Sinisterly, his body was not cold before a piece I put up in stereo of four of his greatest hits got TORN DOWN. This piece remains (for the moment) as it was LIVE...
I saw him at the Wood Green jazz club in the 50's. Where Dick Charles and the City Gents and so many others appeared. Dancing the Onions !! OMG where does time go. Thanks for all the music Kenny. RIP xx
Kenny and the boys dressed in 60s suits doing dixie jazz and the Beatles thunderstorm just around the corner. They weathered that storm though and remained popular. The first I knew of them was on a BBC themes record of them playing the theme: "Saturday Night At the Mill". It was the best thing on the record and I was hooked.
I once rode on one of those - but YEARS after their days with trad jazz bands on the top. This trip was arranged by Chris Carey (Spangles Muldoon) to visit Radio Caroline - a journey for which the RIVER boat was TOTALLY unsuitable for.
Of course, Chris is no more and Caroline's sunk, as well...
Never missed his shows back in the day, though just a kid, I really appreciated him, sad loss to the jazz and music world, RIP legend Kenny, we will never forget you!
Yes, in the Fifties, Britain "reinvented" Skiffle and Dixieland - and produced music that was (sort of) original. I'm retired to Thailand and here, the Thais have done the same thing with western Seventies soft rock!