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The final gig

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George K

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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LuFins Dad

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Has anybody told these guys?

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/severinsen-perform-feb-27-lied
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LuFins Dad

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Interestingly, Google also showed me Doc’s last performance was in 22.
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Has anybody told these guys?

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/severinsen-perform-feb-27-lied
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George K

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@LuFins-Dad said in The final gig:

https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/severinsen-perform-feb-27-lied

That story was from 2012.

More: https://bestclassicbands.com/doc-severinsen-final-concert-8-31-22/

Doc Severinsen, who has been celebrated as America’s favorite trumpet player for more than half a century, has played what was billed as his final concert. The performance took place on August 27, 2022, at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The leader for nearly three decades of The Tonight Show Orchestra (for host Johnny Carson) was 95.

Yeah, 2022.

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Horace

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He wasn’t a real doctor. RIP anyway.
Education is extremely important.
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He wasn’t a real doctor. RIP anyway.
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LuFins Dad

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@Horace said in The final gig:

He wasn’t a real doctor. RIP anyway.

He didn’t die.
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jon-nyc

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You mean he wasn’t a real dead guy either?
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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He wasn’t a real doctor. RIP anyway.
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Copper

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@Horace said in The final gig:

He wasn’t a real doctor. RIP anyway.

I think that is Doctor Jill to Doc's right.

Wouldn't it be great if all those musicians were named Doc?
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Doctor Phibes

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Is it wrong that I've honestly never heard of him and that my favourite trumpet player was Miles Davis?
I was only joking
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Is it wrong that I've honestly never heard of him and that my favourite trumpet player was Miles Davis?
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George K

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@Doctor-Phibes said in The final gig:

Is it wrong that I've honestly never heard of him and that my favourite trumpet player was Miles Davis?

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Is it wrong that I've honestly never heard of him and that my favourite trumpet player was Miles Davis?
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Copper

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@Doctor-Phibes said in The final gig:

Is it wrong that I've honestly never heard of him and that my favourite trumpet player was Miles Davis?

Yes
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George K

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Should add - Doc's thing was really big band sound, not Davis kind of jazz.

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OK - some jazz...
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Copper

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And everyone has Miles Davis albums, Doc was a different thing, he was with Ed and Johnny..

I don't have any Doc albums.
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Doctor Phibes

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Oh, he played in a US TV band, I get it. That's why I've never heard of him. We never watched Johnny Carson in the UK.
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Renauda

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I was aware of him, that’s about it.

As for Jazz trumpet players, I rather like Dave Douglas. Check out his 2015 album Dada People on the greenleaf label.
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