Big Bands are still big and Newark, NJ born trumpet player Rich Szabo has played in the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Ray Anthony, Billy May, Tito Puente, Sammy Kaye and Xavier Cugat, to name a few. I've known him since high school and ran into him on the road once while I was touring with my band The Elektrics back in 1980. It was very late at night at a rest stop somewhere in NY state. Rich has performed or recorded with The Four Freshman, The Four Lads, The Chordettes, Steve Martin, The GrassRoots, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, The Temptations, Allen & Rossi, Melissa Manchester, Natalie Cole just to mention a few.I'll be interviewing Rich and playing tracks from his very first album and I'm sure he'll be sharing some stories of his amazing musical career. He also runs the Shrine O Stuff museum. Can you guess what that's all about? Find out March 29th, Monday night from 7-9:30pm EST on "What's It Called?" Radio.
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