[Dixielandjazz] Harry Epp RIP

[Don Gumpert]

Will, how sad!  The last time I saw Harry was in New Orleans a few years 
ago, he and Don sat in with Evan Christopher and he was superb.  All I can 
say is, maybe Don got tired of playing with Ralph Sutton so, he called for 
Harry.
Please pass along my condolences to Harry's family.
Sandy Gumpert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Connelly" <willc at highstream.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:25 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Harry Epp RIP


> Dear Friends . . .
> I am shocked and saddened to have to report that pianist/banjoist Harry 
> Epp has died. I had the news from Hal Donovan, who had called Harry this 
> morning to try to find out how Pat Cooke was (surviving) and got his son, 
> Rich, instead. I talked to Rob, the eldest son, who said that they were 
> waiting for the medical examiner but that it was apparently a heart 
> attack - Harry had had a bad one several years ago - and when I talked 
> with him last night he said he was worn out from his trip to LA for the 
> Sweet and Hot even as he raved about the music he'd heard and the friends 
> he'd connected with there.
>
> Harry was one of my closest friends, and the regular pianist in my River 
> Liffey Saloon Jazz Band and Roaring Tusker Jazz Band. Through the years he 
> also worked with Bill Thomas's Bourbon Street Jazz Band, with Sandy Sander 
> and Frank Izzo, Frank Hubbell and the Riverside Jazz Band. I was 
> privileged to produce two albums of Harry's Muskat Ramblers, which began 
> life in Columbus, Ohio in the early '50s. His eldest son, Rob, asked me to 
> take care of the musical arrangements. I will do this, and will keep you 
> all advised as the funeral  arrangements are made.
>
> You can't imagine how I feel right now.
>
> Will Connelly
>
>
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