[Dixielandjazz] Dave Shepherd RIP

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi All,

The Grim Reaper has been into the British jazz fold again recently: I 
heard today of the recent passing of the marvelous English clarinettist 
Dave Shepherd. Here's a link to his obit in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/28/dave-shepherd-obituary

Dave was not just an immaculate player, he was also an immaculate 
dresser and an all-round good guy who kept the highest of musical 
company and never had a bad word to say about anyone. His style was 
strongly based on Benny Goodman's playing, so he was at home playing 
Dixieland or Mainstream jazz, and he was so good that a frequent 
collaborator, no less than pianist Teddy Wilson, said of him that "it 
was just like playing with Benny, but without all the BS!"

Another good one gone,

Ken