[Dixielandjazz] Horror!!!

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 14:06:39 PDT 2012


"Venerable" or "venerated," Joe Cohn is a very good musician.
Sentimental, too.  When he plaed at teh Caesarea Jazz Festival, he
raised his late father's clarinet and exclaimed: " Father!  I am in
Israel!"

Yes, although he was known for his saxophone playing, Al Cohn did play
a clarinet.
Cheers

On 10 October 2012 22:31, ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I could swear that the in the last mailing I received there was a reference (copied from the press) to Joe Cohn as "venerable" !!!
>
> And without the excuse of extreme youth which Benny Waters had when he on one gig referred to Joe's father Al as "my fellow veteran". Benny was old enough to have fathered people senior to Al. Of course his autobiography did suggest that he might well have, but as far as he was aware he hadn't.
>
>
> For Joe I would have preferred venerated,
>
> Robert R. Calder
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