<div dir="ltr"><div>I heard Spiegle Willcox (born 1903) in either 1993 or 1996. He recorded in Holland in 1994. And "The Mississippi Rag" had a feature on a trombonist nearing 100 and still playing (I cannot recall the name right now). The New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos was still playing at 100.</div><div>Does that indicate anything? I have my doubts.</div><div>Cheers<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 21:15, Les Elkins <<a href="mailto:leslie.r.elkins@gmail.com">leslie.r.elkins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>>> Listen to this 94 year old trombonist! Amazing! Who says you gotta<br>
>give up<br>
>> at a certain age? Jim</div><div><br></div><div>I would note that Doc Severinsen, at 91, toured this summer. He isn't playing as much these days, but he seems to be playing nearly as well!<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Les <br> </div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-6479864096829013828gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" size="-0" face="Arial" color="#000000">"NEVER use a maj7 chord in any bar that is named after a deceased NASCAR <br> driver, a large-calibre firearm, or an intoxicated farm animal." <br>-Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's Universal Chord Law</font><div></div></div></div>
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