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I used to see them (and talk with them) all the time, but haven't seen them since the start of the pandemic. Will we ever go back to those days? Now playing:

I don't know about "mysterious", but there was definitively an undercover side to Ronnie, the East Ender. His biography mentions that he liked to spend time in a betting shop near the club in the company of friends whose concept of time was less musical and more that served for Her Majesty. I even heard, via London musicians, that Ronnie used to hide guns for the Krays.

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Billy Butterfield Marge Simpson Ring Lardner

Spanky DeBrest Titania Bottom

My visits to Ronnie's in Gerrard Street and Frith Street date from 1959 to the mid-80s when I saw, among others, Victor Feldman, Tubby Hayes, Stan Tracey, Roland Kirk, Mose Allison, Phil Woods, Horace Silver, Mark Murphy, Bill Evans and Woody Shaw.

Young photo when Horace was a tenorman.

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(Switzerland. Argentinian location)

Other recent favourites: New Order (Mexico) (Hungary)

Cinderella Garret FitzGerald Scott LaFaro

I saw the film in Paris on its release in 1960. I recall repeated playings of "Pannonica" which were very atmospheric in the film. Not quite my sort of music, but a classic, of course! Now playing: