Photo
by Saulius Pempe
Kurt
Kolstad, Robbie Jordan, Jeff Simmons, Rich Dangel, Tim Scott, Doug
Canning,
Bill Franklin
The
Reputations
Seattle,
Washington
1979
~ 1987
Back
Together Again in 2011
Members
Doug
Canning ~ Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Rich
Dangel ~ Guitar
Bill
Franklin ~ Saxophone
Jon
Goforth ~ Saxophone, Woodwinds
Denny
Goodhew ~ Saxophone, Woodwinds
Doug
Gore ~ Drums
Jimmy
Holden ~ Keyboards
Rick Houle ~ Bass
Robbie
Jordan ~ Saxophone
Kurt
Kolstad ~ Drums
Mark
Lindsay ~ Vocals
Dan
McGee ~ Drums
Carson
Michaels ~ Drums
Buddy
Miles ~ Drums, Guitar
Diane
Schuur ~ Vocals
Tim
Scott ~ Bass
Jeff
Simmons ~ Keyboards
Jay
Thomas ~ Trumpet Saxophone
In
Memory of
Richard
Dangel
1942
- 2002
Robbie
Jordan
d:
13 March 2010
Both Denney Goodhew and I were
member as sax and woodwind players. Jay Thomas also played with
them
for a bit, both on trumpet and sax. Denney did the gig for a
while
at the Scarlet Tree, and I subbed for him until he gave the gig to me
which
I did it for a few years.
There were several years when the
late,
great Rich Dangel booked the room, which really was the best period of
music at the Scarlet Tree. The Scarlet Tree, or "Tree", was
also known as "The Shrub" to all of us regulars. Rich was pretty
much in every band that played the Shrub and his standards were
pretty
high. I remember playing there when some great players came
in…Mike
Clark and Bill Sommers of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters came in (at
different
times).
Mike Clark sat in with "Alive
& Well" twice. He was at Jazz Alley playing with jazz
pianist
Peggy Stern, and following the gig Peggy brought him out to the Tree.
He
dug it so much that he took a taxi out the next night to sit in again.
This was due in part to the whole band, but especially due to Kurt
Kolstad's
incredible drumming. I was told George Benson showed up a couple
of times. No surprise, really, with Rich being there.
During this period, the Reputations
and
Alive & Well were basically the same band. The difference was
mainly that Jimmy Holden played keys in the Reps, and Mike Jaap played
keys in Alive & Well. Rick Houle was Reps as well, as
he
did the gig for quite a while. Rick is an exceptional bass
player,
originally from Minneapolis.
The first sets were always the best;
later
on in the evening, though there were some stellar moments, lost focus
as
did the members of the band…enough said. But those were great
times,
great gigs. Hardly any money, but HUGE fun from a musical
standpoint.
I'd go home at night totally keyed wanting to do it again. And we never
rehearsed... Never! When I first started with them, I'd turn to
Rich
and say, "How's this one go?" To which he would always reply, "You'll
hear
it." And I did. Hell, there was no way NOT to hear it, those guys were
so strong.
Jon Goforth, April 2013
