Leeds jazz in the 60's
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This link is probably already in the thread somewhere but it seems appropriate to re-post it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uglkNy_rAac
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jdbythesea wrote: This link is probably already in the thread somewhere but it seems appropriate to re-post it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uglkNy_rAac This is the only video of Ed playing l have ever seen. Anyone have any more of them?
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Re: Leeds jazz in the 60's
Martin Fox was my hero. Brilliant. God knows why he never hit the big time commercially in the great 50s/60s trad revival. I could hear all kinds of influences in him: Johnny Dodds, Sandy Brown, Wally Fawkes.
Thank you by the way Bob for sending me the two links below to U-tube videos of performances of Black-eyed Blues and Oriental Man by Ed O'Donnell at the Eagle Pub in Leeds in 1991, with Jim Fuller on trumpet, John Tennant on clarinet, Mike Moonman on bass, and Taff Lloyd on banjo. Only still photos but great ones, and great jazz; and a great treat for all who treasure memories of Ed. They may have to be copied and pasted into a browser to activate them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cEc_Ol2Svs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIePJ3lv0_c
Thank you by the way Bob for sending me the two links below to U-tube videos of performances of Black-eyed Blues and Oriental Man by Ed O'Donnell at the Eagle Pub in Leeds in 1991, with Jim Fuller on trumpet, John Tennant on clarinet, Mike Moonman on bass, and Taff Lloyd on banjo. Only still photos but great ones, and great jazz; and a great treat for all who treasure memories of Ed. They may have to be copied and pasted into a browser to activate them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cEc_Ol2Svs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIePJ3lv0_c
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Re: Leeds jazz in the 60's
Thanks for bringing the thread back to life, it's been a fascinating read! It's interesting to see how in the country and era of the Beatles, jazz was still such a popular thing.
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Re: Leeds jazz in the 60's
When i was posted to Brisol in the RAF. 1954there was a fair amount of Jazz clubs around town and one of the ones that
was Traditional Jazz only was on the top floor of the Paramount Buildings , (A mix of offices etc.) Acker used to play
there occasionally and i wondered if that is where he took thename for his backing band.
was Traditional Jazz only was on the top floor of the Paramount Buildings , (A mix of offices etc.) Acker used to play
there occasionally and i wondered if that is where he took thename for his backing band.