ACKER BILK RECALLED HOW HE PLAYED THE CLARINET "TO PASS THE TIME" IN AN ARMY PRISON IN EGYPT 16 YEARS AGO. "I HAD BEEN COURT MARTIALLED FOR FALLING ASLEEP ON GUARD AND GOT THREE MONTH'S DETENTION." I ASKED FOR A CLARINET TO PASS THE TIME AND PRACTISED FIVE HOURS A DAY. BY THE TIME I WAS RELEASED I WAS SO INTERESTED IN JAZZ I JOINED A BAND AND PLAYED AT ARMY CONCERTS. THE BAND HAS APPEARED IN THREE FILMS AND HAS BROADCAST HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON THE RADIO AND TELEVISION IN BRITAIN. IT HAS MADE SEVERAL HIT RECORDS. THEY APPEARED AT GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL AND WILL GIVE A PUBLIC CONCERT AT THE SINGAPORE BADMINTON HALL.
22/04/1963
PCD0210 - 109
T2002,24977
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