My old friend Carl Fontana

Paul Warburton · #1 09-18-2008, 06:50 AM

This doesn't have much to do with the DB, but does have alot to do with music.
Carl was one of my mentors. He & Eddie Lockjaw Davis were responsible for getting me the concert/jazz parties of Dick Gibson here in Colorado....
If I Only Had A Brain---
http://video.google.com/videosearch?...Fontana&emb=0#
If I only had a brain doesn't show, go to the left and click on it.
PW

basstef · #2 09-18-2008, 07:04 AM

I had the honor to play just one gig with Carl Fontana here in Italy in the mid 90's. It was a dream come true for me. He played beautifully and was such a beautiful person...we all miss you Carl !

goodgig · #3 09-19-2008, 06:31 PM

Paul,

Thanks for the link. It reminds me why I chose music as a profession. While I never had the chance to meet or hear Carl Fontana play live, I put many a scatch in my vinyl records trying to get his tonguing and phrasing down. He has to be in the top 5 most influencial trombonists for jazz trombonists to learn from.

Paul Warburton · #4 09-19-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by goodgig

Paul,

Thanks for the link. It reminds me why I chose music as a profession. While I never had the chance to meet or hear Carl Fontana play live, I put many a scatch in my vinyl records trying to get his tonguing and phrasing down. He has to be in the top 5 most influencial trombonists for jazz trombonists to learn from.

Yer welcome....while you're on youtube, check out the stuff with Carl & talk about tonguing ( i'm getting excited), Frank Rosalino.
BIG EGO HEAD strikes again....I had the joyful experience of working with Carl, Frank and Tommy Flanagan.

Ike Harris · #5 09-22-2008, 11:20 AM

Got to meet Carl in the early eighties while he was leading a band for a wedding gig we were also on(Nashville Brass). He was a great guy and enjoyed talking with us, and then he played,OMG, now I knew what all the fuss was about! One of our trombonists loaned him his slide cream, which he later put on permanent display, I think. Carl's band consisted of Ross Tompkins, Buddy Childress(both of whom are also now gone), a bassist and drummer from Vegas, and some boy singer named Frank Sinatra Jr. (!?!) We just thought we had just died and gone to heaven.

Ike