[Dixielandjazz] Ray Burke in Brasil

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:17:36 -0300

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In a message dated 7/24/02 12:30:36 PM Central Daylight Time, 
patcooke@cox.net writes:

I played with Ray Burke in 1992(93?) hare in Sao Paulo. It was a special
event sponsored by American 
Consulate, displaying the "first" cornet of Pops, brought directly from
N.O. Jazz Museum with curator 
speeches and all. After the ceremony, Ray played with a quartet, to a
public barely conscious of what 
they where listening to.   As I can recall, two or three N.O. parade
umbrellas where opened upon the stage, 
and the place was filled to the walls, was a fashionable and posh night
club; I was there invited by a friend 
working for USIS, and introduced myself to Ray, saying: by chance I have
my clarinet with me.
he smiled and invited me to sit in, probably guessing what kind of music
I would play. He was really a nice
 and funny man. Well, we finished playing all the classic N.O.
repertoire, and at the end he gave me his
 card, that I keep till today, and said: 
Drop me a line and invite me any time you want.  It's a shame, I never
dropped him a line; all I remember,
 his clarinet still had rubber bands all around. 

Tito Martino
Sao Paulo,  Brasil 

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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">In a message dated 7/24/02 12:30:36 PM Central Daylight Time, =
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">patcooke@cox.net writes:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">&lt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">You</FONT><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New"> bring</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Courier New"> back memories of another clarinetist I played with =
in 1945.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">&gt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">&lt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">His name was Raymond =
Burke, who played around New Orleans.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Courier New">&gt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>

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New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us">&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">&lt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">His clarinet was =
held</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">&gt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Courier New">&lt;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">together with rubber =
bands, also.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
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LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
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LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">It was an old Albert =
system.&nbsp;</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">One of the keys =
had fallen off</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
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LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">and h</FONT><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">e plugged the hole with chewing =
gum!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
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I =
played with Ray Burke in 1992(93?) hare in Sao Paulo. It was a special event sponsored by =
American

Consulate, displaying the &#8220;first&#8221; cornet of Pops, =
brought directly from N.O. Jazz Museum =
with curator

speeches and all. After the ceremony, =
Ray =
played =
with a quartet, to a public barely =
conscious of what

they =
where listening =
to.&nbsp;&nbsp; =
As I =
can recall, two or three N.O. parade umbrellas where opened upon =
the stage,

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and =
the place was filled</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">to the walls,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> a =
fashion</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">able</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and posh</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">night club</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">; I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">wa</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">invited by a friend</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
</SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">working for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">USIS, and introduced myself to Ray, =
saying:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">by chance</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"> I</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">have</FONT> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">my clarinet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">with me.</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">he =
smiled and inv</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">ited me to sit in, =
probably</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">guessing what kind of =
music</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"> would play.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">He</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">was really a =
nice</FONT></SPAN></P>

&nbsp;and funny =
man. =
Well, we finished playing all the classic N.O. =
repertoire, =
and at the end he gave me =
his

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;card, that I keep till today, and said: =
</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Drop =
me a line and</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">invite me any time =
you want.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us">&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT> <FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">&#8217;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s a shame, I never =
dropped</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">him</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">a line;</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">all I =
remember,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;his clarinet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">still</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">had rubber</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">bands</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> all arou</FONT><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">nd.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> =
</SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Tito =
Martino</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Sao =
Paulo,</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Brasil</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"> </SPAN></P>

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FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"pt-br"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"pt-br">&nbsp;</SPAN></P>

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