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Simmonds — Crescendo & Jazz Music Articles 1964–2000
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| 1 | 2 | 12 | 01/07/1964 | The Max Greger Orch | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 20 | The Max Greger Orch. |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 01/03/1966 | Berlin Newsletter | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 37 | Berlin news |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | 01/07/1966 | Berlin Newsletter | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 11 | Friedrich Gulda Eurojazz |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 01/08/1966 | Jazz Workshop at Recklinghausen | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Jazz Workshop at Recklinghausen |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 01/11/1966 | Looking Back at the Bands | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 20 | Ron Simmonds: candid reminiscences |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 01/01/1967 | The Berlin Jazz Festival | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 19 | The Berlin Jazz Festival 1967 |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 01/02/1967 | The art of ensemble playing | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 26 | The art of ensemble playing |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | 01/03/1967 | Woody in Berlin | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Woody Herman in Berlin |
| 9 | 5 | 10 | 01/05/1967 | About that mouthpiece | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Trumpet mouthpiece design |
| 10 | 5 | 11 | 01/06/1967 | Be your own mouthpiece doctor | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 25 | Trumpet mouthpiece design |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | 01/07/1967 | What's with the German Scene | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Ron Simmonds reports from Berlin |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 01/10/1967 | Overnight - the scene changed | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 20 | RIAS Dance orch in Berlin |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | 01/11/1967 | Love thy bandleader | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Bandleaders |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 01/01/1968 | A revolution in big-band playing | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 18 | Don Ellis |
| 15 | 6 | 7 | 01/02/1968 | The Don Ellis Story | Interview | Simmonds, Ron | 14 | Don Ellis |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | 01/02/1968 | Doggin' around | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 21 | Phil Seamen dog story |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | 01/03/1968 | The Finks | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Why I left England |
| 18 | 6 | 9 | 01/04/1968 | Keeping the piece | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | West Side Story, Ray Davies and the Bee-Gees |
| 19 | 6 | 10 | 01/05/1968 | Clean the smelly thing | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 33 | Trumpet care |
| 20 | 6 | 11 | 01/06/1968 | Give the girl a chance | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 33 | Trumpet tips |
| 21 | 7 | 3 | 01/10/1968 | The Confidence Game | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 26 | Ron Simmonds bares his soul |
| 22 | 7 | 5 | 01/12/1968 | Why did the girls find us so damnably attractive? | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Ron Simmonds in South Africa |
| 23 | 7 | 9 | 01/04/1969 | Boffins? | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 7 | Ron Simmonds on balance engineers |
| 24 | 7 | 10 | 01/05/1969 | Two mikes are not better than one | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 25 | Electronics in the studio |
| 25 | 7 | 11 | 01/06/1969 | Give Credit | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 14 | On paying compliments |
| 26 | 7 | 12 | 01/07/1969 | I told you I love you | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | How to get fired |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | 01/08/1969 | Putting a name to them | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 15 | Nicknames |
| 28 | 8 | 2 | 01/09/1969 | Why Britain was not invaded | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Historical research |
| 29 | 8 | 3 | 01/10/1969 | The Magic Mouthpiece Maker | Article | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Story of Tom Wray |
| 30 | 8 | 5 | 01/12/1969 | The end of a jazzman | Obituaries | Simmonds, Ron | 16 | Bert Courtley |
| 31 | 8 | 12 | 01/07/1970 | The do-it-yourself film session | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 16 | Mad film session in Berlin |
| 32 | 9 | 3 | 01/10/1970 | Harry James lives! | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 1 | Harry James |
| 33 | 9 | 4 | 01/11/1970 | Pulling the Tram | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Trumpet tips |
| 34 | 9 | 6 | 01/01/1971 | Oliver Nelson in Berlin | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 26 | Oliver Nelson |
| 35 | 9 | 12 | 01/07/1971 | A Timely Warning | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 8 | Arranging pitfalls |
| 36 | 10 | 10 | 01/05/1972 | Superband | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 27 | Slide Hampton Berlin band |
| 37 | 10 | 11 | 01/06/1972 | Making a hit with Hamp | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 16 | Lionel Hampton and Ron Simmonds |
| 38 | 11 | 7 | 01/02/1973 | Beef Stroganoff | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 12 | Trip to Moscow |
| 39 | 11 | 8 | 01/03/1973 | How high the C? | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Ron Simmonds goes into the upper register |
