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Yes, I recall that Louis was there. I only went there once - to see a triple package invoving the Horace Silver Quintet with the Brecker brothers and Billy Cobham, the Muddy Waters Blues Band and a gospel group which might have been Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, though I'm not sure. The Silver band was such a knockout that I went down to Ronnie's at the weekend and saw them again. Sat right at the front - Horace and Billy really had something going - one of the best gigs I've ever seen! That kind of encounter leaves me in a cold sweat - which is why I could never approach one of my heroes I think - I'd never be able to listen to them again without cringing! (though of course they wouldn't remember it..) Like when Honeyboy Edwards was in Leeds 3 or 4 years ago he stood right next to me - I was just looking at him thinking "this man met Charlie Patton" etc. Pathetic really You're not alone in that! Ed Dipple was the great blues fan, but it was me who asked Champion Jack to sign Ed's album, as Ed got stage fright!

Wow - did Tristano have much to say? If I remember right, wasn't that Harrogate gig the only one he did on that visit to the UK. Plus of course, Mike Westbrook recorded the 'Citadel/Room 315' at the old Leeds Poly and lots of JATP tours went through both Leeds and Bradford (Alhambra). Those towns were (reet) smokin' I never heard JATP in Leeds, though I do recall hearing the Ellington band there in the 60s. A friend who regarded himself as hip, but wasn't, spotted the band at lunch in the Queen's Hotel the next day, went up to Hodges and said, "Great concert, Duke!". "Wrong one, man," replied Hodges, nodding in the direction of Ellington. As you say, Bradford was the place for concerts. At the St George's Hall I saw an EarlHines/Jack Teagarden band in 1957 with Max Kaminsky, Peanuts Hucko, Cozy Cole and Jack Lesberg and two years later a three-band package of the Brubeck Quartet, Dizzy's quintet with Junior Mance and Les Spann and the Buck Clayton All Stars with Emmett Berry, Earl Warren, Buddy Tate and (I think) Dickie Wells. I also recall hearing Lightning Hopkins there in a touring blues package in 1964. Re club dates in Leeds, the Peel Hotel in Boar Lane used to get the touring stars who also went to Ernie Garside's Club 43 in Manchester. At the Peel I saw Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Cecil Payne, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriott and Chris McGregor's Blue Notes.

Wow - did Tristano have much to say? If I remember right, wasn't that Harrogate gig the only one he did on that visit to the UK. After the gig we went into a little room where Lennie was interviewed by a very square guy from BBC radio whom Lennie sent up someting dreadful. Asked to talk about his latest recording session (which turned out to be solo piano), Lennie said he got up in the morning, changed the baby's diapers, washed his hands, sat down at the piano, switched on the recording machine, played and switched off the recorder after he'd finished playing.

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Not bad! Talking of pianists - Champion Jack Dupree was living in the area at that time I suppose? - in Halifax - but someone told me (in Jumbo) that he used to drive around in a car with 'Champion Jack' painted up the side. Yes, Champion Jack came over from Halifax to play at Manchester University Students' Union. It was a great show with a small audience in a small room with good acoustics and a grand piano. I remember Jack making up for the lack of a backing group by drumming on the piano with the rings on his fingers! Afterwards he signed an album for Ed Dipple, later of Mole Jazz.

Nice to hear all this about Leeds. When I was a student there in the sixties, I used to hang out with people on the College of Music's new "Jazz and Light Music" course, including student Dave Cliff and teacher Peter Ind. Peter took us to the Harrogate Arts Festival to meet Lennie Tristano ...

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