Showing posts with label woodwinds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodwinds. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Brother, Can You Spare a Horn?
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Bill Page and Orie Amodeo
Here are two of the finest musicians from the Welk orchestra circa 1964....Bill Page and Orie Amodeo from the reed section.
Bill was with the band from 1951 to 1965, he played the saxophone, clarinet and flute among his arsenal of music. He's a World War II veteran and in addition to the maestro...he's played for such diverse artists such as Barry Manilow (wonder if he played on the original sessions for "At The Copa?")
Orie of Mechanicsville, NY....was a Welk band member from 1945 to 1970, in addition to playing the sax, flute, piccolo and clarinet....he was also the band's official photographer and a mainstay of their recording sessions for labels Coral, Dot and Ranwood. He left to start his own Count Basie influenced band, The Orie J Orchestra, perhaps some of you have may have seen and heard them in person.
Orie sadly passed on in 1998, but his musical legacy is sure to live on among Welk fans!
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