[Dixielandjazz] "Dixielanders Anonymous"

Gerard Bielderman gerard.bielderman at telfort.nl
Sat May 14 03:04:22 PDT 2011


Good guess, Bill. Here is the answer:
Kenny Ball (tp), Norman Cave (tb), Sid Phillips (cl), Arthur Fall (p), 
unknown (b), Mike Nicholson (d).
Personnel provided by Kenny Ball himself...
Gerard Bielderman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Cc: "Gerard Bielderman" <gerard.bielderman at telfort.nl>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 11:52 AM
Subject: "Dixielanders Anonymous"


Dear Friends,
This query is directed at our older UK and ex-Brit Canadian listmates.
(And perhaps, my friend Gerard Bielderman.)
I have had in my collection, for ages, an LP (Donegal DON 1003) by 
'Dixielanders Anonymous' recorded in
London in February 1957.
"Tunes you have hummed; played in the New Orleans Manner by a group of 
British Jazzmen."
No names or hints provided, but the musicians are described as 
"dyed-in-the-wool, full-time professional all-British jazzmen."
OK, after all this time can the secret be revealed?
Who were/are they?
I want to know.
The tune list on the LP:
    Aggravatin' Papa
    If I Had You
    I Can't Dance
    I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
    Ida
    Avalon
    When My Baby Smiles At Me
    Stairway to paradise
    Muskrat Ramble
    I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
    Makin' Whoopee
    My Bonnie
It is musically competent, with no surprises
And certainly not a driving hot group like the Kenny Ball band.
Trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, string bass and drums.
Ersatz dixieland.
After listening to the LP just now, my guess is that the musicians are from 
London's 50's (anyone-can-play-dixieland) big band clique.
We had them here in Australia at that time.
Maybe, after all, I don't need to know.
*>)
Very kind regards,
Bill.



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