[Dixielandjazz] Dave Shepherd RIP

[Marek Boym]

Yea, another good one!
Blessed be his memory

On 3 January 2017 at 23:52, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
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