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The theme of the January, 2010, CEO Roundtable in Massachusetts was "Embodied Imagination." On its first afternoon, actor and director Tina Packer, founding director of Shakespeare and Company, and Eli Newberger, led a workshop on singing the blues. The musicians were Jimmy Mazzy, banjo and vocals, Bob Winter, Pianist with the Boston Pops Orchestra and Professor of Piano at Berklee College of Music, Ted Casher, clarinet and sax, Bo Winiker, trumpet and Eli Newberger, tuba and leader. Just prior to this performance, one of the CEO's read aloud a guide to How to Write a Blues Song. (This explains Jimmy's quip about his mentor, Blind Lemon Pledge.) Afterward, following an intro by Jimmy and supported by Tina, they each composed and performed a personal blues, to the delight of their colleagues. It had been a hard year for business leaders, and their blues evinced courage, creativity, tenacity, resilience, compassion, sadness, and joy. They provoked laughter and tears in addition to applause. For all present, it was an experience that will not soon be forgotten. Acknowledgment: Loren Carlson, President, CEO Roundtable LLC

Tubby the Tuba," story by Paul Tripp, music by George Kleinsinger. The Cupcake Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Roylance, Tubby the Tuba and valve trombone, David Tripp, narrator, Carolyn Newberger, Peepo the Piccolo and flute, Amanda Roylance, trumpet, Eli Newberger, piano and synthesizer, and special guests, Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin, and Mark Churchill, cello. Performed at St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, on May 9, 2007 (the movie opens in a new window; please be patient while it loads).

The Cupcake Philharmonic Orchestra From left to right, Carolyn Newberger, Eli Newberger, David Tripp, Amelia Roylance, Amanda Roylance, Mike Roylance Larger Image To purchase a copy of "Tubby the Tuba," (Dutton Children's Books, 2006) that includes a CD of the wonderful 1946 recording, narrated by Paul Tripp, who awakened one night with the idea for "Tubby," please click here

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"Tubby the Tuba," Eli Newberger, tuba, Kevin McHale, narrator, with the Newton Symphony Orchestra, 1987. This video of Tubby the Tuba features Mayor Mann of the City of Newton giving the key to the city to basketball star Kevin McHale, and then proclaiming that the treasury would be open immediately after the performance. (I got one, too!) The video doesn't capture the clamor when Kevin walked onstage, but trust me, it was deafening. So, too, was the crowd scene before the morning rehearsal. Kids were running through the halls of the high school, looking for the classroom where the guests were sequestered before being rushed into the auditorium. In the end, it was a delight to perform in the glow of a genuine sports celebrity, and a nice guy to boot.

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"When You Wish Upon a Star," Mike Roylance, tuba, Eli Newberger, piano. Performed at St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, on May 9, 2007.

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"Lullaby for Amelia" for Amelia Roylance, by Howard Frazin. Tubas: Mike Roylance and Eli Newberger. Performed at St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, on May 9, 2007..

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"Reverberations for Two Tubas and Strings," by Howard Frazin. Mike Roylance and Eli Newberger with the Laurel String Quartet (violinists Annie Rabbat and Ying Xue, violist Sarah Darling, and cellist Song-Ie Do) and Karl Doty, contrabass. Premiere of the version for two Tubas, string quartet, and contrabass, performed at St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, on May 9, 2007. (The world premiere of the concerto for two tubas and chamber orchestra took place in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on March 18, 2007, with the Boston Classical Orchestra, Stephen Lipsitt, conductor, who commissioned the work.)

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Jazz Tuber Trio playing "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" on the November 6, 2005, Liz Walker Sunday TV show; Ted Casher, clarinet, Jimmy Mazzy, banjo, Eli Newberger, tuba.

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Tuba-piano performance of George Gershwin's second piano prelude, recorded at the Johnson Theater, University of New Hampshire, on September 20, 2004.

	Gershwin's Second Piano Prelude View movie
"Mr. Newberger's tuba is often surprisingly light and lyrical as it sings melodies softly over the banjo's backing. It has unusual expressive range. On Ma Rainey's "Jelly Bean Blues," it sounds utterly forlorn, and on Jelly Roll Morton's "Chicago Breakdown," it has the attack of a charging bull elephant. Gershwin's Prelude in C sharp minor, is played by Mr. Newberger as a whimsical gimmick - a duet with himself as he fingers the tuba valves with one hand and plays the piano with the other. Forgetting the tour de force and simply taking it at face value, it is a charming and remarkably unaffected performance." -- John S. Wilson, The New York Times To read further reviews of the CD "Shake it Down," by Jimmy Mazzy and Eli Newberger, that includes "Jelly Bean Blues," "Chicago Breakdown, " and the original audio recording of this piano-tuba version of the Gershwin Prelude, or to purchase a copy, please click here.

1996 performance of the M 'N' M (Mazzy-Newberger-Muranyi) Trio at the Sancy Snow Jazz Festival, Mt. Dore, France. Joe Muranyi, known best for his work with Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars in the 1960's, is featured on clarinet.

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	Summertime View movie
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"Adding Joe Muranyi to the mix with Mazzy and Newberger creates many more possibilities, arrangement-wise, and they take full advantage of the opportunities. Muranyi is a musician who has absorbed little bits from the styles of many, many great clarinetists from the history of pre-bop jazz to create his own whole, original style. Facile, imaginative and often exciting, yet always fitting in with the group, he never uses gratuitous and unnecessary technical displays to impress his audience, relying instead on musical substance." -- Ted Des Plantes, The Mississippi Rag To read the notes by S. Frederick Starr on the CD "Halfway to Heaven," by the M'N'M Trio, or to purchase a copy, please click here

	Perdido Street Blues View movie
"Perdido Street Blues," from a performance on November 11, 1990, with the New Black Eagle Jazz Band. The Sticky Wicket Pub in Hopkinton, MA, closed its doors shortly afterward, ending the Band's 19-year engagement. Musicians include the Band's co-founder, Tommy Sancton, clarinet, and Brian Ogilvie, tenor sax.

1975 performance of Eli and the New Black Eagle Jazz Band playing "The Mooche" (the movies will open in a new window; please be patient while they load).

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"One of the most interesting pieces on this new release is a treatment of Duke Ellington's "The Mooche" that milks the tune for all its ominous misterioso possibilities and gives Eli Newberger an opportunity to play one of the raunchiest tuba solos ever recorded" -- John S. Wilson, High Fidelity

	Keyhole Blues View movie
	Original Jelly Roll Blues View movie
	You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew View movie
	Jersey Lightning View movie
New Black Eagle Jazz Band, playing in 1989 for the 100th anniversary celebration of the yearly midsummer Marblehead, MA, Race Week competition, that still attracts yachtsmen from around the world.

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