Vince Outlaw from The New Jazz Thing (Thursday evenings, 6 to 9 pm PT, on Jazz 88) will be hosting two hours of Big Band Brunch in honor of Bob Gibb, the longtime host of Big Band Brunch, who unexpectedly passed away on October 20, 2003. The show will feature big band sounds from Bob's final playlists, music from the Leo Adelman (L A) Octet, Mundell Lowe, and Betty Bennett as played at a memorial for Bob at the San Diego Musician's Union Hall on Sunday November 23, and remembrances from friends and Jazz 88 staff recorded at that same event. True to TNJT style, we'll also be playing tunes from the New big band releases in the Jazz 88 library, to show that the music Bob Gibb loved so much continues to remain a vital part of the ongoing Jazz music scene.

The Bob Gibb Memorial Weblog documents much of the material put together for the show, including images of Bob's final Big Band Brunch playlists, photos from the Musician's Union memorial show, Bob's Obituary in the San Diego Union Tribune, and MP3 files of recorded remembrances of Bob.

If you'd like to contribute a picture, remembrance, or other artifact about Bob, please use the Comment[] link at the bottom of this (or any) post or send me email at VO@TheNewJazzThing.com.

As Joe Kocherhans said and Bob Gibb exemplified, "Turn it up loud!"

Much Love...VO
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