I'm prepared to agree, but I have not heard of him before the late 50's. Cheers On 25/09/2008, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Marek Boym wrote regarding the claim that Johnny Dankworth was a "former > dixieland clarinetist": > > That was aeons ago! Dankworth was a modernist already in the late 1950's! > > > > > >