Stranger On The Shore

[poliphilo]

Serious jazzers tend to be sniffy about Acker Bilk, but all it takes to achieve immortality is to write one great tune.

I watched the TV serial that gave the tune its name. It was about a French au pair. I was just a kid and I didn't really get what was going on but I remember it as one of the first adult fictions to take me by the throat. The girl was so lonely, poor thing.  I can picture the opening and closing credits:  a single figure wandering along a shingly beach- in black and white of course- with Acker Bilk's clarinet noodling away...

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a great story.

(You're right, I'm not on FB)

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

If you're not familiar with Martin Taylor, you might want to rummage on YouTube. Here's one to get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XILU1ArreNk

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll check him out.