[Dixielandjazz] Aker Bilk - Re: We're back!

[Robert Ringwald]

Marek, Are you getting your own posts now?

In the early 60s I was working 6 and 7-nights a week and sometimes even cocktail hours and some lunch time music. Every time I’d take a break, “Strangers On The Shore” would come on the juke box. I learned to hate that song. 

Then sometime in the late 890s or early 90s, I met Aker at a Jazz festival in Los Angeles. We had a great time swapping lies at the bar. 

I heard him play “Strangers On The Shore,” as Marek says, withouot strings. He played it beautifully. I gained a new appreciation for the song. 

-Bob Ringwald
   
-Bob Ringwald
DJML Moderator


From: Marek Boym 
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:36 AM
To: Bob Ringwald 
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] We're back!

Strange.

I thought I was getting DJML emails, as some of Ross' and others came through, but I did not receive this one.  And I have not been receiving my own posts in my mailbox since times immemorial (my age, that means "recent" - I remember things from long ago).

Somehow, those waistcoats bring to mind "Stranger on the Shore."  I didn't like the popular version (in later years, Bilk continued to play it, and it sounded great with no strings attached!)

Cheers



On 12 March 2016 at 13:29, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

  Thanks go to Dave for sorting out the list for us!  I first noticed a
  problem on 5 March when I a post sent to djml (that I have attached below)
  didn't pop up in my own inbox as it should.  I looked at the djml archives &
  saw it was there, though.  Then, over the next few days there were no other
  posts from djml, nor were there any in the archives.  That's when I alerted
  Bob Ringwald asking if there was a problem.

  Our list may not be as active as it was a few years ago, but then we often
  had some contentious arguments going on then that added to the quantity but
  not the quality of the posts on the list. It's a great list, and many thanks
  to those that keep it running for us!

  I have noticed that my djml posts no longer go into my djml box, but remain
  in my general inbox.  That must be due to whatever was done at HQ!  I will
  make a new ruling for that.  Also, I noticed we had a few posts come through
  in HTML, not plain text.  Is that something new for the list?

  Anyway, for those that didn't have a look at a recent video of our band here
  in Madrid last week, the link is below.  I love it mainly because of the
  interreaction between the pianist & trumpeter, which is all about playing
  Jazz.  It gets a tad bit modern, but that's ok, too.  We can still honk in
  the classic style, also.

  Jim

  ________________________________

  From: Jim Kashishian [mailto:jim at kashprod.com]
  Sent: sábado, 05 de marzo de 2016 13:59
  To: 'dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com'
  Subject: company gig

  Since 2008 are gigs for company functions has taken a big drop, but
  fortunately they are slowly coming back.  A few months ago Ernst & Young
  took us up to Barcelona for a company gig, and last night we played for an
  Orthodontist Convention in Madrid.

  Have a look at a video I shot while the band was playing a rather modern
  version of "Caravan".  The trumpeter is a young Russian who often
  substitutes for our regular trumpeter.  Here he has a bit of a "talk" with
  the pianist at the end of his solo which (you can see in the video) he
  enjoyed greatly.  It's really fun when those sort of moments happen in a
  band.

  I was taking the video, so all you can see of me is my horn on the stand &
  mutes on the floor!  We're dressed in our "function" clothes, which I guess
  in the U.S. would be frowned on as being corny.  In Spain, we always get
  compliments about the colorful vests (which were a gift from J & B Whiskey),
  as there are no misunderstood undercurrents here about such
  dress....fortunately.

  The video:
  https://youtu.be/-wxOcUnY1M0

  Jim



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