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It was in the pub hall which twice a week became the St Louis Jazz Club at Elm Park on the fringes of Dagenham, on a Friday night in 1960. All the groovers were in an excited hubbub before the music started. Their favourite band, ever-faithful to the New Orleans sound, Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen, were due to play and the guvnor had a new clarinettist.
Rumours flew around that he was only 17 and he was a hot player.
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