<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>True.<br></div>Since Robert reacted off-list, so did I reply. I do not think that Semple was quite in the same class.<br></div>As to Acker, I have a soft spot for him - his band was the first western band I had ever heard. The huge People's Hall in Wroclaw was all sold out, and thousands somehow sneaked in. First to play was a pretty good Polish band (Drążek i Pięciu) and then Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band came on stage, and it became a bedlam! Something like the Elvis Presley shows at the time or the Beatles later on. Jackets, purses, scarves and what not went in the air - it was plain crazy!<br></div>Years later Acker remembered his Polish tour. I spoke to him in Edinburgh in 1992 - I was invited to the lounge because a friend tipped Bilk that someone who heard him in Poland was in the audience; he was still excited after all these years. So I am not going to rate Acker.<br></div>Yes, I love the Ians (for non-British listmates - Christie and Wheeler), and a few others, too many to mention.<br></div>Still, at least as far as my ears tell me, none is in the same category.<br></div>Danny Polo was not British, and I was discussing British all-time giants.<br></div>Cheers<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 June 2017 at 20:51, Steve Voce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevevoce@virginmedia.com" target="_blank">stevevoce@virginmedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>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....</p>
<p>But don't let us start making lists again. It's non-productive,
like stamp collecting.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div>Robert Calder has just reminded me of another British
clarinettist deserving inclusion in the "a;; tome greats"
roster Sandy Brown.<br>
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Unfortunately I found no Jem's in my fridge, so I sttled for
Jopen's (it's pronounced Yopen) Koyt Gruitbier, only 8.5% abv.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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<div>Sure,<br>
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Cy was a Dodds' man. Whether he was or was not as
good is difficult to tell, as his sound, in
particular in his later years, was different. As
impassioned as Dodds', yes, but different. In his
later years Cy played lots of music which was quite
removed from New Orleans.<br>
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But de gustibus, etc... After all, this is not our
only disagreement regardsing music, which is all right
with me.<br>
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Yes, I did know about Dodds' son - what a change from
the WW1 days, when an American Negro could fly for
France but not for his own country! Good to know that
at least some things change for the better.<br>
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Cheers (going to have Jem's 8.8)
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at 16:07, Steve Voce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevevoce@virginmedia.com" target="_blank">stevevoce@virginmedia.com</a>></span>
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<p>I agree, Maryk, that Wally is
one of the clarinet greats. His
work in solo and in ensembles
with Humph was sublime. He was
also, until his sight
deteriorated, one of the
greatest cartoonists. Cricket is
one of his great joys in life,
and he and his wife Sue have
separate television sets in the
same room. Wally has to sit very
near to and watch the set from
an oblique angle, whilst Sue
sits at a normal distance from
hers and views it from a normal
angle.</p>
<p>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. Did
you know, incidentally, that
Johnny Dodds's son had a full
career as an airline pilot?<span class="m_1089648540828920637m_6096539879902839464HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div>Wally Fawkes! A
perennial favourite of
mine ever since I
first heard the early
Humph band, when dad
brought me the
"Humph's Blues" EP
back in 1959. I have
since acquired quite a
few Wally Fawkes (and
Humph) recordings,
including "It seems
Like Yesterday" (it
doesn't). I bought
SOS' "That's the
Blues, Old Man" and
later, unlike my wont,
the Lake reissue of
the three Fawkes
albums on SOS when the
other two LPs were no
longer available (I
could not afford them
at the time of
issuance). And more.
Only not the
Troglodytes - I have
one second hand EP,
but so far I haven't
seen any LPs of the
group; I have,
however, The
Neo-Troglodytes.<br>
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I consider Fawkes one of
the all time clarinet
grates (all the others,
with the exception of Cy
Laurie, being American).<br>
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Cheers<br>
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24 June 2017 at
00:22, ROBERT R.
CALDER <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:serapion@btinternet.com" target="_blank">serapion@btinternet.com</a>></span>
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the great
clarinetist
has it seems
turned 93 ...<br>
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I was reminded
in the
non-political
mailing linked
to below<br>
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The cartoon
can be
appreciated
with another
face in the
place of the
one shown.<br>
Too many
faces, to be
sure,<br>
<br>
and not Ruby
Braff, Wally's
caricature of
whom nearly
sent Kenny
Davern into
orbit.<br>
WHO DID THIS?
Search Google
Images for
more delights<br>
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<a href="https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/wally-trog-fawkes-master-of-the-political-cartoon-and-the-jazz-clarinet/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shirazsocialist.wordpr<wbr>ess.com/2017/06/23/wally-trog-<wbr>fawkes-master-of-the-political<wbr>-cartoon-and-the-jazz-clarinet<wbr>/</a><br>
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<br>
and a lovely
feller is
Wally
altogether !<br>
<br>
Robert R.
Calder<br>
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