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BillF
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Possibly Tracey played on the date. Acker + Stan = a pair.
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Acker Bilk and Stan Tracey looked a hard-to-believe pairing. I've never heard it. Any idea how it worked out?
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Not exactly pairings, but some unlikely partners in a highly successful enterprise: Dolphy, Eldridge, Mingus, Jo Jones.
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Reading subsequent responses, I see I was concentrating on unexpected/unpromising pairings that came off. Others seem to have interpreted the question dfferently.
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Ronnie Scott's recommendation of Elvis Presley Meets Thelonious Monk was of course just a fantasy
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Then there's Monk and Pee Wee Russell
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Gene Quill 1963
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Confession - I don't have it either, but I used to borrow it from a record library around 1960 and I love the cover design and illustration - not forgetting the sublime music, of course.
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Very sad. The loss of a link with the classic past of our music.
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Certainly didn't look 34. No wonder the doctor who attended thought he was in his 50s.
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Yes, now heard Gratitude and I agree. Live dates obviously suit Greg. This from 2010 is my favourite and it's something of a rarity nowadays. Greg told me the company went out of business shortly after - and I hope not because of - this record -
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Greg was in great form for the encounter with Gilad Atzmon in Wilmslow on Tuesday. Now giving Gratitude a first listen on Spotify.
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