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

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Sat Mar 12 15:20:42 EST 2016


Although Jim sent me instructions how to do it, I have elected not to do
anything about it - I do not need to receive my own posts.  I did when I
joined the list, then it stopped.  I didn't mind then, and don't mind now.
With kind regards,
Marek

On 12 March 2016 at 20:13, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> 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 <marekboym at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:36 AM
> *To:* Bob Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com>
> *Cc:* Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> *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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