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Solo Piano
Oh Such a Life at The Flamingo Room
Now’s the Time by Charlie Parker:
Piano – Jerry Michelsen, Contrabass – Tony Ascencio,
Drums – Jim Doney
Outrageous by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson,
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Lloviznando by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson, Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Rainbow by Jerry Michelsen:
Baritone Saxophone – Tom Russell,
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Steve Luceno, Drums – Jim Doney
Mardi Gras Monk by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson, Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk:
Piano – Jerry Michelsen
Evenin’ by Charles Daniels and Richard Whiting:
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass and Voice – Steve Luceno, Drums – Jim Doney
Now’s the Time by Charlie Parker:
Piano – Jerry Michelsen, Contrabass – Tony Ascencio,
Drums – Jim Doney
Outrageous by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson,
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Lloviznando by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson, Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Rainbow by Jerry Michelsen:
Baritone Saxophone – Tom Russell,
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Steve Luceno, Drums – Jim Doney
Mardi Gras Monk by Jerry Michelsen:
Tenor Saxophone – Bert Wilson, Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Peter Vinekow, Drums – Bob Meyer
Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk:
Piano – Jerry Michelsen
Evenin’ by Charles Daniels and Richard Whiting:
Piano and Voice – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass and Voice – Steve Luceno, Drums – Jim Doney
quartet
Quartet videos are on the way! Check back soon!
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Snatch It Back by Junior Wells:
Voice, Harmonica, and Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Steve Luceno, Drums – Jim Doney
I Cried Last Night by Charles Brown:
Voice, Harmonica, and Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Tony Ascencio, Drums – Jim Doney
Somethin’ You Got by Chris Kenner:
Voice, Harmonica, and Piano – Jerry Michelsen,
Contrabass – Tony Ascencio, Drums – Jim Doney
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The Arkansas Traveller:
Harmonica – Jerry Michelsen
The Early Years
The movie above, featuring The Children, makes many references to the Grande (pronounced Grandee) Ballroom. The following is from Widipedia’s entry under Grande Ballroom. In the text, Wikipedia makes a reference to JEEP Holland. JEEP was the manager of our band and if my memory serves me, was the one who initially encouraged us to use the name Our Mothers Children. We were JEEP’s youngest band and I was the youngest kid in the youngest band.
This is from Wikipedia. I added the emphasis:
In 1966 the Grande was acquired by Dearborn, Michigan, high school teacher and local radio DJ Russ Gibb. Gibb was inspired by visiting San Francisco‘s Fillmore Theater, and envisioned a similar venue in Detroit for the new psychedelic music and a resource for local teenagers. Gibb worked closely with Detroit counterculture figure John Sinclair and Hugh “JEEP” Holland (agent, producer/manager of many local bands) in bringing in bands from San Francisco, Europe and the neighbouring States and the top level of local/regional rock bands, including the MC5 (who recorded their debut live album there), SRC, Jagged Edge, Rationals, Catfish, Frost, The Ashmollyan Quintet, Savage Grace, James Gang, Our Mothers Children, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Sky, Third Power, All the Lonely people, Teegarden and Vanwinkle, Iron Horse Exchange, and many others who were gathering around Detroit’s Plum Street community as well as the suburbs, as far afield as Ann Arbor.
The Arkansas Traveller:
Harmonica – Jerry Michelsen
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