Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2007/07

From: "harold troughton" <haroldtroughton@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Apologies re Midnight in Moscow
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:09:22 -0400

There seems to be an incredible ammount of confusion re the Midnight in
Moscow debate.
The term "Three B's" refers to three British traditional/dixieland jazz band
leaders.
Kenny Ball, tpt, acker Bilk, clt & Chris barber, tbn. All enjoyed tremendous
popularity during the golden years 50s & 60s.. The Beatles/ Rock/Pop
revolution put an abrupr stop to the previous situation. The three bands
still manage to prform however despite a more hostile musical climate in
these days of post punk, rap, boy bands, scar, dicoo, etc. Kenny Ball,s
clarinettists - Davie Jones, also later, Andy Cooper. Harold Troughton
Blue Magnolis Jass orchestra (Liverpool.)

>From: Bill <wde2@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Apologies re Midnight in Moscow
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:55:28 -0700
>
>It looks like logic should have been followed instead of unverified
>labelling regarding who played on the original Midnight in Moscow. My
>copy (actually a download) has Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, and Acker Bilk as
>the players, but while they still play together, that just doesn't sound
>like Bilk, and it doesn't make sense that only Ball would get performance
>credit. Glenn Kantor noted that disparity, plus that Bilk has/had his own
>band and would not logically play uncredited, even in those early days. I
>still don't know for sure who it was playing (maybe it was Dave Jones),
>but he was good.
>Sorry for being misleading. Not to knock Acker Bilk, but it was such a
>shock to me that he would have been playing like that that I couldn't keep
>it to myself. Guess I should have, though.
>
>Bill Edinger
>
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