[78-L] Alfie Noakes (Trumpet)

[RUSSELL BARNES]

Thanks for your interest - It's somewhat slow but I'm getting there.  He chats briefly about the Toronto music scene and some musicians by name (as he saw it) just after WWI and into the twenties.  I gather he was born circa 1908.
 
RB
 

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 From: Mike Daley <mikedaley at gmail.com>
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I would love to hear that when you're finished!
I'm interested in the early Canadian scene especially.

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:16 AM, RUSSELL BARNES
<r.barnes4 at btopenworld.com>wrote:

> Trumpeter Alfie Noakes (from Toronto, Canada) came to the UK circa 1930
> and - after a struggle - made quite a name for himself in various British
> Bands.   Alfedo, Dave Frost, Lew Stone, Geraldo, Maurice Winnick, Harry Roy
> etc.   Close chum of AL Bowlly with whom he shared Hotel accommodation when
> on the road.
>
> In 1964 I discovered Alfie was living quite close to me in Bournemouth.
> One day - armed with a primitive tape recorder - I invited him to chat
> about his recollections and experiences.  That was 48 years ago.
>
> The small reel of tape went missing and was forgotten.   However, it has
> been found.       It is, of course, fragile but playable.   With care and
> the help of Sound Forge I'm stealthily recovering and converting it to an
> MP3 file.
>
> His comments and recollections of the UK period are largely missing,
> however his comments about his early music life and the music scenes in
> Canada, and for a while in the USA, have been saved.
>
> Russ Barnes
> Dorset, UK
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