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Thread #98798   Message #1962055
Posted By: Scrump
09-Feb-07 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: British Rock n Roll
Subject: RE: British Rock n Roll
I wouldn't call "Stranger on the Shore" jazz. Acker Bilk recorded a lot of great trad jazz sides, but that wasn't one of them. He has always (since the late 1950s anyway) followed two distinct musical paths, the trad jazz one and the 'easy listening clarinet' one. Stranger on the Shore was the latter, IMO.

I would suggest That's My Home, Creole Jazz, Corrina Corrina, etc. as alternatives (there are plenty of trad jazz tracks by Acker to choose from - all those made the UK charts).