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That’s amazing! Must of been a thrill living next door to great Nick Ceroli. Do you have any stories to share? Thanks for posting!Hello. I am new here. I used to live next door to Nick and Judy Ceroli. My family were good friends
with all the guys in the brass. Are any of the musicians on this forum? Its been a very long time, but
thought I'd ask! thanks
I remember that Pat Senatore played on Kenton's Adventures in Jazz. He starts off "Limehoue Blues" here...
Indeed! This album was recorded in 1961, released in late 1962.After hearing that, I imagine Pat joined the TJB to give his fingers a much-needed rest!
Met him at the Vibrato one night when we traveled from Atlanta for a fundraiser where Sergio Mendes and his wife played a couple of songs. Herb's daughter was there, sort of overseeing operations. She was friendly, for sure. We were seated close to the front and were first to arrive — so were the focus of attention from the warmup guy: Jeff Goldblum. The three of us had a long back and forth with him and got pictures. Anyway — I did go up to Pat and said hello. He shared what a great businessman Herb is. He said Herb alternated photos on the back of albums where every other one showed the group. This prevented any member of the group from getting too much clout. (This didn't come across as mean — just savvy.)A trumpet player I played with in a sextet some years ago studied with Claude Gordon in LA. He said that Nick Ceroli was teaching drum kit at the same time (presumably at the same locale); although he only crossed paths with Nick in passing, he said that Nick always seemed very nice and that he was easily approachable.
I met Pat Sanatore purely by chance round about 20 years ago: He was playing double bass in a trio at a Ventura night club my uncle and I happened to venture into for a drink… I didn’t visually recognize him, but when the pianist introduced the group, I surely knew the name…I went over and said hello. We briefly chatted: I recall he said that toward the end (of the TjB) it was like a whirlwind of European cities (years later, I surmised he was probably referring to the autumn ’69 tour). I’m sure these guys probably get tired of all the "…can you tell me about all the stuff you did — 30 years ago…" bit, so I kept if brief. I recall the trio was quite good and that his bass playing was light years beyond what he ever did for Herb. (I also later learned that he played with Kenton in the early '60s — so the guy had the chops. For whatever reason, for the Brass Herb chose to write bass parts that rarely opened up the instrument; rather he seemed essentially content with rudimentary "root-V" and simple variations on the voicings, which seemed at odds with Herb’s memorable and innovative arrangements for other instruments.)