| 40 | 13 | 11 | 01/06/1975 | Photo | Photo | Simmonds, Ron | 17 | Don Ellis |
| 41 | 16 | 6 | 01/01/1978 | Digging the digs | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Digging the digs |
| 42 | 16 | 10 | 01/05/1978 | Rocked on my Heels | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 8 | Udo Lindenberg, Peter Herbolzheimer, Ian Hamer |
| 43 | 25 | 1 | 01/01/1988 | Let's Remember these good new days. | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Sophisticated Lady |
| 44 | 25 | 3 | 01/03/1988 | Themes on a sunny shore | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 15 | Themes on a sunny shore |
| 45 | 25 | 4 | 01/04/1988 | Untrivial Perceptions | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 17 | RS takes a train |
| 46 | 25 | 5 | 01/05/1988 | The Enscrambled Ear | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 17 | Interview with a bandleader, Geraldo, Bolero |
| 47 | 25 | 6 | 01/06/1988 | The Interloper Tune | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 17 | Harry Roche, tigers, George Chisholm, one-legged drummer, Bobby Lamb, Pete Jacques |
| 48 | 25 | 6 | 01/06/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Mozart: Symphony in G minor |
| 49 | 25 | 7 | 01/07/1988 | What Lies Behind the Jargon | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 14 | Superlatives |
| 50 | 25 | 7 | 01/07/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Chords, score |
| 51 | 25 | 8 | 01/08/1988 | Happier to be Without Them | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 15 | Oscar Rabin, Hawaiin guitars, American Patrol x2, Nippy Noya |
| 52 | 25 | 8 | 01/08/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Chordal relationships |
| 53 | 25 | 9 | 01/09/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Diminished chords |
| 54 | 25 | 10 | 01/10/1988 | Life is Just a Bowl of Chalk | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 23 | Tubby Hayes, trumpet tutor, vibes player, Russian dialogue |
| 55 | 25 | 10 | 01/10/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | The fourth and other chords |
| 56 | 25 | 11 | 01/11/1988 | The Quietest Spot in Spain | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Quo Vadis |
| 57 | 25 | 11 | 01/11/1988 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Minor 7(-5) chords |
| 58 | 26 | 1 | 01/01/1989 | Domestic Battlefield | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 7 | How not to commission an arrangement |
| 59 | 26 | 1 | 01/01/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Added tone chords |
| 60 | 26 | 2 | 01/02/1989 | Can You Hear Me, Betty | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 15 | Shake hands everybody |
| 61 | 26 | 2 | 01/02/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Open Harmony |
| 62 | 26 | 3 | 01/03/1989 | The Dream of Doktor X | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 12 | New ways of writing music |
| 63 | 26 | 3 | 01/03/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 38 | Open Harmony Part 2 |
| 64 | 26 | 4 | 01/04/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Close Harmony |
| 65 | 26 | 5 | 01/06/1989 | The Fee That Got Away | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 14 | Left-handed trumpet, most unforgettable person |
| 66 | 26 | 5 | 01/06/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Passing notes, clusters and other devices |
| 67 | 26 | 6 | 01/08/1989 | Four-Fiddle Trumpet | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Turning the page |
| 68 | 26 | 6 | 01/08/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Static Harmony |
| 69 | 26 | 7 | 01/09/1989 | Magyar Wanderers | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 18 | Football dog |
| 70 | 26 | 7 | 01/09/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Introductions & Bridges |
| 71 | 26 | 8 | 01/10/1989 | Date Worse than Death | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | TV talent contest |
| 72 | 26 | 8 | 01/10/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 35 | Introductions |
| 73 | 26 | 9 | 01/11/1989 | The Eternal Iceberg | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 11 | The tin-eared choreographer |
| 74 | 26 | 9 | 01/11/1989 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Forming a second theme |
| 75 | 27 | 1 | 01/01/1990 | Off With Their Heads | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 16 | Golf tournament music |
| 76 | 27 | 2 | 01/02/1990 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 37 | Empty Spaces |
| 77 | 27 | 2 | 01/02/1990 | The Blindfold Test | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 38 | Blindfold test |
| 78 | 27 | 5 | 01/08/1990 | Music Hath Charms | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | Alligators, Katinka, Lions that pee, chimps that grab clarinets, flamingoes |
| 79 | 27 | 5 | 01/08/1990 | Literals and other Thoughts | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 20 | Ish Kabibble, Nat Gonella, Lugano Jazz Festival, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Harald Danko |
| 80 | 27 | 6 | 01/10/1990 | The Arrangement 1 | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | With a little bit of luck score |
| 81 | 27 | 7 | 01/12/1990 | Napoleon: A Seasonal Tale | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 15 | Christmas donkey |
| 82 | 27 | 7 | 01/12/1990 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Score: With A Little Bit of Luck |
| 83 | 28 | 1 | 01/05/1991 | Agony Column | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Doctor Jazz answers |
| 84 | 28 | 1 | 01/05/1991 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Score: With a Little Bit of Luck |
| 85 | 28 | 2 | 01/06/1991 | Gulag | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 23 | Buying books |
| 86 | 28 | 2 | 01/06/1991 | Arrangement 4 | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Score: With a Little Bit of Luck |
