StraightJazz Productions has been offering concerts and performances in the tri-state area for over twenty years. It’s public and private events feature collaborations of the area’s finest musicians. The newest group is called JOSITOBO, an eight-letter “acronym” of its members names, John Henry, Sim Cain, Tom Tallitsch, and Wilbo Wright.  Brought together for the first time, the spring of 2024 highlights a series of concerts of this never-before recorded group playing original compositions and carefully selected gems from the library of great composers.

There are no audio or video recordings of JOSITOBO in performance as yet, these will be available after the 2024 spring concerts.  However, this YouTube video is an eight-minute collage of photographs, posters, and audio recordings from the past twenty years of John Henry Goldman’s StraightJazz Productions.  A short clip of JOSITOBO rehearsing Ernest Ranglin’s Swaziland is found at the end.

YouTube Video Music Credits

The Gentle Rain – Luiz Bonfa
Conversations in Jazz III
Ben Cahill – Hammond B3 Organ
Peter Adelmann – drums
John Henry Goldman – Trumpet

I’m Not So Sure – Roy Hargrove
Arts Council of Princton
Summer Courtyard Concert Series
The Supreme Love Orchestra
Sue Giles – vocalist
Tom McMillan – bass
Ross Harriss – saxophone
Ben Krecji – keyboard
Aaron Potocny – drums
Jean Chaumont – Guitar
Ben Cahill – keyboard
John Henry Goldman – Trumpet

Stella By Starlight – Victor Young
Conversations in Jazz V
Lisle Atkinson – bass
Richard Wyands – piano
Mike Ipri – drums
John Henry Goldman – trumpet

Oleo – Sonny Rollins
Conversations in Jazz III
Ben Cahill – Hammond B3 Organ
Peter Ademlmann – drums
Tom McMillan – bass
John Henry Goldman – trumpet

Sugar – Stanley Turrentine
Conversations in Jazz IV
Chuggy Carter – percussion
Dave Homan – saxophone
Doug Miller – piano
Tom McMillan – bass
John Henry Goldman – trumpet

Naima – John Coltrane
Conversations in Jazz III
Ben Cahill – Hammond B3 Organ
Peter Adelmann – drums
John Henry Goldman – trumpet

Swaziland – Ernest Ranglin
JOSITOBO in rehearsal
Wilbo Wright – bass
Sim Cain – drums
Tom Tallitsch – tenor saxophone
John Henry Goldman – trumpet

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