<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">When Colyer was in New Orleans in the early 50s I was doing weekend gigs with makeup bands made up of a core of rotating musicians. We played jazz standards and popular hits. Almost all the bands had Isle of Capri in their repertoire, so if Colyer got around at all, he heard the tune in the city. I had the Wingy's 78rpm record, and I think most of the guys knew about it. ("Oh, Capra, on the isle/all dressed up in the latest style/listen to this trumpet, bear with me/and knock me off the Isle of Capri")<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Charlie<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 10, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Marek Boym <<a href="mailto:marekboym@gmail.com" class="">marekboym@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello Bert,</div><div class="">I am afraid that you underestimated Ken Colyer. While he was a staunch New Orleans follower, his interests seemed to have been much wider. In the notes of one of his albums (I believe with the young Sammy Rimmington on clarinet), he explained that the Jazzmen drew their repertoir from various sources, which was "as it should be." I haven't got the record, so I cannot check - I've lost track of the person who owned it.</div><div class="">Cheers<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 09:24, Bert <<a href="mailto:mister_bertje@hotmail.com" class="">mister_bertje@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks Jack,</div>
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That was exactly the kind of info I was looking for. </div>
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Just checked the Russ Morgan record, indeed that hardly qualifies as jazz, that's danceband playing quite similar to those British bands, no single note improvised, and a very polite groove.
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I will ask Chris as well if he has any memories about the Colyer recording date, when I see him again. </div>
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There is a youtube thing of the Rollini record as well on the internet, with the trio. Since I'm personally a huge fan of Rollini, always a delight for me, but probably not what interested Ken. </div>
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So either Manone or Fazola look like the most likely candidates. </div>
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Many thanks again for your help, highly appreciated. </div>
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<b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [Dixielandjazz] Question regarding Isle Of Capri</font>
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<div class="gmail-m_-8015771352273194622PlainText">Colyer probably got the idea from Wingy's recording - it was well known
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