[Dixielandjazz] Giving credit where credit is due

[Don Robertson]

Catching up on the posts of the last couple of days, I saw this one and 
had to comment. 

We have had the pleasure of meeting and hearing Bob Achilles in our jam 
sets here at the Napa Valley Dixieland Jazz Society.  He DOES swing.  
Being a minister, he doesn't often get to our Sunday sessions.  I really 
appreciated seeing his bio.

Don Robertson
Napa, CA

Daniel Crone wrote:
> In a 1965 cover of Green Onions by the Harry James Orchestra is a clarinet
> solo that stands out.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBXKCFiZnI I was so impressed by it that I
> had to figure out who he was. I'm not the only one, as some posts about this
> song led me to this forum. The solo is unattributed. Two hours of web
> sleuthing later, I've got 'the rest of story', as Paul Harvey says. By luck
> or perhaps by providence,  the clarinetist is Bob Archilles. The rest of the
> story is here.
>
> Robert Achilles
> Professor of Biblical Exposition
> B.S., University of Illinois
> M.Div., The Master's Seminary
>
> Saved in 1971 at age 33, Bob enrolled in Talbot Seminary at age 40, leaving
> behind a 20-year career as a professional musician and arranger. He
> continued to attend school while simultaneously beginning a pastoral career
> now spanning 26 years, finally receiving his M.Div. from The Master's
> Seminary in 1992. Bob has been the Senior Pastor of four California
> churches, two Baptist and two non-denominational. In 1988, Bob became the
> founding pastor of Trinity Bible Church in Gilroy, California, retiring in
> 2003 after 15 years. He now holds the title of Pastor Emeritus. From 1996 to
> 2006, Bob has made 14 trips to the former Soviet Union to teach Theology and
> Bible Exposition to Russian pastors and missionaries in eight different
> Bible Institutes. Additionally, at the request of the Slavic Gospel
> Association, Bob has taught Systematic Theology at the Odessa Theological
> Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine. He currently serves as the Minister of Teaching
> at Grace Church of Napa Valley. Bob lives in Yountville with his wife Judy.
> They have three children and 15 grandchildren.
>
> http://www.thecornerstoneseminary.org/faculty.html
> http://www.mychurch.org/jonathan
> http://www.gracenapa.org/staff_dtl.asp?id=18
>
> I tried to send him an email but it bounced. So, here's some applause, only
> 42 years after the performance.
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