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Dave Ware
- trumpet
Dave playing here with his regular band 'The Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band'
a lovely number 'Blue and Broken Hearted' on their CD - 'Preheated'
band members are:
Robin Coombs clt, Norman Bull tmb, Peter Rampton gtr,
Barney Smith bass and Reg Stead drums (deceased)
- to buy this CD or to book the band contact Robin Coombs on 01959 524794
click here to listen
I lived in a house where there was always music going on, my dad was a
cornet player in the Coldstream Guards, and my grandad, who lived with us,
was always playing jazz records on his HMV wind up gramophone. Dad sent me
for violin lessons, I took a couple of exams at Trinty College, but soon
switched to Trumpet. When I heard Wild Man Blues by Louis on Desert Island
Discs, I was hooked. Spent some time in the sixties playing soul, and
backed a few popsters of the day, including 6 months with Dusty, then got
hooked on modern jazz, and didn,t return to Dixie jazz until 1988 when I
answered an ad, and the Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band was formed.Still with
them and depping for Burt and anyone else who,ll have me. Favourite
trumpeters are therefore varied, and apart from Louis, Clifford Brown,
Wild Bill Davison, Ruby Braaf, Roy Eldridge,Clark Terry, Miles Davis.
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Bill Barnacle - Cornet and vocals
This is Bill singing and playing ' My old man said follow the van' he has
in my opinion one
great voice not to mention his playing. This was recorded with his band at
the Whitstable
Playhouse Theatre on the 14th October 2006, the band members are : Pete Rose
reeds,
Séan maple tmb, Ray Perkins piano, Colin Hodges bass and Mike Marsh drms.
Bill started playing the cornet at the age of eight, in the church band,
under the tutelage of his father, former Royal Marine's bandmaster Percy
Barnacle. When he was twelve, World War Two interrupted his musical
development, as he was evacuated to Ebbw Vale along with the rest of Dover
Grammer School. Whilst Bill was not to pick up the cornet again for fourteen
years, his musical taste was not halted so much as diverted by the discovery
of jazz, the prime influence being Bunny Berrigan. At the age of 26, now a
staff sergeant in the Royal Education Corps, Bill started gigging with a
combo called The Martinique Saints, an amateur 14 piece big band of REME
personnel earning 25 bob each on a Saturday night at the Brownlow Hall in
Hants. What riches in 1953 ! On leaving the army in 1963 and moving to
Dover, Bill was able to settle into a regular gigging pattern aided by the
landlord of the Grapes (now the Louis Armstrong) , Bod Bowles. During this
formative period Bill met all the local 'musos', Burt Butler among them, and
has happily continued those musical friendships to this day. So far it has
been 42 years of fun, thanks 'lads'
Bill had a great 80th Birthday bash at Cullins Yard, Dover,
Kent. 17th July 2007 - here are a few pics and a video
of the occasion:
Bill with the lads playing Sweet Sue
click on pic or title to view video
band members: Bill Barnacle crt, Sean maple tnb, Bruce
Roberts clt.
Bob Pluck gtr, Ron Woodward bass and Bills son Peter barnacle drms
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Mick Stansell - trumpet
Here is Mick's distinctive style
of playing on these three tracks taken from the CD recorded
live at the 'Duke of Cumberland', High Street, Whitstable, Kent on the 21st
December 2007
band members are:
Dennis Lear clt, Séan
Maple tmb, Burtie Butler bnj,
Mike Porter-Ward bass, Barry Knight drms and yours truly on trumpet.
so click on
the titles below to hear.
Avalon
Marching through Georgia
Royal garden blues
When I was 14 years old a school friend
who was having piano lessons taught me how to read music. After listening
to Winifred Attwell records I bought some sheet music and learned to play
boogie-woogie and ragtime tunes on the piano. Shortly afterwards I saw a
film featuring Pérez Prado playing ‘Cherry Blossom Pink’ and this inspired
me to buy a trumpet. Our local general shop sold Dixieland records,
including early American jazz played by the black Chicago and New Orleans
musicians. When I heard the George Lewis Band that was the only music I
wanted to play. My skills were honed at Bill Brunskill’s Sunday Clinic and
the 51 Club ‘University’ where I saw the Ken Colyer Band. During this time
I played alongside Sammy Rimington and Eric Webster among others and
belonged to a New Orleans Parade Band. Having left London and moved to
Rochester I first played with Neil Highley followed by Pete Lay’s Phœnix
Band and a long spell with Sam Weller’s band. For the last 15 years I have
been playing with the Syncopators Jazz Band. My tastes are much wider now
but the New Orleans approach is at the core of my playing.
