[Dixielandjazz] Wally Fawkes a birthday greeting

[Steve Voce]

Thank you Bill.

Danny Polo? 'Ci-devant' means 'once was'. As in 'lived a long time in 
England, but originally was  American'. I should use better vocabulary.

I went to concerts in the early days when Cy Laurie had his 'Four'. One 
of his four was Beryl Bryden and another was a rather good trumpet 
player, whose name I can't remember (it was in the Fifties). I think it 
was Les.

With regard to my being rude about Cy's clarinet work: I remember him as 
a very docile but enthusiastic fellow. But I was unhappy with his 
playing nothing  but the closest copy that he could get to Johnny Dodds. 
So I didn't like his playing and implied so in my e-mail.  I didn't like 
the singing of Vera Lynn or Bill Haley and the Comets. Or Beryl Bryden, 
come to that. Henry VIII was regarded as a great king, but I didn't like 
him.

Am I not allowed to say so?

Regards,

Steve


On 24/06/2017 23:00, Bill Haesler wrote:
> Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com 
> <mailto:stevevoce at virginmedia.com>> wrote:
>>
>> You shouldn't leave out the great Archie Semple, and Acker Bilk was 
>> ten times the jazz musician your pal Cy Laurie was! Not to mention 
>> any of the fine modern clarinettists or the extremely skilled Sid 
>> Phillips. There are many more in your field, of course, who it would 
>> pain to omit - Christie, Turner, the ci-devant Danny Polo....
>>
> Dear Steve,
> Danny Polo?
> Born in Clinton, Indiana, died in Chicago, Illinois (1901-1949) and 
> worked and recorded in England in the 1930s.
> Why include him on a list of British jazz revival clarinettists?
>
> And why single out Cy Laurie for unnecessary insult?
> ("Cy Laurie, on the other hand, was a nutter who genuinely believed 
> that he was the reincarnation of Johnny Dodds. He might have got away 
> with that if he had been as good as Johnny Dodds, but unfortunately he 
> was only as good as Cy Laurie.”)
> Cy was a very popular Trad jazz pioneer who contributed to its 
> success, inspired and captivated by Johnny Dodds’ playing.
> I found Cy to be a passionate and friendly jazzman, and felt 
> privileged to play with him and pianist Johnny Parker on several of my 
> visits to Pomgolia.
>>
>> But don't let us start making lists again. It's non-productive, like 
>> stamp collecting.
>>
> In that, I wholehearted agree with you.
> Cheers,
> Bill.
>
>
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