[Dixielandjazz] Acker Bilk RIP

[Ken Mathieson]

Good on you, Marek! Have a taste for me.

Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Marek Boym 
  To: Ken Mathieson 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 10:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Acker Bilk RIP






    ... especially enjoyed being in the bar with the band after the gig, swapping jokes, tall tales and musicians' anecdotes.



  And the audience, too. 




    My fondest memory of him was a gig in an Edinburgh hotel bar on the last day of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival in the late 1980's. The band was Doc Cheatham, Roy Williams, Acker, Brian Lemon, Len Skeat and me, 


  Wow!


    and this was the gig here Acker "got off" on Brian's harmonic inventions. But it wasn't just Acker who was at the top of his game: it was one of those gigs where nobody could put a foot wrong and the whole band swung fiercely and inventively. For years after, I was regularly asked by all the guys involved if a recording of the concert had ever surfaced, as it was a memorable gig for everyone concerned. So far, nothing has been unearthed, but he survivors all live in hope as it would make a fantastic memento and live recording.



  Memento?  I wasn't there, but if anything does surface, please count me in! 


    So Vale Acker; it was an honour and a great pleasure to know you. 



  I'll drink to that!   I am hosting the jazz evening next Thursday, and we shall certainly play some Acker and Brian, and drink to the meory of both!


  Cheers







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