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UNIVERSITYOF NEWHAMPSHIRE OURSIXTY-FIFTH PROGRAM

PEANUTS HUCKO

SPONSOFEDBY THEDEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANDTHE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIBRARYOF TRADMONAL JAZ

8 PM MONDAY ocToBER 30, 1989 STRAFFORDROOM MEMORIALUNION DURHAM.NEW HAMPSHIRE THEARTISTS

PEANUTSHUCKO Som€lirnssin nbmenlsin nostalgia,vanily, or exasperation,we ol an oldergeneration are apt to irform erranlyoulh that, in relererrceto ths particularsof lhe realworld, ws hav€'b€en there". Tonighl,in all humilitywe meet someonewho insolaras the possiblerafEe ot experisrrcesin lraditionaliazzis concemed can make lhal statement with impunity; who Elss do )ou knorvthal has bsen both a r€gularmember ol LouisArmslrorE's All Stars ard the directorol the GlennMiller Orchestra?l All of whichlenpts us psdanlicclassroom lp€s lo observelhat to thosewhose limiled refl€c{ion on hislory(iazz or olherwiss)c:rusos lhsm to placopeople in nealcat€gpries, Peanuts Hucko represenls a relreshirEar Uote. MichaelAndrewHucko was bom in Syracuso,NY, in l918. Hestudied wilh privato teacher, movedlo NewYoi( city in 1939,ard begana careerthalhas taken him l.om the larger s,virq sra aggr€gationsof WillBradley, Ray Md(inley, , and Mifiefsgreal Army Air ForcsBand to the smallorcombos ot JackTeagarden, , Amsl|ong, andthg Wodd'sG.€atost Jazzband, flavorod with studb workat CBSand ABC, a stintwilh Lawrencs Welk, and recordingin Japan;he l€avesfor appeararrcesin Europeimmediatsly atler this concert.Logond has it thal around1940 Will Bradley lked himbecause, although his lenor sax playingwas satislaclory,he had certaininadequacies on clarinet(l):apparently this condilionwas subssqlently rsmedied,sinc€ Psanutssucceeded Ednund Hall with Louis (1957)and noneother than BuddyDeFranco in fronl ol lhe Millerband (1974),-and the sagaciousL€onard F€alher has proclaimed for encyclopedicalelemity his '...undiminished statu,eas one of ths bestclarinetists in lhe BsnnyGoodman rnold'. playerstend lo b€ a bil peripatelic,making the worldseem smaller than gsography diclatss. Amonglhos€ P€anulsencountered in his lravels betoresetlling in Denversorne years back was comgtistDick Cr€eden,noiv a long-eslablishedl'rgure in the New England sc6ne.Tonight Dick roneuys an old rnusical acquaintarrce as he did with on this ssrios a f€ifl ysars ago. TheTom Gallant Trio perhaps hasdon€ more than any othergroupto ke€pirtt consislently aliveand hsallhy in tho Seacoaslarea and elsewhere; lhe colleclivewisdom and ssnsitivity ol Tom,Jim, and L€s,bolh as perlorm€rsand educalors,is copiousand exenplary. Falehas conspired insurFisingways in conneclionwith lhis evenl. Lasl summ€r, soon after wewere able lo announcethatPeanuts had accepted our invitation to visilUNH, PBSviewers got a rare gfirpso ol him in a LouisArmslrong home npvis segmontslw/n on Anennn Maslars,'al€w dayslaterlhis writsr acckl€ntally found an examplsol Peanulslsitting-in'on aWMEXradio broadcast Itom Boston's old Storyville night club in 1951,this on a home-made tap€in th€collection of the NewHampshire Library ol TraditionalJazz. Suchitems may not b€ rnonumentalin s(rnilicance,but lhey humanize and de-mystily an eraseemingly rerbte in time,but stillvibrantly conlenporary to thosecontinuing its arl. PeanulsHucko has "been lhere"---and much to our edification,still is. L (ft, S

PEANUTS HUCKO

PEANUTSHUCKO Clarlnet DICKCREEDEN Cornel TOMGALLANT Plano JIMHOWE Slrlng Bass LESHARRIS, Sr. Drums

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TheUNH Traditional Jazz Series began in 1979.lt promotesthe enioyment and underslandingof lhe art through concerts leaturing musicians ol regional,national, andinlernational prominence. The program represents a unique endeavor to expand inlerestand honor oulslanding lalent and achievernent.

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ProgramNotes - PaulVerrette Produclion- David Seiler

THESCHEDULE september11 NewBlack Eaglo Jazz Band October30 PeanutsHucko & TomGallant Trto November27 GraySargent Trlo January29 Mlll HlntonQuanet batuflng Andy Mcchee February26 Howad AldenT o March26 ButchThompson Trlo Apdl30 VlnceGlordano's l,lory Orleans Nlghlhawks