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Bill Phelan - trumpet, cornet ............
playing Let me call you Sweetheart on CD Reigning Supreme 25th Jan 1999
Multi-instrumentalist, plays cornet, trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone,
flugelbone, alto, tenor and baritone sax, clarinet, double bass and bass
guitar, sousaphone and tuba. Started as a "G" trombone player with Wood
Green Excelsior Silver Band in 1956 playing brass band music. Discovered
live jazz on Hampstead Heath on Easter Monday 1956 and it has since then
been the dominating musical interest. Played in several amateur jazz bands
in North London in the late Fifties and early Sixties, until the day job
forced a move to the peace and serenity of the Cotsowolds. The Cotswolds in
the Sixties was a jazz music wilderness and the only gigs available were in
"dance bands" playing venues such as The Winter Gardens in Malvern, and
Cheltenham Town Hall. Crowds of 3,000 or so were usual at these venues in
those days but the music was all Jimmy Lally and not much jazz. Moved to
Sussex in the Seventies where there was a very good jazz scene and worked
with most of the local bands and musicians there since then, mostly playing
sousaphone, string bass or trumpet.
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Dennis
Jenkins - trumpet, cornet and vocals ......
Dennis is playing My Little Girl, this
was recorded at The Jolly Knight pub
with The Vocalion Jazz Band, 12th September 2007 - other members of the band
are: Jan Bryce tmb,,
Ivan Gandon clt, Burtie Butler bnj, Paul Ferdinand bass and Mark Alexander
drums.
I learnt to play the cornet in the Faversham Gospel Mission
Brass Band when I was 15, but having listened to the bands of Acker Bilk,
Chris Barber and then Ken Colyer, soon realised that this was more the type
of music that I wanted to play. So, I began to sit in with various bands in
the Faversham and Canterbury area but it was particularly with the Eagle
Jazzband with Norman Halliday and Frank and Charlie Webster that my
listening was directed towards the New Orleans Revival and the trumpet
styles of Bunk Johnson, Kid Howard, Elmer Talbert, Percy Humphrey and then
later Kid Thomas and Dede Pierce. Once my teaching career began, jazz and
the trumpet unfortunately seemed to get put aside whilst I developed a
passion for classical music. This involved attending live concerts and I
started to build up a large collection of particular recordings of many
different types of repertoire. Playing classical music was not really an
option but I was able to get involved by singing in various choirs and
choral societies which I continue with to this day. Some years later, as I
started to reduce my teaching commitments, I began to follow the jazz scene
once again in the area, sitting in and deputising. At the moment, I play
with the Vocalion Jazzband, and any other bands when required.
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Denny Ilett - Trumpet and vocals
Back of Town blues at the Louis Armstrong 16th
April 2006 with
with Paul Hoking clnt, Barry Weston tmb, Trevor Williams bass,
Chris Marchant drms and Burtie Butler bnj
As Denny said here's the.... bollo'...'bumpa'......'just
a joke'! My start was around 8 years old on cornet, my father was a pro
trumpet and viola player from the Army and London Music Halls. Here are some
comments, what the press have said about me by jazz critic Gerry Dibsdale,
quote "one jazz session at the Plough at Adderbury, had what can only be
described as an exciting experience. The Acme Jazz Band, headed by trumpeter
Denny Ilett, the man whom Humphrey Lyttelton rates as the best jazz
trumpeter in the UK, and also Denny's multi fingering and high note attack
was an absolute joy and he excelled on all the numbers selected, especially
the lively ones, The Acme Blues and Swonderful" and also by another jazz
critic, Tim Phillips, quote " This was the ex-Temperance Seven musician's
first visit to Banbury, but if his great success last week is anything to go
by, Denny will be welcome here any time! He certainly knew how to cater for
the enthusiasts, and won tremendous acclaim for his superb trumpet work. He
is also a ferociously hot player of the 'take no prisoners' school with
stamina quite beyond the reach of most." Here are the bands - from 1954 -
2001 I have played in Ashmead Brass Band 1954-1955, Reading Light Orchestra
1955-1960, Gems of Swing 1958-1962 and the Merrydown Jump Band 1954-1968;
then I joined the famous Soul Trinity, at the West End of London's top "
Soul" club The Flamingo, then toured for 6 years backing such stars as Jimi
Hendrix and James Brown etc. The Temperance Seven followed during which time
Denny and the band became the first musicians in history to record at twice
the speed of sound on board the British Airways Concord. Then I freelanced
playing lead trumpet with my son's Big Band, Mr Acker Bilk, Humphrey
Lyttleton, Kenny Ball, Terry Lightfoot etc and during the last 6 years I
have returned to lead the Max Collie Band.
