great musician but a bad student. He met my mom who was on a piano scholarship, got married and I was born. He then joined the Navy to be in the Navy Band. During off hours, he formed his own 13 piece band to play gigs. I found stacks of sheet music of his arrangements, done by hand.

He eventually worked for the Post Office, but kept up with his musical avocation. If an entertainer came to town (Bob Hope, etc) and they needed a band, my father always got the call to be in it.

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Dave Brubeck was born December 6, 1920 [View all] surfered Dec 6 OP

My Dad Loved Tyem ProfessorGAC Dec 6 #1

My dad was a Big Band fanatic. I think he actually got to play with Jimmy Dorsey once surfered Dec 6 #2

My Dad Liked That, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 7 #3

Mine was born in '24 and was in the Army in the Pacific during WWII. surfered Dec 7 #4

Cool! ProfessorGAC Dec 7 #5

All the saxes, clarinets, and flute. But baritone sax was his go to instrument surfered Dec 7 #6

Excellent ProfessorGAC Dec 7 #7