Johnnie Scat davis Show
Johnnie "Scat" Davis @ Showboat
Studio Band
The Studio Band
Mark Franklin
Mark Franklin
Dick Marx - Chicago Jingle King
Dick Marx
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Tony Orlando
Tony Orlando
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
The Nobuke Trio
The Nobuke Trio
Richard Garcia's First Light
First Light

Streaming Audio

Studio and Live Recordings


These recordings represent some of the most important playing I have done, and in several cases, some of the best. Some are studio recordings (indicated) where all variables were controlled (band balance, drum miking, ambient noise), some were recorded from the mixing boards at live performances, and some were even recorded from the TV speaker. The point is the music... and it's historical significance... I played the drums on all of these recordings, except for Steve Gadd's perfromance on The Studio Band's "Cissy Strut".

NOTE: I have made some arbitrary decisions about the file types and sizes of these audio files. Because the quality of the recordings was often less than perfect I have not used the compression "hammer" on these files, as a result they are "Broadband Streaming" quality. I have only offered them in one format - Windows Media -- because of storage limitations.

Johnnie "Scat" Davis || Studio Band || Mark Franklin || Chicago Jingles
Burt Bacharach || Tony Orlando || Rita Moreno || Nobuko Trio || First Light


Johnnie "Scat" Davis Show (1964-1965)
Recorded at the Showboat Casino, Las vegas, NV
  • Musicians
    • Johnnie "Scat" Davis -- leader, trumpet, bass trumpet
      '40's bandleader in the movies
    • Murray Horn -- vocals, bass
    • Toni Kaye -- vocals, great looks
    • Don Daniel -- tenor saxophone, vocals (bkg)
    • Freddie Green -- tenor saxophone - clarinet, vocals (bkg)
    • Buddy Wilkerson -- piano
    • Tom Bruner -- guitar, bass guitar (Las Vegas)
    • Tony Pappa -- manager, original drummer

  • The tunes:
The Studio Band of the U.S. Army Field Band (1968-1971)
Great Band... Great Players... The Last Concert on my Last Tour
Mark Franklin Trio (1972-1973)
Demo - professionally recorded in Dallas studio (1973)
  • Musicians
    • Mark Franklin -- piano, vocals
    • Lou Fischer -- electric and acoustic bass
    • John Gates -- drums
  • The Tunes:

The Mark Franklin Trio

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National Jingle Recordings -- Chicago (1974-1975)
Radio and Television Commercials and Industrial Recordings
  • Dick Marx Productions -- Sound Market Studios, 666 N. Michigan Ave.
    Dick Marx was the "Jingle King" in Chicago and the US for years!
  • Head arranger was Frank "Porkie" Panico
  • Bob Westburg was the percussionist and contractor... thank you Bob!!!

  • The Jingles:
    • Channel 2 News Theme -- This was used by CBS all over the US
    • John Deere Industrial - John Deere Insustrial - John Howell - Lead Trumpet
    • Olsdmobile
    • Schlitz -- Jimmy Peterik (Survivor) wrote and sang
    • The Demo tape Jim Atlas took to Dick Marx which included:

      Mark Franklin:
      Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (2 sections)
      Beautiful You (2 sections)
      This Song's For You
      Day In Day out

      The Studio Band:
      Old Black Magic
      We've Only Just begun
      Is There Anything Still There (2 sections -- slow/fast)
      Yankee Doodle in "7/4" (2 sections)
      ???????????
      Stars & Stripes Forever

  • Opus III -- Paragon Studios
    • Jerry Liliedahl (from the NORAD Band
    • Les Hooper
    • Mary Stewart

  • The Jingles:
Burt Bacharach at the MGM Grand Summer 1977
Tony Orlando at the Las Vegas Hilton -- August 1980

Click for Tony Orlando Video Video - Tony Orlando's First Special

Rita Moreno at the Riviera, April 4, 1979
The Nobuko Trio San Antonio, TX -- 1982-1983

Click for Nobuko Trio +1 Video Video - Nobuko Trio + 1 - St. Mary's University Concert

Richard Garcia - First Light -- San Antonio, TX