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Malcolm Walton - Piano / trumpet /vocals
This is Malcolm singing and playing with his Blue Rhythm Kings 'From
Monday On'
this was recorded at the Louis Armstrong, Maison Dieu Road, Dover. The year
2000.
Band members are: Malcolm tpt/voc, Pete Rose clt/sax, Chris Hunt tmb,
Colin Martin piano, Dave Bashford bnj, Roger Hooper sous and Geoff Colins
drms.
Also Malcolm wrote an original composition for piano
© 2006
Autumn Shadows.
to purchase the CD 'From Monday On' was taken from or to book the Blue
Rhythm
Kings, Malcolm can be contacted on his email address:
malcolmwalton@talktalk.net
To go to Malcolms Blue Rhythm Kings website and gig dates and video at the
Bude Jazz Festival
click here
I come from a musical family; my father was an excellent
pianist and my grandfather played euphonium and concertina and was a
choirmaster. I had piano lessons as a child and reached grade 5. I saw the
film St Louis Blues in about 1955 and became obsessed
with jazz. At about that time skiffle was the big thing so I formed a
skiffle group and learned to play a few chords on the guitar. We played at
youth clubs around the Barnet area and pretty soon I joined a jazz band at
one of the clubs. The bandleader persuaded me to switch from guitar to banjo
and Monk Hadley's Jazz Friars was formed. Success went to our heads and we
appointed an agent (not that he did much for us). I soon switched to piano
and during the Trad boom we got lots of gigs (riverboat shuffles and student
ravesetc.) but I became seduced by the glamour of the front line and bought
a second hand Salvation Army cornet and had lessons from a dance band
clarinettist, which helped a bit. I moved to Kent in 1969 and joined Owen
Bryce's band on piano. Then Humph Mayes, who ran the New Jazz Bandits at
Bredgar, asked me to take over on trumpet. Since then I have run my own
1920s band, The Blue Rhythm Kings and I have been the regular trumpet player
with the Imperial Jazz Band, The Vocalion Jazz Band, Burt Butler's Jazz
Hasslers, The Shanghai Syncopated Orchestra, The Rio Grande Hot Tango
Orchestra, Black Cat Jazz, The London Vintage Jazz Orchester, Jack Gilbert's
Panama Jazz Band and Bob Dwyer's Hot Seven. My favourite players are Bix
Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, Red Nichols, Jack Purvis, Teddy
Wilson and many more!! I am happy to play any early jazz style (from King
Oliver to Swing). I will always "have a go" at anything that anybody throws
at me.
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Tony Pink - trumpet
The last job I ever took was
for our landlord at our local pub in 1981 and at short notice I
secured the services of Kenny Pyrke, Trevor Whiting,
Bob Pluck John Ellmer, Dave
Veryard. I think it finished my career nicely. Sample track attached. (just
played some of it - goes on a bit I am afraid)
playing Squeeze Me click on Tony's
name to hear it.
Do you remember "Roy Burton" - he
left for Australia about 1973/4 He sent me an interesting link to
youtube about his band there. That film was
well put together
too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YIY-rDkzk
Tony Pink's Jazzmen circa early
70's
L/R Alan Robinson (ten), Dave Straker (gtr), Tony Pink (tpt), Bernie
Smith (drs), Sam Weller (tmb)
Ralph Hayward (bass), Dennis Lear (clt) and Terry Wells (piano)
quote from
Tony's website to the above pic:
'standing at the bar was Roland Jones, the
manager of the Central Hall. I clocked him and elected to play one of our
more
rehearsed numbers, then took an interval. He said he was looking for an act
to open the Mike and Bernie Winter's show.
Just seven minutes, and two houses could we do it? - How much said I - £30
said he, Done said I - and would you believe
with that money I bought eight pairs of trousers, eight shirts and eight
cravats (see the photo above) '
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