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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:14 -0500
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Hi Gerry,

It is an alto, my primary instrument.  I also played clarinet, and even 
oboe, for a "Begin the Beguine" number.  Later, as folks graduated, I 
switched to baritone, which was a lot of fun.

No, I haven't played in years.  I figured that music was a hard way to make 
a living, unless you were quite talented.  I put my Engineering degree to 
work.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim


> That is great Jim. I am assuming that you mean 4th right as I look at it. 
> That looks like an alto, but the angle makes it a little difficult to be 
> sure. The guy to the left of you looks a bit like Gerry Mulligan. Do you 
> still blow?
>
> Happy days!
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> On 19 May 2013, at 07:20, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Gerry,
>>
>> All I have from those days are scans from 8x10 glossy prints, shot with a 
>> Speed Graphic and large flashbulb.  This is poor quality, but gives an 
>> idea of our band during my early college years.  I'm 4th from the right, 
>> front row.  This was a typical college sorority dance.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 12:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player - Jim
>>
>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Thanks for your comments, and I wish I had been around to hear your band 
>>> it those days. With that line-up in a college cafeteria you wouldn't 
>>> have needed much sound equipment. Sounds a very similar grouping to 
>>> orchestras like Woody Herman, who I saw twice here in the UK. I think 
>>> the high cost of travel probably killed that era of music off.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>
>>> On 19 May 2013, at 06:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Gerry,
>>>>
>>>> Can't say about the 60s, but in the late 40s - early 50s I played a 
>>>> number of gigs in college cafeterias where we set up at one end against 
>>>> a brick wall like that, and photos would have been very similar to 
>>>> yours. Of course, we were much less well endowed with sound equipment. 
>>>> ;~) (Five saxes, six brass, four rhythm)  The advent of small combos 
>>>> then killed off the big bands.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at 
>>>> me.com>
>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:26 PM
>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Bass Player
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This is from a recent soundcheck, and the bass player is Reid Anderson 
>>>>> of The Bad plus. I wanted to try and create a 1960's feel. The shot 
>>>>> was taken on the X-Pro1 with the 35mm lens at 3200iso and then 
>>>>> processed through SEP2.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/The+Bass+Player.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
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