[Dixielandjazz] CYRIL BENNETT

[jack wiard]

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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