An excerpt from THE DRUMMER DRIVES! book with photos of the Chuck Foster Orchestra and band personnel, and Harry and his parents dining with Foster and friends shortly before the band left the Blackhawk in 1945. Article includes links to two soundies on YouTube featuring two of the band’s soloists, and Harry on drums.
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Chuck Foster Orchestra at the Blackhawk in Chicago, 1945
May 1st, 2010The Chicago Symphony in the Fifties and Sixties
April 29th, 2010Like the Chicago Symphony? Here’s a summary of Harry Brabec’s time with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik and Fritz Reiner in the fifties with a beautiful photo of the Orchestra.
Big Band One-Nighters
April 28th, 2010Harry Brabec did a lot of one-nighters with the orchestras of Chuck Foster, Wayne King and others between 1945 and 1951. Here, from one of his letters, are a few of his remembrances of those days.
