[Dixielandjazz] George Webb's Funeral

[Graham Martin]

G'day,

Thank you John for the video of George's funeral. The parade band played
beautifully and that is definitely the right way to show respect to such a
great pioneer of British jazz. 

I was delighted to see ex member of the George Webb's Dixielanders, Owen
Bryce looking so spritely and playing very well. Owen was a mentor of mine,
oh so many years ago, when I attended his jazz classes at Hendon Tech. I
still have an old BBC radio recording from those days. The best I can say is
that there was a lot of enthusiasm. Hey, some of us developed into better
players later in life - Derek Winters and Alex Maclaren from the old Bodega
Jazz Band of St Albans, Herts. Alex no longer with us but he wrote a jazz
tutor with Owen way back in 1968 - "Let's play jazz. Book 1", copies of
which you can still find on Amazon and the antique book shops. I had heard
that Owen was no longer playing trumpet but that is most obviously untrue.

Thanks George for kick starting the whole British 'hot' jazz scene. And
thanks to all the very talented musicians who played with George in those
early years and showed us the way.

Best,

Grah     

Graham Martin
REDLAND BAY
Queensland, AUSTRALIA


-----Original Message-----
From: John Petters [mailto:jdpetters at btinternet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 6 April 2010 3:12 AM
To: DJML
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] George Webb's Funeral, Rod Mason Hot Five & Graeme
Hewitt High Society Jazz Band on YouTube

Hi Folks,
Happy Easter to all.
I've put three new videos on Youtube.
George Webb's Funeral - with a large parade band and photos of Wally 
Fawkes, Owen Bryce & Eddie Harvey (Wally and Owen can be seen playing in 
the parade). A photo of Monty Sunshine, who was in great spirits, the 
All star band led by Chez Chetserman, plus a clip from Bracklesham Bay 
in 2006 with George himeself playing Dallas Blues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgKzMb8OrA

Here's one with Rod Mason's Hot Five playing "Dinah" with a guest 
drummer @ Herlow last month:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgKzMb8OrA

and finally a session with Graeme Hewitt's High Society Jazz band with 
which I guested at the beginning of March:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UXH9TNXWqs
Keep swinging


-- 
John Petters
www.traditional-jazz.com
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ


 

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