[Dixielandjazz] Hedges and Caceres etcetera

[Marek Boym]

Don't forget Cy Laurie, Robert.
Or, among the living, John Maddocs (English) and that American clarinettist
with a Dutch name, Pieter Meijers.
Cheers


On 22 September 2013 07:40, ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I thank Bill Haesler for the name of David Caceres
>
>
> I am still a Chuck Hedges fan regardless of his departure, but delighted
> that "Chuck Hedges lives" in the annual tribute concert and the fund.  Very
> grateful of the chance to mention same.
>
>
> I mistyped his name for another, for I did note with sadness his passing
> -- one of the clarinetists who now alas only on record sounds like
> somebody.
>
> I remember John Barnes producing a clarinet on a Glasgow gig, mostly
> devoted to his baritone playing, and it had been so long since I'd last
> heard him on clarinet I was struck by how personal the sound was.
>
>
> Other clarinet discoveries -- not all still with us in body -- of recent
> years included
>
>
> Frank Chace
>
> Kim Cusack
>
> Evan Christopher
> and the bebopper Mort Weiss
> (in case anybody liable to be interested hasn't discovered him)
> and I think the name of another of the best is Dave Bennett,
>
> corrections welcomed to publicise the player.
>
> Oh, and there was the guy who was playing very good tenor in Edinburgh
> some years ago, disappointing audience members of more specialised
> interests because he'd not read the programme and was unaware he was billed
> to manifest his distillation of Noone and Dodds and
>
> .. and I've been unable to attend gigs by at least one lady aurally
> matching that description
>
>
> and I'm sure the names are worth mentioning regardless in the way in which
> each is alive.
>
> Of course Ken Mathieson's maestros Martin Foster and Dick Lee haven't been
> new to me in years.
> Always fresh, though! Like good eggs
>
>
> Robert R. Calder
>
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: John Blegen <jcblegen at gmail.com>
> >To: ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2013, 2:42
> >Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Hedges and Caceres etcetera
> >
> >
> >I'm sorry to report that Chuck passed away in June of 2010.  He is
> greatly missed.  The second annual Chuck Hedges Tribute Concert will be at
> the Serb Hall in Milwaukee on December 1, proceeds to go to a scholarship
> find for young musicians.
> >
> >John Blegen
> >Clarinet
> >Kansas City
> >
> >
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