[Dixielandjazz] Red Price

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the update. red was a fine player and Harry Bence always had good 
bands, which weren't necessarily jazz groups, but which were generally full 
of good jazz players. In Harry's latter days, he was living in Scotland and 
a pal in the business here talks of him calling Body and Soul in B natural 
and other unusual keys just because he was fed up playing it in Db all the 
time. I guess my friend heard Red with the Jamestown Five, as he described 
it as a jazz group, and he'd have known Harry, but didn't mention him.

Regards,

Ken Mathieson
www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "John Ding" <roadie at btinternet.com>; "Ken Mathieson" 
<ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:11 PM
Subject: Red Price


Dear John, Ken et al,
Red Price died in Hong Kong in February 1984.
He had moved there in the late 70s to play with Harry Bence's band at the 
Cabaret Club.
Returned to Pomgolia  briefly then went back to Hong Kong and worked with 
the Jamestown Five (led by Dennis Wilson, an Aussie) until shortly before he 
died.
Vey kind regards,
Bill.


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