[Dixielandjazz] Larkin Coltrane Barnes

[Marek Boym]

So sorry to have learnt about Barnes' illness!
One of the best!
I've heard him quite a few times (clearly, as I am an Alex Welsh
admirer), both with Welsh and Humph.  Although I have probably heard
more of his tenor sax than baritone, to me he will always be a
baritone player.  And no too bad on clarinet, either.
I'll never forget his appearance as the featured soloist at the
Edinburgh festival.  Barnes came on stage with a Hawaiian shirt, while
the accompanying Roger Nobes (I think) group was formally dressed.
Barnes "aplogized:" "I am sorry, but the band had no time to change to
uniform."  At another festival (Liverpool), where he guested with a
local (and excellent) swing group, he announced: "We cannot sell you
any CDs, but we can offer home made strawbery jam."  I was very happy
to be there and hear John Barnes again.
I wish him speedy and full recovery.

On 16 March 2012 20:30, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> John Barnes suffered a terrible stroke last autumn whilst on holiday in
> Greece.
> Fortunately he is showing some signs of getting movement hack into his
> limbs, but it will be a very long job. It's doubtful that he'll ever play
> again.
>
> Steve Voce
>
>
> On 16/03/2012 16:55, ROBERT R. CALDER wrote:
>>
>> I was giving a young lady some advice about her studies a long time ago,
>> and one of her options was Philip Larkin -- about whom some lecturer had
>> written a blurb for students -- and this blurb was all about his bringing
>> out the misery of life..... etc.
>>
>> This might raise questions about whether he listened to or needed to
>> listen to Coltrane.
>>
>>
>> I confess I have my own additional Scottish reasons for not having been
>> amused by "... the unmistakeable sound of the bagpipes. 'Scotland is
>> represented?' we asked..." in a memoir of a long ago recent visit to the
>> Newport Jazz Festival. The "we" should be recognisable as Stanley Dance's.
>>  The instrument being played was soprano saxophone. Long, long ago.
>>
>>
>> Which reminds me that I was telephoned by a German academic after a
>> feature on Larkin's funeral on German TV news.  The Herr Professor wanted to
>> know who'd been playing the soprano he heard on the film clip.
>>
>> Which is why I subsequently gave him a John Barnes LP as a Christmas
>> present.
>>
>> Admirable tenor player John, for all the other horns he plays. Why don't
>> we talk about him?
>>
>>
>> all the very best,
>> Robert
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