[Dixielandjazz] Phil Kirk, RIP

[Kit W Johnson]

I'm sorry to hear this news, Bert. I admired the band that Phil and your
crew put together and looked for opportunities to take a listen whenever the
opportunity presented itself. Exposed me to some great tunes like Martinique
and She's Cryin' for Me that have since become favorites. As you say, rest
in peace and thank you for the music and memories.

 

Kit W. Johnson

Black Swan Classic Jazz Band

503-970-1251

 <mailto:kit at bscjb.com> kit at bscjb.com

 <http://www.bscjb.com/> www.bscjb.com

 

A musician has to expect to be excited. There is no way you can be a fine
musician and just be placid and dull. Life involves many exciting
experiences and you express all aspects of life in music just like an actor
would.  ~Arnold Jacobs

 

From: Bert Thompson <dr_bert at juno.com> 
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 9:29 AM
To: Kit Johnson <kit at bscjb.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Phil Kirk, RIP

 

 

 

After being in failing health for the last couple of years, Phil Kirk died
on Oct. 1, 2021.  Phil was the leader and trumpet player of the well-known
West Coast band Professor Plum's Jazz from its founding in 1977 to its
demise in 1995.  

 

The band was extremely popular in the San Francisco Bay Area where legions
of fans would appear at appearances wearing their plum-colored t-shirts
emblazoned with the band's logo on the front and, on the back, the slogan
"I'm Plum Crazy."  The same scene could be witnessed at the many festivals
all over the country, on cruises, and at residencies abroad where the band
appeared.    

 

Phil's love of traditional jazz embraced many styles, and as a result the
band had a wide-ranging "book."  On one memorable evening at their residency
in Fargo's Pizza Parlor in Mountain View, California, the band put on a
3-hour concert honoring Jelly Roll Morton, playing nothing but his
compositions or tunes associated with him.  Other times at festivals the
band would play a similar kind of set honoring jazz masters such as King
Oliver and Bix Beiderbecke with displays of photographs and commentaries
from Phil between tunes..

 

At various times, both before and after Professor Plum, Phil played with
other bands, but he was and is best known for leading the Professor Plum
band in the San Francisco Bay Area..  He, and Professor Plum's Jazz, live on
on YouTube.  Rest in peace, Phil.

 

 

Sadly,

 

 

Bert Thompson



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