[Dixielandjazz] The Under Cover Spy & Muskrat Ramble

[Marek Boym]

And jammed with Benny Goodman.  I do not know whether there are any
recordings - none mentioned in "BG on the Record" - but there is a
picture of them playing together.
cheers

On 12 July 2010 07:04, Jack Mitchell <fjmitch at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> For his first assignment, he was posted to Cambodia and told
>>
>> to find an apartment near the royal palace, open the windows at night, and
>> play "Muskrat Ramble". Prince Sihanouk, the eccentric ruler of the country,
>> was reputed to be an amateur musician who loved jazz and had  his own band.
>> Who knew but what he might hear that plaintive sax in  the jungle night and
>> invite you young american to come on over and sit  in? Alas, this never
>> happened."
>>
>>
>
> I don't know about that Prince, but the King Of Thailand was a more than
> adequate
> jazz saxophonist, and often jammed with Australian musicians such as Lachie
> Thompson
> and Laurie Gooding when they were stationed or living in his country.
>
> In 1977 the Col Nolan Quartet in Sydney recorded one of his compositions,
> LOVE IN SPRING, and in the early 1960s the Port Jackson Jazz Band had his
> composition WHEN in its repertoire.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jack Mitchell
>
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