| 87 | 28 | 3 | 01/08/1991 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Score: With a Little Bit of Luck |
| 88 | 28 | 4 | 01/10/1991 | It's All a Fake | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 7 | Semantics |
| 89 | 28 | 4 | 01/10/1991 | Arrangement 6 | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 28 | Score: With a Little Bit of Luck |
| 90 | 28 | 5 | 01/12/1991 | Equal Rights | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 24 | Girl musicians |
| 91 | 28 | 5 | 01/12/1991 | The Duke | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | The Duke I |
| 92 | 29 | 1 | 01/01/1992 | The Genius | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 12 | Musical computer |
| 93 | 29 | 1 | 01/01/1992 | The Duke | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 28 | The Duke II |
| 94 | 29 | 2 | 01/03/1992 | The Piano Player | Tribute | Simmonds, Ron | 5 | Norman Stenfalt |
| 95 | 29 | 2 | 01/03/1992 | The Duke | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | The Duke III |
| 96 | 29 | 3 | 01/05/1992 | The Band Uniform | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | The band uniform |
| 97 | 29 | 3 | 01/05/1992 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 28 | Going Down! |
| 98 | 29 | 4 | 01/08/1992 | The Analogy | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 8 | The Analogy |
| 99 | 29 | 4 | 01/08/1992 | Going Down II | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Score: From this moment on |
| 100 | 29 | 5 | 01/10/1992 | The Waterworks | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 7 | Berlin dance hall Resi |
| 101 | 29 | 6 | 01/12/1992 | Advertising | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 7 | The advertising band scheme |
| 102 | 29 | 6 | 01/12/1992 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Small mercies |
| 103 | 30 | 1 | 01/03/1993 | The Magic of the Bandleaders | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 22 | Edwin Holland, Tommy Sampson |
| 104 | 30 | 1 | 01/03/1993 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Using chords (cancelled due to printer's error) |
| 105 | 30 | 2 | 01/05/1993 | The Tabulator | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | New ways to play trombone; The Phagotus |
| 106 | 30 | 2 | 01/05/1993 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Tables I |
| 107 | 30 | 3 | 01/08/1993 | The Rehearsal Band | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 12 | The Rehearsal Band |
| 108 | 30 | 3 | 01/08/1993 | Tables 2 | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Modes |
| 109 | 30 | 4 | 01/10/1993 | The Band Contest | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 10 | The MM band contest |
| 110 | 30 | 4 | 01/10/1993 | Jimmy Deuchar | Tribute | Simmonds, Ron | 14 | Jimmy Deuchar |
| 111 | 30 | 4 | 01/10/1993 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | More Modes |
| 112 | 30 | 5 | 01/12/1993 | A Fun Quiz | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Fun quiz |
| 113 | 30 | 5 | 01/12/1993 | State of the Art | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 12 | Nat Gonella |
| 114 | 31 | 1 | 01/02/1994 | The Gig | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 5 | Japan 1 |
| 115 | 31 | 1 | 01/02/1994 | Small Group Scoring | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Small Group Scoring |
| 116 | 31 | 2 | 01/04/1994 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 30 | Small group scoring II |
| 117 | 31 | 3 | 01/06/1994 | Stan | Tribute | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Stan Roderick |
| 118 | 31 | 3 | 01/06/1994 | Contemporary Arranging | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | The Sax Section 1 |
| 119 | 31 | 4 | 01/08/1994 | The Jazz Festival | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Japanese band II |
| 120 | 31 | 4 | 01/08/1994 | The Arrangement | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | The Sax Section |
| 121 | 31 | 5 | 01/10/1994 | The Saxofoons | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Dutch 1000 sax concert |
| 122 | 31 | 5 | 01/12/1993 | Tables IV | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 34 | Modal scoring: Jackeline |
| 123 | 31 | 5 | 01/10/1994 | The Sax Section | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Sax Section 3 |
| 124 | 31 | 6 | 01/12/1994 | Quips | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 6 | Things they said |
| 125 | 31 | 6 | 01/12/1994 | The Sax Section | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Voicings |
| 126 | 32 | 1 | 01/02/1995 | The Young Lions | Report | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Bundes Jazz Orchestra,Bujazzo, Peter Herbolzheimer |
| 127 | 32 | 1 | 01/02/1995 | Latino Friends | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Latino Friends I |
| 128 | 32 | 2 | 01/04/1995 | The Singer | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 5 | The Singer |
| 129 | 32 | 2 | 01/04/1995 | Latino Friends | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Latino Friends II |
| 130 | 32 | 3 | 01/06/1995 | Newspeak, Oldspik | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 8 | OJ, 1st Brigade Band, Edelhagen |
| 131 | 32 | 3 | 01/06/1995 | Last Chorus | Tribute | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Marshall Royal, Richard Krueger |
| 132 | 32 | 3 | 01/06/1995 | Latino Friends | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 36 | Latino Friends III |
| 133 | 32 | 4 | 01/08/1995 | The Monastery | Humour | Simmonds, Ron | 18 | Jazz Festival Combain la Tour |
| 134 | 32 | 4 | 01/08/1995 | Latino Friends | Arranging | Simmonds, Ron | 32 | Latino Friends IV |
| 135 | 32 | 5 | 01/10/1995 | Marty Paich | Tribute | Simmonds, Ron | 4 | Marty Paich |
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