... med at få forår. Barbara glædede sig meget i weekenden, da gode gæster fra København medbragte favnfulde med forårsblomster. Det er det hun savner mest ved at bo på Bornholm. Udvalget er særdeles begrænset, og priserne rasende dyre.
Cliff "Kid" Bastien died on February 8th 2003. On Sunday December 1st 2002, Just a few weeks before his untimely death, this video was recorded by Holger Bach at the Sorgenfri Kirke, near Copenhagen. The sound track has been dubbed , taken from the audio recording which resulted in the CD of this concert. Cliff really enjoyed himself on his tour with Kjeld Brandt's "New Orleans Delight" and playing at venues in Denmark & Sweden. It was a tremendous lift for Cliff to be re-united with his old friend and fellow-Brit' reedman George Berry. Cliff detested flying and there is little doubt that George Berry joining the tour was one of the things that made him overcome his fear and agree to make the trip. Cliff and George had formed his first "Kid" Thomas style band together. It was called "The Camelia Band" and they started the tradition of Saturday jazz at Grossman's Tavern in Toronto way back in May 1970. If you do a Youtube search on "Eh La Bas" you will see a tiny but precious cut of about 70 seconds of the Camelia band playing in Grossmans, just weeks after it first started! The authentic old New Orleans style of "New Orleans Delight" was a natural for both guests. Full support is provided by Kjeld Brandt - clarinet; Bengt Hansson - trombone; Goran Magnusson - piano; Erling Lindhardt - banjo; Stefan Karfve - bass and Claus Lindhardt -drums. The sound track of this video clip is available on "Music Mecca CD 4069-2 - a beautiful production in high fidelity sound too. Details are available at the band web site www.new-orleans-delight.dk Check it out! - Brian Towers, Toronto, Canada
Hvis I er på FaceBook, kan I læse om et spændende projekt der er ved at blive ført ud i livet. Man vil bygge en kopi af det gode skib Svanen af Svaneke. Jeg kan anbefale jer at blive fan af prokektet. Det fortjener det!