I. THREE STALWARTS LOST
II. ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT
III. ELECTION COMMENT
IV. EVENTS
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician
Name Withheld
*** NEXT MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS TOMORROW, JANUARY 25TH ***
A resolution requiring a balanced budget will be voted on. Please be
there to make the local be more “RESPONSIBLE”.
===================================
I. – THREE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS OF OUR INDUSTRY PASS
JACK FEIERMAN, JIMMIE HASKELL and RAY COLCORD
In the last few weeks we’ve lost Jack Feierman,
Jimmie Haskell and most recently Ray Colcord.
They were all consummate professionals, great talents
and wonderful people as well.
RAY COLCORD
Ray Colcord, a former president of the Society of Composers & Lyricists
and prolific television composer behind the scores for such shows as 227,
The Facts Of Life, and more died February 5 following a battle with
pancreatic cancer. He was 66
Born in New York City in 1949, Colcord attended Rice University and
got his start in music as a touring musician in Texas. He also worked
as an A&R executive for Columbia Records, and was responsible for
getting the rock band Aerosmith signed to the lable. He would later
serve as a producer on their second album. He became music
director for The Groundlings in 1976, composed all of the comedy
troupe’s music during his tenure, and won a Drama-Logue Award
in 1985. That same year he began scoring for broadcast network
television shows, though his first foray into TV was in 1982,
for A&E’s An Evening at the Improv.
Among the other television series he worked on were Family Affair,
Big Brother, Dinosaurs, and episode of The Simpsons, My Two Dads,
and Silver Spoons.
He also wrote music for several films, including “I Like ‘Em
Big And Stupid” for the Earth Girls Are Easy soundtrack
and “Bouzouki Trella” for Lara Croft Tomb Raider:
The Cradle of Life, as well as several tv movies and specials.
FROM DINOSAURS
AS A PLAYER
—————————————
JACK FEIERMAN (1924-2015) was a premier conductor, composer,
arranger and trumpeter.
A member of the Steve Spiegl Big Band since the early
70’s, Jack Feierman was one of the premier conductors
in the country, having been Musical Conductor for
Johnny Mathis, Sergio Mendez, Jose Feliciano, The
Osmonds, The Lennon Sisters, Frank Sinatra,
Natalie Cole, and for 22 years, he was Musical
Director for Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.
He has also played trumpet for numerous TV shows,
recordings and movies, besides playing with such
name bands as Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Count Basie,
Billy May, and more.
In later years he became famous for his teaching
as a conductor.
AS A TEACHER
AS A PLAYER
——————–
JIMMY HASKELL (1936- 2015)
was a multi grammy winner, composer,
arranger, conductor and music producer.
He was the composer of 31 feature films, 32
TV movies, 445 TV episodes
Jimmy’s music was also a featured segment of these
theatrical feature films:
the Matrix; Three Kings; Grace of My Heart; Pulp Fiction, Big,
Mr. Holland’s Opus; Hotshots; Married To The Mob; When Harry
Met Sally; Almost Famous; The Color Purple; Fools Rush In;
Mulholland Falls; Love Potion #9; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off;
Ode To Billy Joe and Weapons of Mass Distraction (T.V. Cable)
He also worked with Barbra Streisand; Steely Dan; The Bee Gees;
Sheryl Crow; KD Lang “Drag”; Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Records;
Celine Dion among countless others, and works for the Boston Pops
and the Tonight Show band.
You can check out more credits at jimmiehaskell.com
JIMMIE HASKELL (born Sheridan Pearlman, 1936, Brooklyn, New
York, United States, died February 4, 2016, Laguna Niguel,
California, United States)was a prolific American composer
and arranger for a variety of popular singers and motion pictures.
Haskell entered the musical business through being hired to do
arrangements with Imperial Records. He became the arranger
of choice for Ricky Nelson and arranged such hits as
“There’s Nothing I Can Say” (1964). In the late 1960s and early
1970s Haskell was the arranger of choice for The Grass Roots.[2]
He also provided horn and string arrangements for Blondie’s
1980 album Autoamerican.
He entered the motion picture soundtrack industry in 1960
as an uncredited orchestrator for Dimitri Tiomkin’s The Alamo
and composed his first score the following year Love in a Goldfish Bowl.
His composition The Silly Song became the theme song of American
television’s The Hollywood Squares.
In addition to composing and arranging, Haskell would often act as
conductor and selected the musicians used.
BOOM – Record
OUTRAGE – from the film OUTRAGE
ALL WILL BE GREATLY MISSED
======================================
II. ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT
Next Morning Notes:
Did not think to ask where are all the unused extra ballots?
These were not accounted for or boxed with the rest of the
vote materials.
At the Monday 1/25/16 meeting we were told that the
union had ordered “around 1000” extra ballots.
(So said Gary Lasley-not the EB Chair) If the counted ballot
numbers go over 8000, then it appears they actually
ordered almost 2000 extra ballots.
How many were left over?
Fact: Return to Sender Ballots 168
Fact: Duplicates discarded 19
Fact: Bad Ballots 10
Questions…… How many Total ballots were printed?
Are they all accounted for? We need an accounting
for those ballots over the amount of the initial mailing
(approx. 6050).
They should have some amount left over…!
