Here's to ol' blue
eyes
I've Got You Under My Skin
Try A Little Tenderness
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I've Found A New Baby
My Baby Just Cares For Me
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
You Make Me Feel So Young
The Best Is Yet To Come
Young At Heart
That's Life
Trombone
Gary Carney
Jim Masters
Ola Hanson
Gary McKaig
John Hall
Matt Ellis
Bill England
Jeff Banyots
Trumpet
Jim Powell
Chris Young
Tom Battenberg
Saxophone
Steve Genteline
Chuz Alfred
Piano
Ron Beaver
Ed Cottle
Dave Powers
John Ulrich
Keyboard
Dave Powers
Ed Cottle
Bass
Terry Douds
Jim Fluke
Jeremy Laukhuf
Drums
Joe Ong
Jim Curlis
Wally Mitchell
Guitar
Mark Williams
Banjo
Mike Evans
Tuba
Sid Townsend
Percussion and Special Effects
Jim Curlis |
Chuz Alfred
The Chuz Alfred Quintet
began traveling the U.S. and Canada in June 1954.
In March 1955, the President of Savoy Records contacted the
group. The quintet recorded a rhythm and blues single at King Studios in
Cincinnati; then, in September, went to New York to record another.
On September 27, 1955, the group's album, Jazz Young Blood,
was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey with Ola
Hanson, trombone; Chuck Lee, piano; jazz great Vinnie Burke, bass; and the
legendary Kenny Clarke, drums.
In 1956, the quintet left New York's Gale Booking Agency
and signed with General Artists Corporation (GAC). This led to
an exclusive management contract with Ray Bloch and Associates. Amid increasing change and adversity, the quintet was unable
to fulfill a recording date with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1958. It disbanded
in September when Chuz accepted an invitation from Ralph Marterie to join
his big band in Chicago on October 1 of that year.
Despite the opportunities during the 1950s to join Woody Herman,
Carl Perkins, Buddy Morrow, Perez Prado, Ray Eberly, Claude Thornhill and
Al Belletto's Sextet, Chuz left the road in June 1959 to finish his bachelor's
degree in Radio-TV at Ohio State University.
In 1993, Jazz Young Blood was re-released worldwide on
compact disc by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. Japan (new owner of the Savoy label).
Jazz Young Blood (SV-0211) is one of the "Historic Performance" series
of albums selected to be digitally re-mastered and re-released with reproductions
of the original artwork.
Unaware of the re-release, Chuz was stunned when his brother,
Ed, found the CD in Chicago in 1994. He presented it to Chuz on his
birthday.
At Columbus' Davis Discovery Center in 1995, Chuz was inducted
as an initial member of the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame.
In mid-1997, Chuz was commissioned by a Fortune 200 company
to produce an instrumental CD of ten songs made famous by Frank Sinatra.
This was recorded by Joe Viers at the John Schwab Studio in Columbus and
later replicated by Disc Makers, Inc., Pennsauken, New Jersey. The sponsoring
corporation was so pleased with the spirit and results of the project that
Chuz was encouraged to explore reissuing the music to an extended market.
To graphically compliment the music, Chuz obtained licensing
rights for renowned artist Paul C. Jackson's Spectral Flight,
considered by many as a
magnificent watercolor. Paul's mastery of the relentless tension
of light, in and of everything, is considered astonishing.
Spectral Flight has graced the Alfred home since June
1995 and now adorns the cover of Here's to ol' blue eyes -- a listening
and dancing treat for kids from five to one hundred and five.
Here's
to ol' blue eyes
is available for $14.77 including postage.
Send check or money order to:
CAMCO Productions, Ltd.
2247 Victoria Park Drive
Columbus OH 43235
E-MAIL
ChuzDuzz@wowway.com |
