75ZT CommunityA social community of enthusiasts, owners, appreciators and collectors. With expert knowledge of all things from MG to Rover and beyond.2013-03-08T12:08:43+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/feed.php?f=2&t=6872&mode2013-03-08T12:08:43+00:002013-03-08T12:08:43+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6872&p=64399#p64399
]]>2013-03-08T10:39:59+00:002013-03-08T10:39:59+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6872&p=64398#p64398We also had Ken Colyer and Terry Lightfoot on other occasions. Ken Colyer was the most true to the 'original' style, I always thought. Acker Bilk was the great character though, I helped him set up at Luton Jazz club when I was a student and working at Napier in 1959. Oh! those were the days.
]]>2013-03-08T00:17:50+00:002013-03-08T00:17:50+00:00https://www.75ztcommunity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6872&p=64388#p64388 Kenny Ball was on the bill plus other luminaries like Acker Bilk, Chris Barber, Humphrey Littleton, Terry Lightfoot and many others. Kenny Ball was just great but the thing about it was the stage was revolving between bands, more than it should have been due to the amounts of refreshment the bands consumed.
On one changeover his drummer fell off the back of the stage and, still playing, managed to finish the set by hitting every cymbal on the way down. Nobody could see him amongst all the drum debris but he could certainly be heard singing unusual lyrics. That festival ran through Saturday and Sunday without stopping once, and I mean all day and night. When the bands were not playing they stood at the bar with the rest of us. Not today.
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One of my earliest influences and a master of his craft.