[Dixielandjazz] CYRIL BENNETT
jack wiard
jack_wiard at hotmail.com
Sat Jan 6 12:19:49 PST 2007
HI ALL......ANY FELLOW LISTERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MAY REMEMBER
CYRIL BENNETT, AN ENGLISH CHAP WHO WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO WORKING AS A
DRAFTSMAN ON BART [BAY AREA RAPID TRANSPORT ] SYSTEM.....DURING HIS TEN
YEARS THERE [APPROX. 1964-1974] HE PLAYED IN MANY BANDS,INCLUDING EUPHONIC
J.B.,AND GROUPS LED BY POPS FOSTER. I WORKED WITH HIM IN AUSTRALIA DURING
1979 IN THE RAY PRICE QUINTET AND OTHER GROUPS.
OVER THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY, HE WAS BACK IN DERBY,ENGLAND,AND OFTEN WORKED
AT THE DERBY JAZZ CLUB,OFTEN TO ACCOMPANY VISITING JAZZ GREATS FROM THE
U.S.A. HIS STYLE CAN BEST BE DISCRIBED AS FATS WALLER,JAMES P. JOHNSON,DON
EWELL,AND RALPH SUTTON ON STEROIDS. HE WAS UP THERE WITH THE GREATS, BUT
RELATIVELY UNKNOWN OUTSIDE HIS IMMEDIATE AREA. HE PASSED AWAY [HEART
ATTACK] ON NOV. 26TH... THOSE OF US WHO WORKED WITH HIM WILL MISS
HIM......JACK WIARD.....SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA
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