[Dixielandjazz] Campbell Burnap RIP

[Geoff Power]

Hello listmates, 
I must say this has come as a shock - Campbell was here(Sydney area) in
April, playing at the Southern Highlands Classic Jazz Festival in Mittagong:
he was playing well and personally very pleasant.
Geoff Power


On 31/5/08 2:07 AM, "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- Runnin¹ Wild
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aI7H2RMOfc
> 
> Struttin¹ With Some Barbecue
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejavbF1iM68
> 
> 
> Campbell can be heard with the band on the CD ŒCoalition¹, 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
> Lightfoot¹s and Acker Bilk¹s, Campbell¹s 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, ŒMainstem¹, 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