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    Well, Maryk, I hope you enjoy today, for it is the first occasion
    that I remember having to give best to you!<br>
    I had thought that Cy Laurie, who gave up playing jazz in 1960 when
    he went off to India to try and sort himself out, had died late in
    that decade. Looking him up today I find that he survived a lot
    longer. I knew that he came back,though he didn't seem to work as
    much, which is probably why I never heard of his later sporadic
    efforts (there was no reason why I would have been interested). Did
    he stop being a Dodds-copyist by that time? I cannot tell. But
    judging by the yardstick that he still worked with Beryl Bryden in
    the '90s, I imagine that he remained in his Dodds jump-suit.<br>
    I look forward to being amazed when I find out that I am wrong and
    that he in fact became a disciple of Buddy De Franco and collector
    of Stan Getz records. No doubt you will disabuse me.<br>
    The other thing I had forgotten was that I first met Fred Hunt when
    he shone like a pillar of fire in the night of the Cy Laurie Four -
    no doubt he was the reason I went to see it again.<br>
    Steve Voce<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/06/2017 14:08, Marek Boym wrote:<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On 25 June 2017 at 11:56, Steve Voce
            <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                href="mailto:stevevoce@virginmedia.com" target="_blank"
                moz-do-not-send="true">stevevoce@virginmedia.com</a>&gt;</span>
            wrote:<br>
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                <p>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.<br>
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                <p>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. </p>
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            <div>"Implied," Steve?<br>
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            <div>The language you used was hardly that!<br>
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            <div>So basically you have not heard Cy since the beginning
              of the '50's, you are not aware of his development, but
              you pass judgement, render a severe sentence, and call
              that "implying."<br>
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            <div>Cheers<br>
            </div>
            <div>The trumpeter, by the way, was Les Jowett.<br>
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                <p> 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. <br>
                </p>
                <p>Am I not allowed to say so?</p>
                <p>Regards,</p>
                <p>Steve<br>
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                    <div class="m_-1867693049602389383moz-cite-prefix">On
                      24/06/2017 23:00, Bill Haesler wrote:<br>
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                    <div class="h5">Steve Voce &lt;<a
                        href="mailto:stevevoce@virginmedia.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">stevevoce@virginmedia.com</a>&gt;
                      wrote:
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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>
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                        Dear Steve,</div>
                      <div>Danny Polo?</div>
                      <div>Born in Clinton, Indiana, died in Chicago,
                        Illinois (1901-1949) and worked and recorded in
                        England in the 1930s.</div>
                      <div>Why include him on a list of British jazz
                        revival clarinettists?</div>
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                      <div>And why single out Cy Laurie for unnecessary
                        insult? </div>
                      <div>("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.”) </div>
                      <div>Cy was a very popular Trad jazz pioneer who
                        contributed to its success, inspired and
                        captivated by Johnny Dodds’ playing.</div>
                      <div>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. </div>
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                              <p>But don't let us start making lists
                                again. It's non-productive, like stamp
                                collecting.<br>
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                        <div>In that, I wholehearted agree with you.</div>
                        <div>Cheers,</div>
                        <div>Bill.</div>
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