The Election Board was not responsible for sending persons
a replacement ballot if they needed one. All requests for
replacements went through the Sec.Treas/Eric.
The Election Board did not at any time have custody of
the additional ballots. The Election Board did not send
replacement ballots…who has that list?
From what I understand…they needed to have at the
minimum 3057 ballots returned in order to make the
referendum and of that they needed 1529 to say yes.
From what was counted….they had 3260 ballots returned
requiring a minimum of 1632 to say yes.
The actual count….2581 Yes and 669 No.
=====================================
III. UNUSED BALLOTS – FROM A MEMBER
YOU NOTICE THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT UNUSED EXTRA BALLOTS
IN MZ’s REPORT?
This is a BIG problem for the Election Board …taking all their cues
from LL and somehow this was “overlooked”?
While it might look like a harmless error given the ballot count
Y v. N. The real gorilla in the room is that the count could not
have taken place but for 240 ballots over the minimum to let
them count.
Further, it is understandable that the vote should be lopsided…
duh…the membership at large did not hear anything except
what the union wanted them to hear. Rah, Rah, Rah..sell, sell, sell.
LL saying the opposition could have taken out an ad in the
Overture as some kind of equal access argument is false.
The administration sent out at least 5 special postal mailings…
They know now that the Overture is on line even less people
take the time to navigate the website for it.
I was disgusted that the day the ballots were counted the
Executive Board was meeting with the realtors and LL in
“executive session”.
===================================
IV. EVENTS
DEAN AND RICHARD
DEAN AND RICHARD are now playing every third Friday
at Culver City Elks 7:30pm-10;30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
————————————-
LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, Burbank.
Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way they
should be.
We are in the back room called the Trailside Room.
Come on down. Guaranteed to swing.
—————————————–
2/10/16
Corbin Bowl and the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra
Present Concerts at the “Bowl” in the “Corbin Lounge”
Wednesday Evenings at 7:30 pm
February 10
The SymphoBlondiax
Perform music from baroque to contemporary by Bach, Domine, Vivaldi,
Telemann, and others, featuring James Domine, guitar; Ruth Bruegger,
Ruth Siegal, Carolyn Osborn, and Florence Titmus, violin; Glenn Grab,
‘cello and Larry Muradian, bass
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OTHER CONCERTS IN THE SAME SERIES
February 17
The Blues Bandits
Play and sing the “Blues,” featuring
David Reo, guitar and vocals; Jimi Dee, guitar and vocals;
Larry Muradian, bass and Chuck Burkinshaw, drums
February 24
The Screaming Clams
Rock ‘n’ Roll with music of the ’60s and late 70’s, featuring
Jimi Dee, lead quitar and vocals; Joel Domine, keys and guitar;
Larry Muradian, bass; Nick Scarmack, drummer and Rebecca Ray,
vocalist extraordinaire
“Lounge” at the Corbin Bowl
19616 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana
Free Admission/ONE Drink Minimum
Persons under 21 years of age not admitted
“CONCERTS” ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
For photos of the performers and the latest schedule updates, go to:
http://www.sfvsymphony.com/concerts_at_the_bowl/
—————————————–
2/19,20,21/16
The EUROPEAN CONCERT TRIO
will present the premiere of Paul GIbson’s
“The Shepherd’s Lot”
in three February concerts.
Harriet Fraser (soprano),
Amanda Walker (clarinet)
Irina Bazik (piano)
Winners of the 2015 Beverly Hills National Auditions
The European Concert Trio was formed in 2015 by
three European-born, Los Angeles-based professional
artists, each having already established successful solo
careers, to fulfill their passion for chamber music and
share it with Southern California audiences.
Fri, FEB 19 – Encinitas – 7:30pm
The City of Encinitas presents
Music by the Sea concert series
Encinitas Library
540 Cornish Drive
Tickets: $13, plus fee. Purchase tickets in advance here.
Sat, FEB 20 – Torrance – 3pm
Classical Crossroads &
FirstServe Community Services present
The Interludes concert series
First Lutheran Church & School
2900 W. Carson Street
Tickets: FREE, donations appreciated. Information here.
Sun, FEB 21 – Beverly Hills – 2pm
Music in the Mansion concert series
Greystone Mansion
905 Loma Vista Dr.
Tickets: $20. Information here.
————————-
3/20/16
PETER ERSKINE
Legendary drummer Peter Erskine, reaching back
to his fusion and R&B playing with Weather Report,
unpacks a lost page of a song by Joe Zawinul, and
releases a 21st century nod to Weather Report.
Record Release Concert will be held Sunday,
March 20th, 2016 at the Moss Theatre,
Santa Monica, California.
“This is the album Weather Report might have
made were the band members all still on this
earth now,” says Erskine.
Sunday March 20, 2016
3:00 pm
Conversations with the Artists on-stage interviews
4:00 pm Concert
Peter Erskine – drums
John Beasley – piano and keyboards
Zanek Gwizdala – bass
Bob Sheppard – sax
VENUE: MOSS Theatre: free parking, wheelchair accessible, all ages
3131 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
TICKETS: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2489104
INFO: [email protected] – 818-632-4868
================================
You can read all previous offerings at:http://www.responsible47.com
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47