Allen Hermann and Others
Music will be provided by former UA physics chair Allen Hermann and
what's come to be informally known as the Fayetteville rhythm
section. Besides achieving fame for co-discovering (with Zhengzhi
Sheng, also at UA at the time) the thallium-based high-temperature
superconductor that held the temperature record (125 K) from 1988 to
1993, Hermann is also a world-renowned jazz trombonist. While living
in New Orleans, Hermann was featured regularly with a leading Bourbon Street band, the Dukes of Dixieland. He has performed all over the world, appeared with such luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Tony
Bennett, Julie London, and Peggy Lee, been a member of such
well-known bands as Lionel Hampton, Buddy Morrow, and Doc
Cheatham, played with President Bill Clinton, and recorded eight albums including "The Jazz Trombone" with the legendary Carl Fontana--one of the outstanding examples of jazz trombone artistry in the annals of recorded music.
Al has been praised by many famous musicians:
"The trombonist I most enjoy since Rosolino. He plays the wheels off the trombone".
Fred Wesley, recording jazz/blues trombonist of James Brown fame
"Dazzled when I heard him. I highly recommend him to you."
Joe Alessi, Principal Trombonist, New York Philharmonic
"One of America’s foremost physicists, and an even better trombonist."
President Bill Clinton. Vale, CO, August 1993.
He will appear with three fine musicians who have frequently backed up internationally known visiting artists: Claudia Burson (piano), Jim Greeson (guitar), and Darren Novotny (drums).