[Dixielandjazz] Ken Colyer

[Marek Boym]

Not disputing your taste, Tony, nor anybody else's.
In 1964 I went to Ken Colyer's club and heard what I suumed to be the
Colyer band, and it was laclustre.  As to records, of those I have I like
the one with Sammy Rimmington the best.  Some years ago my friend played
for us a Phillips cassette by the Colyer band (I had bought it for her, as
part of a ten or so package, to cheer her up when she was in a particularly
bad mood).  It sounded better  than I expected from Colyer, and guess what:
Sammy Rimmington was on clarinet again.  I have never heard Colyer with Ian
Wheeler, so I have no opinion; however, I consider Wheeler among the top
traditional clarinet players, and have a few of his records.  Acker Bilk is
nostalgia, so I cannot really be objective; Acker Bilk (not Mr. yet) and
the Paramount Jazz Band was probably the first western band to visit Poland
after jazz became "kosher," and certainly the first to visit the city of
Wroclaw (Vrotzlav) where I lived, in either 1953 or 1954.
Cheers


On 7 April 2013 22:42, Tony Pringle <tonypringle at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Listmates,
>
> I have to say that two of the earliest Britsh jazz band recordings I got
> were the first two 10" LP by Colyer. One with Barber and the second one
> with Bilk and Ed O'Donnell. I sorry, but I never really liked the
> Barber/Colyer band - no passion and it didn't seem to swing (I was
> comparing with Ory and Lewis). I thought the second band was a step in the
> right direction, but his best band, I always thought, was the Ian Wheeler
> plus Mac Duncan band with Colin Bowden on drums. I will admit that they
> were a lot better in person than on many of their recordings, but a lovely
> band.
>
> Just an opinion while we are swapping opinions.
>
> Cheers Mates,
>
> Tony Pringle
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