[Dixielandjazz] John Gill

[Louis Lince]

Hi Dan,

There are (were?) two John Gills. The late John Gill referred by Dick Baker 
was an English Piano player that emigrated to Australia in the 1980s. Your 
John Gill, who I know from San Francisco and New Orleans, is as you say a 
fine musician. To the best of my knowledge he's still with us in the land of 
the living.

Best

Louis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Barrett" <danpbarrett at hotmail.com>
To: <louislince at neworleansmusic.demon.co.uk>
Cc: "dixieland jazz mailing list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] John Gill


>
> Dear Mr. Baker, and DJML,
>
> I just saw Mr. Baker's post about John Gill.  Mr. Baker is of course 
> reporting Mr. Erdos's side of things. I"m sure John Gill would have his 
> own perspective about that session.
>
> I have known John for years; I met him when was working with Turk Murphy's 
> band. Years later, in 1996, we both played in Woody Allen's New Orleans 
> Jazz Band (led by banjoist Eddy Davis) on Mr. Allen's European tour. 
> Someone told me later that we'd played twenty-nine cities in thirty-three 
> days! Well, during all that time, John Gill was unfailingly cooperative, 
> and what I would consider  to be a perfect, professional sideman.
>
> i wish I could say the same about myself!
>
> John has never seemed "eccentric" to me--not that that's a bad thing--any 
> more than any of us out here trying to make a living playing in various 
> anachronistic jazz styles might be called "eccentric."
>
> Anyway, I'd give John a break. He's earned it.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> --Dan Barrett
> Costa Mesa, CA
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:22:34 -0400
>> From: djml at dickbaker.org
>> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] John Gill
>> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>> To: danpbarrett at hotmail.com
>>
>>
>> >I discovered John Gill when he made a record for Stomp Off in 1984
>> >-- he was a real genius, but pretty hard to deal with, reported Bob
>> >Erdos. Just eccentric, I guess.
>>
>> I remastered that 1984 LP a few years ago and have put the sound
>> files (as MP3) and graphics on my web site at
>>
>> http://dickbaker.org/Gill/
>>
>> Just point your browser at it and download the files - or just listen
>> to them off the site.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---------------------
>> Dick Baker
>> djml at dickbaker.org
>>
>>
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