[Dixielandjazz] Campbell Burnap RIP

[Marek Boym]

Campbell will be missed!  An excellent musician, certainly deserving
wider recognition outside the UK.
Sorry to hear about Alan Elsdon's retirement.  On my first visit to
London in 1964, I frequented Jazzshows Jazzclub (The 100 Club
nowadays).  They featured jazz several nights a week, and more often
then not it was Alan Elsdon's band.  The place was full to capacity -
not a mean achievement for an unlicensed place!  Later I heard Elsdon
with Midnight Follies and other bands, which I might not have heard
were it not for Alan Elsdon's participation.
I bought the Legends of British Trad from John in Balckpool many years
ago, and still love it.
Cheers

On 30/05/2008, John Petters <jdpetters at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I heard from Mike Pointon this morning of the unexpected and tragic death of
> Campbell Burnap, following a short illness.
>
> I had a long association with Campbell, which more or less started with the
> Legends of American Dixieland Tour in 1989, with Wild Bill Davison and Art
> Hodes. Campbell was featured on most of the dates on what became the last
> tour both the American octogenarians.
>
> Click here to see Campbell on stage with the Legends of American Dixieland-
> Runnin' Wild
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aI7H2RMOfc
>
> Struttin' With Some Barbecue
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejavbF1iM68
>
>
> Campbell can be heard with the band on the CD 'Coalition', which Jazzology
> Records released in New Orleans.
>
> In 1991, I put together a theatre package called the Legends of British
> Trad, which featured Campbell along with the late and much missed Dick
> Charlesworth, Alan Elsdon, sadly no longer playing, Neville Dickie and Tim
> Phillips.
>
> Hear Campbell with the Legends of British Trad:
> http://www.traditional-jazz.com/assets/clips/Baby.mp3
>
> After the Legends run, Campbell was a regular guest at many of my festivals,
> delighting the crowds with his warm trombone phrases, which contained hints
> of Vic Dickinson and Jack Teagarden, along with a whole heap of original
> material.
>
> He was a fine jazz singer with a magnificent voice and in my view he could
> have had a career as a singer had he been so inclined.
>
> As well as his trombone playing career in such top UK bands as Terry
> Lightfoot's and Acker Bilk's, Campbell's warm, rich voice, combined with his
> passion and knowledge for swinging jazz , made him a natural choice for
> presenting informed and intelligent jazz shows on BBC Radio.
>
> The birth of Jazz FM in the 80s,  promised much and delivered little. The
> station did offer a  further glimpse at the skills of this fine broadcaster
> with his  excellent  show, 'Mainstem', which not only played great
> recordings from the past, but gave exposure to new CDs, which most other
> stations ignored.
>
> Bristish traditional jazz has lost many legendary figures during the past
> year, George Melly, Dick Charlesworth, Humph and today Campbell. Somewhere
> in heaven there must be a hell of a jam session going
> --
> John Petters
> www.traditional-jazz.com
> Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
>
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