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Audiences enjoy hearing the clarinet music of Rich Regent. A mix of improvising skills and entrancing harmony combine to play danceable waltzes, create emotional blues, energize Polkas or dazzle Dixieland. Rich is known for his beautiful tone, whether he is playing show tunes in a theatrical pit orchestra or as a soloist expressing and embellishing songs of faith in a church. As clarinetist with the Dixie Doodlers since 2002, he is on their latest 16-tune CD called "Per Your Request." Rich Regent plays music with many Wisconsin orchestras, ensembles and bands and frequently sits-in at a variety of music venues. Rich is playing, rehearsing or practicing with his clarinet somewhere right now. At dinners, dances, fish-fries, parties and weddings. Do you need a musical group for your event? Rich Regent. Dixie Doodlers Schedule (PDF 15k). Over 546 tunes (PDF 21k) in The Firehouse Jazz Band Dixieland style. But especially enjoy these 205 tunes (PDF 13k). Greg Kalkhoff works to professionally record, mix and master dozens of tunes. Per Your Request, Meet the Doodlers, features Rich Regent on clarinet. Here are a few unmixed samples made while recording for our new CD with Rich Regent on clarinet. • Kansas City Kitty, Walter Donaldson - 1929 in G. Popularized by Rudy Vallee. Some sections have six or seven sharps for trumpets and clarinet. Andy and Gary take dueling solos on trumpets. Time 4 minutes (MP3, 5.6 Megabytes). • Mahogany Hall Stomp, Spencer Williams - 1929 in Eb. Named for Madam Lulu White's "Mahogany Hall," one of the finest bordellos in Storyville. Time 4 minutes and 23 seconds (MP3, 6.2 Megabytes). • New Orleans Shuffle, Whitmore - 1920s in Ab. Recorded by Bob Wilber's Wildcats 1948 and the Titan Hot Five 1996. (MP3, 5.0 Megabytes) • San, McPhail and Michels - 1920 in F. Time 4 minutes, 25 seconds (MP3, 4.1 Megabytes) • Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, Howard Quicksell and Ray Lodwig - 1927 in Bb. Quicksell was banjoist with Jean Goldkette Orchestra, Beiderbecke, Trumbauer, etc. Also wrote Sorry. Lodwig played trumpet on some of Bix's sessions c. 1930, such as I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure. Recorded by Bix Beiderbecke 1927, Pee Wee Russell, Gene Krupa 1938, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra (Sy Oliver arr.) 1934, etc. (MP3, 5.0 Megabytes) • Take Your Tomorrow, J. C. Johnson and Andy Razaf - 1928 in F. Recorded by Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra (Bix, Lang, Bargy, etc. Vocal: Trumbauer and possibly Austin Young) 1928. (MP3, 6.1 Megabytes) Al's Happy Notes Schedule (PDF 18k). Over 250 tunes (PDF 18k) arranged for the six piece ensemble. Milwaukee Achiever Five-Year Recognition Award (PDF 76k). Jazz to Polkas The new duet of Rich Regent, clarinet, and Sherry Huiras, accordion, pleased the crowds at the Milwaukee Public Market for five hours of music! We can play Waltz, Polka, jazz and popular music to delight the folks at your next event. Moose Lodge, 5476 S. 13th St. (13th and Grange), Milwaukee. Third Wednesday, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Free music, dancing, parking and admission. Get free Adobe Reader to view and print the PDF files on this page.

Heard by Prominent People

Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive, at Milwaukee's Granville Center, October 11, 2007. Jim Burkee and Jeff Walz on August 19, 2007, for the political congressional rally at American Legion in Cedarburg televised on TV 6 and 58. Beverly Taylor, TV6 Milwaukee celebrity, at Brookfield Parade, July 4, 2007. The Honorable Judge Barbara Kluka, Wedding ceremony at Kemper Center Chapel, May 26, 2007. Jim Doyle, Wisconsin Governor, and Thomas Zepecki, South Milwaukee Mayor, at South Milwaukee Heritage Days Spaghetti Dinner for 1,300 people on July 26, 2006. Charles Benson, TV4 Milwaukee news anchorman, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006. Brad Hicks, TV6 Milwaukee celebrity, at Brookfield Parade, July 4, 2006. Frank Zeidler, past Milwaukee Mayor, at Redeemer Church upon his receiving the Wittenburg Award, February 19, 2006. Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Mayor, St. Vincent Pallotti Picnic, June 5, 2005. Sr. Mary Lea Schneider, President Cardinal Stritch University, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006. Dr. Hermann Viets, President Milwaukee School of Engineering, Spellbound for Literacy, October 19, 2006. Timothy Dolan, Arch Bishop of Milwaukee, dedication at St. Vincent Pallotti Church, January 18, 2003. Bob Donovan, Alderman of Milwaukee.

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