Chicago whistler MIKE RASFELD w/ HOWARD LEVY (Flecktones) - “ST. THOMAS”

The personnel on this rendition of “St. Thomas”: Mike Rasfeld, Peter Quinn, Jim Desmond, Danny Cimaglio: whistling, kazoos, voices/Howard Levy: piano/Kelly Sill: bass/Phil Gratteau: drums NOTE: Howard Levy (the pianist here) has gone on to world-wide renown with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and as a pianist & harmonica player in many other settings. http://flecktones.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike Rasfeld was known for many creative accomplishments in Chicago, probably the best being the launching of Acme Recording Studios from nothing. A small grocery store in the Wrigleyville neighborhood was stripped down to the studs and repurposed as a studio which went on to record much that was very special - jazz, blues, rock and folk LPs & CDs, demo tapes, radio commercials AND... (witness the piece above) very inspired SILLY STUFF ! He was also the founder of EARS - the Engineering & Recording Society of Chicago. http://ears-chicago.org https://facebook.com/EARS-Engineering-And-Recording-Society-of-Chicago-434458785530 He was an avid magician (going all the way back to childhood) and an accomplished whistler, having won the competition in the Jazz category at the National Whistle-Off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's Mike's hilarious parody of "Feelings". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPo4VUSetus And here he is as a jazz vocalist with two other Chicago singers and a rhythm section. (Somewhat of a Renaissance Man, this guy.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbbF-p2yGUk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's a sample of the Emily Haddad CD with special guest DIZZY GILLESPIE (recorded at ACME Studios). DIZZY GILLESPIE & jazz vocal prodigy: Chicago's EMILY HADDAD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNTkXBjxpM Add that CD to your collection: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=371520945674 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's a 1987 Chicago Tribune article about Mike's efforts to promote Chicago bands. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-08-07/entertainment/8702280147_1_bands-second-city-local-music-scene.htm http://mikerasfeld.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EACH & EVERY video clip on this channel can be easily accessed via the listing (sorted by category) that you will find HERE: http://TheMotionDevotion.com/ytlink.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUBSCRIBE to TheMotionDevotion: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=themotiondevotion ¸.•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•.¸•*´¯`*•.¸ ¸.•*´¯`*•.¸¸.•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•.¸ TheMotionDevotion MISSION STATEMENT: Educate, Entertain, Inspire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUESTIONS: info@themotiondevotion.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Added 12 Jul 2026