November 2019 The Delta Rag Flyer Issue 1 The Newsletter of the Stockton Society

SJDJS’ Next Jazz-Sunday Event Stockton November 3, 2019 Dixieland Jazz Featuring The Jam-a-Roo Jammers Events

(Jammers all day) Time MUSICIANS: WE NEED YOU! Noon to 5:00 pm

“Jam-a-Roo Jammers” Day will be a day Dates filled with “Jammer” fun! Come join us FIRST Sunday for great music and a fun-filled Early- of the month Turkey Month Thankful Celebration. We are always looking for talented Location musicians to join our jammers at our B.P.O. Elks Lodge Sunday Sessions. If that describes you, or even your 8900 Thornton Rd whole band, contact our Music Stockton, CA Director / Vice President, Carl Kaiser ASAP to be scheduled to perform! E-Mail: [email protected] Coming Events  Dec 1, 2019 Always a Fun Place to Play or Listen! John Soulis and The You can play your part in delivering live music entertainment to a very Mission Gold Jazz appreciative audience. In addition to very talented guest bands, our society is Band known as the “Friendly Place” for musicians who want to drop in and jam with  Jan 5, 2020 other really talented musicians. You can join our Jam sessions! Bring your Axe! B# and The And… Like Bob Barker used to announce: Axxcidentals “COME ON DOWN! THE PRICE IS RIGHT!”  Feb 2, 2020 Silicon Gulch Jazz Some Photos from last Months’ Jazz Session Band  Mar 1, 2020 TBA

Help keep Dixieland Jazz alive and going strong!

Become a Member of San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society. What Happened to the 12-Page Delta Rag? The October 2019 issue of The flyer in that same manner. Delta Rag was our final edition. Readership had decreased to Our Board of Directors will be the point that the production of sending this flyer to everyone that the Delta Rag was neither time they think might be interested in nor cost effective. After 479 attending our sessions. issues, spanning more than 40 years, the SJDJS Board has discontinued The Delta Rag. We encourage all of you Members to do the same. New Membership In its place we are publishing is the life-blood of our Society. We this monthly flyer, aptly named all know of someone who we have The Delta Rag Flyer. been meaning to invite to our Sunday Sessions. Let’s use this flyer to make that invitation happen! If you previously received your Delta Rag in the U.S. Mail, that will continue, however, now A BIG thank you to all of you who your flyer will be in color. Our always read The Delta Rag over readers who received their the years, and who were and are color copy by way of an e mail regular supporters of SJDJS! link, will continue to receive this

The S.J.D.J.S. is Alive and Very Well, THANK YOU! Among the things that garnered us compliments in The Delta Rag, these will continue. 1. Financial Disclosure and Reporting. October 2019 Treasurer’s report by Geri Eckert: INCOME: $471.00 (Door $299, Raffle $150, Misc. $22) EXPENSES: $1,495.58 (Insur $454, Off Supplies $172, Rent $325, Band $500, Recurring Expense $44.58) BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE: $6,4021.

2. You Were So Wrong! That is... if you thought you were going to get away with no homework assignment! Here is your YouTube Homework for November 2019. Cut and paste this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvNNSaVDCLI What you will hear is playing “Blue and Broken Hearted”. This was recorded in 1962. Personnel on that recording were just plain outstanding. What a lineup: Wild (c), (tb), (cl), (p), Eddie Condon (g), Joe Williams (b), Buzzy Drootin (d). NYC, 1962.

We will see all of you on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at the Stockton Elks Club.

Reminder: Set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night so you don’t get there earlier than you have to on Sunday morning, November the 3rd!

-Dick Lockwood, Editor

San Joaquin Dixieland Jazz Society www.StocktonDixielandJazz.org P.O Box 4746 [email protected] Stockton, CA 95204