What's Jack's Function?

When I lived in LA, I made sure to see this guy a couple of times. If you're old enough to remember Schoolhouse Rock, you've heard him sing as the lead vocal on "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just A Bill". And if you're old enough to remember the old Merv Griffin show, you'll probably remember him as Merv's drunk, trumpet-playing foil in the band on the show.

What you may not know is that the guy can really play. He was part of the "West Coast Cool Jazz" movement, (a contemporary of Chet Baker's, you can see Jack as the one of the commentators in "Let's Get Lost", the Baker documentary that's one of my favorite films of all time) a player on everything from Curtis Counce's "You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce" (Best. Album Cover. Ever.) to lead trumpet on Johnny Mandel's awesome soundtrack of "The Sandpiper" (the score where "The Shadow Of Your Smile" comes from) and a lot more credits I'm not cool enough to know about.

He is also a comic actor who was the lead in the short-lived 60's sit-com parody of "The Fugitive" "Run, Buddy, Run", as well as being a holographic trumpet player in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (the one where Jonathan Frakes plays trombone. Jack has the line "Don't quit your day job.").

If you're in the Los Angeles or San Diego area in the next month or so, follow Dianne Jiminez's advice and see Jack live. Or she puts it (italics are mine, I tell you, mine) ...

Hello Jack Sheldon fans. :-]
sorry i've fallen behind on the website and the hotline...i should be back on track now :-/
anyway....here's what's up for our hero, Jack Sheldon, for the rest of June and into July! Special Note: Jack and his magnificent Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet will be in San Diego in July!!! check it out!

JUNE

6-22 Wed 8:00-12:00 - Charlie O's - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet
6-24 Fri 8:30-11:30 - Spaghettini - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet

JULY

7-1 Fri 8:30-11:30 - Spaghettini - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet

7-2 Sat 8:30-12:30 - Steamers - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet

7-5 Tues 8:00-10:00 - San Diego City College / Saville Theater / www.jazz88online.org -Jack Sheldon Calif.Cool Quartet

7-8 Fri 7:00-9:00 - Farmers Market Summer Series - The Jack Sheldon California Cool
Quartet - 6333 W. Third (at Fairfax) (next to Johnny Rockets) - L.A. 90036 - Free Concert!

7-12 Tues 8:00-12:00 - Charlie O's - The Duet: Jack Sheldon & Ross Tompkins

7-15 Fri 7:00-9:00 - Farmers Market Summer Series - The Jack Sheldon California Cool
Quartet - 6333 W. Third (at Fairfax) (next to Johnny Rockets) - L.A. 90036 - Free Concert!

7-20 Wed 6:30-9:30 - Sangria - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet - 68 Pier
Ave. Hermosa Beach 90254

7-22 7:00-9:00 - Farmers Market Summer Series - The Jack Sheldon California Cool
Quartet - 6333 W. Third (at Fairfax) (next to Johnny Rockets) - L.A. 90036 - Free Concert!

7-27 Wed 8:00-12:00 - Charlie O's - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet

7-29 Fri 8:30-11:30 - Spaghettini - The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet

7-31 Sunday Brunch 11:00-3:00 - The Lighthouse - The Jack Sheldon California Cool
Quartet

FOR MORE DETAILS (updates will be posted asap): HTTP://WWW.JACKSHELDON.COM or THE HOTLINE (818) 753-8611

please come out and support Jack Sheldon's live Jazz! We need you!

bye for now :-]
dianne

As "Bill" in "I'm Just A Bill" says... "Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!"