I dont think I posted this here before. either way its a good story: Here’s kind of a cool story about my time at Mother Blues. I was merrily tending bar one night upstairs at the club. I looked over to the stairs and saw this very nattily clad young Asian Guy walk up and over to the bar where I was. I mean this guy was really dressed complete with long tails. In a different area at different times this might have raised an eyebrow but you have to remember that this was the 60s in Old Town. Anyway, he walks up and asks if I had seen Corky Siegel. I said I had not. He thanked me and turned around and left. A young lady, one of the patrons excitedly runs up to me and asks if I knew who that was. I admitted that I did not. She told me it was Seiji Ozawa. At first I didn’t believe her. I just figured she was stoned as the majority of the people there were. But not too much later I found out that she was absolutely correct. It seems that Ozawa was in town guest conducting the CSO at Rivinia. He had been working with composer/ arranger Bill Russo to write something for Blues Band and Orchestra. Russo had done this and composed what became know as Three Pieces for Blues Band and Symphony. Ozawa was trying to get ahold of Corky Siegel as the blues band was going to be the Siegel Schwall band. He was to have met him after his Rivinia. concert to plan a rehearsal for the premier with the CSO. Siegel was supposed to meet him at Big Johns down the street but didn’t show and someone there told him he might be at Mother Blues. Well, they finally met up and the concert went off well. The made a recording with the San Francisco Symphony. Here it is with Ozawa conducting. https://youtube/watch?v=VVDIvbJbN6A
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:09:31 +0000
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