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n the early '80s, the late
Pat Archer heard saxo-
phonist Larry Nozero and
said, "I want you in my club"
. . . Larry was happy to do a
gig at Excalibur with his
youthful quartet . . . When
Pat said "36 weeks," Larry
looked surprised and replied,
"That's not what I thought"
. . . "Take it or leave it!" ex-
claimed Pat . . . and Larry
hurriedly said, "I'll take it!"
. . . He had only figured on
two weeks.
Today, Larry Nozero is
among the nation's leading
jazz saxophonists . . . and
opened the new Johnny
Trudell's 12th Street Jazz
Club in the lower level of Ar-
riva Restaurant on 12 Mile
between Mound and Van
Dyke.
About 200 jammed the
room used by Sam Locriccio
as a banquet area for bar
mitzvahs, etc., which Johnny
and his orchestra play for .. .
Yes, Johnny does do bar mitz-
vahs, weddings and other
gala functions . . . and is con-
sidered one of the best for
listening and dancing music
plus candlelighting cere-
monies if needed.
The downstairs sector at
Arriva has been styled very
conducively for Johnny
Trudell's new club, whose
name is a wonderful tribute
to the man everybody likes so
much . . . and an inspiration
for others to have a spot nam-
ed after them.
This was an evening of
good, solid jazz beat, not the
running wild, way-out sort of
hard-core contemporary jazz
with every man for himself it
would seem . . . The fine coor-
dination of talent had Larry
on alto sax and soprano sax,
Johnny fingering the trumpet
and flugelhorn, Matt
Michaels, piano; Ray Tini,
guitar; and Tom Brown,
drums.
Very fine vibrophonist from
this area, Jack Brokensha, is
now a regular with Johnny at
the 12th Street Jazz Club so
many people are making a
"must" every Wednesday
night.
The opening had Larry and
Johnny dueting with a lot of
good, solid togetherness for
some happy foot-stompin' jazz
. . . Their jazzed-up version of
"Slow Boat lb China" was
classic . . . Larry did the alto
sax on "All But The Heart"
from his latest album . . . as

Johnny picked up the flugel-
horn for much harmony.
Their straight-ahead jazz
combined a good coordination
of talent for folks like Morrie
and Margo Cohen, Jod Ger-
maine, Gene and Mildred
Elsey, Dorian Pastor, Murry
Katzman and so many others
who enjoyed the jazz club at-
mosphere with its cocktail
tables and low ceiling.
Duke Ellington's great "In
A Mellow Tone" brought out
the choice soloing ver-
satilities of Johnny, Larry
and Matt . . . and Larry and
Johnny doing - "I'm Getting
Sentimental Over You" was a
solid keeper.
The second show opened
with a request for "Cheek To
Cheek" as Larry soloed
beautifully on the highs and
lows in much rhythmic
balance . . . then was joined in
by piano, guitar and drums in
a real good jazz stint . . .
Larry and Johnny are so
much in command of their
respective instruments, both
so lovely to listen to with such
fine degrees of improvisation.
Sandra Mandell, also a
Wednesday night stalwart,
has always been a vocal
•favorite . . . and was at her
usual best in "rIbach Me
TDnight," "My Funny Valen-
ting" and "Our Love Is Here
To Stay," all sung with vocal
expressions that promulgated
a lot of stylish quality which
many times bordered on the
brilliant.

Sandy and Arriva co-owner
Sam Locriccio, both former
Lorios regulars, sing Satur-
day evenings upstairs in the
popular Italian restaurant.
There are guest sit-ins
every Wednesday evening at
Johnny Trudell's 12th Street
Jazz Club . . . and from time
to time it won't be improbable
to drop in and perhaps see a
celeb or two up there joining
in with Johnny.
Syncopated rhythmizing
has taken a firm foothold in
its sweeping move around the
country . . . Johnny Trudell's
12th Street Jazz Club is right
up there with the better ones.
CONGRATS . . . to Allen
Schwartz, "the Singing Win-
dow Washer" . . . on his 60th
birthday . . . Daughters
Michelle and Edie bought pop
an airline ticket to celebrate
with them, his two sons-in-
law and three grandchildren
in Marietta, Ga.
MICHAEL TOLAN, actor,
director and producer, in town
from his home in New York to
direct 74 Georgia Avenue at

the Jewish Ensemble
Theatre, finds many parodies
to his own life while living
here in Detroit years back.
Born in the old Women's
Hospital and attending
Thirkell, Hutchins, Central
and Wayne, Michael grew up
as Seymour "Mickey"
Tuchow at 2611 Gladstone,
corner of Linwood . . . On a re-
cent visit to Detroit he went
back looking for his old
building and found only an
empty lot where it stood.
74 Georgia Avenue is about
a successful, middle-aged
Jewish New Yorker who goes
back to his old neighborhood
and finds that it has changed
. . . What happens is a heart-
warming story, especially in
these difficult times with race
relations.
Mickey had a chance to see
many old friends who grew up

Larry Nozero and
Johnny Trude!1 are
playing 12th Street
at the Arriva.

with him in the same Lin-
wood and 12th Street world
. . . They were neighbors
together and today are highly
successful lawyers, doctors
and businessmen . . . He- has
appeared in films (Presumed
Innocent, All That Jazz, The
Enforcer, etc.), 12 Broadway
plays and on TV's "Mission
Impossible" and as Mary
Tyler Moore's boyfriend in the
show named after her, among
other credits . . . Mickey's
brother, Jerry Tuchow, still
lives here.
CONGRATS to Martin and
Harriet Silk . . . on their 70th
birthdays . . . both celebrated
together at a Sheraton-Oaks
family brunch.

FROM DELRAY, FLA.
. . . Faye B. Weiner writes .. .
"Belle Miller told us the story
of her return trip from Israel.
New York's Kennedy Airport
was closed because of fog.
After 17 hours delay, her
plane landed, to her delight,
in Miami and not Montreal as
scheduled. At 81, and walk-
ing miles just for the joy of it,
Belle became a bat mitzvah
at the Wall in Jerusalem and
attended extensive Hebrew
lessons to further her ambi-
tion as an American bat mitz-
vah at her temple. In
January, Carl Wolfe, the first
president of the new 13-year-
old Michigan Club, installed
his wife Lil as both treasurer
and secretary. Babs Bortman