[Dixielandjazz] Overlooked clarinetist - Jimmy Granata

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Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:39:36 EDT


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In a message dated 7/24/02 12:30:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
patcooke@cox.net writes:
> 
>         Your brings back memories of another clarinetist I played with in
> 1945.  His name was Raymond Burke, who played around New Orleans.  His
> clarinet was held together with rubber bands, also.  It was an old Albert
> system.  One of the keys had fallen off and he plugged the hole with 
> chewing
> gum!
>        
> 
>       Ray was a funny, likeable fellow, and one of the great players, but
> he's gone now.  Only the older musicians around remember who he was.  He 
> was
> one of a kind.
>      Pat Cooke
>      New Orleans
> 
>  Yep...I am older and I remember well Raymond Burke.  I only played with 
> him once, at the Emporium of Jazz ( in St. Paul) with Art Hodes.  And your 
> are right, he was a wonderful clarinetist.


     JIm Beebe

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/24/02 12:30:36 PM Central Daylight Time, patcooke@cox.net writes:<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your brings back memories of another clarinetist I played with in<BR>
1945.&nbsp; His name was Raymond Burke, who played around New Orleans.&nbsp; His<BR>
clarinet was held together with rubber bands, also.&nbsp; It was an old Albert<BR>
system.&nbsp; One of the keys had fallen off and he plugged the hole with chewing<BR>
gum!<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ray was a funny, likeable fellow, and one of the great players, but<BR>
he's gone now.&nbsp; Only the older musicians around remember who he was.&nbsp; He was<BR>
one of a kind.<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pat Cooke<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New Orleans<BR>
<BR>
 Yep...I am older and I remember well Raymond Burke.&nbsp; I only played with him once, at the Emporium of Jazz ( in St. Paul) with Art Hodes.&nbsp; And your are right, he was a wonderful clarinetist</BLOCKQUOTE>.</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JIm Beebe<BR>
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