[Dixielandjazz] Acker in Poland (was Ellington - was scheduling)

[Marek Boym]

Your sources may be right, but I don't think so.
I spoke to Acker Bilk about that tour, and he corroborated an earlier
date.  But he was not all that young, so he might have been wrong.
Cheers
On 16/09/2007, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>  Marek Boym wrote [in part]:
> > The description reminds me of Acker Bilk's concert in Wroclaw Poland,
> > back in 1954 (could it have been 1953?  I don't
> > really think so).
>
> Dear Marek,
> According to several sources I have, Acker did not tour Poland with his
> Paramount band until the summer of 1956.
> He was with Ken Colyer for seven months in 1954 but was back in Bristol
> in late 1954.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
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