tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post244471648188731951..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: RIP Brian FisherLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-84214111845604748852008-06-08T18:15:00.000+01:002008-06-08T18:15:00.000+01:00Hi Lance, Thanks for your message about the death ...Hi Lance, <BR/>Thanks for your message about the death of Brian as I hadn't heard the news. I will be delighted to add to your blog.<BR/>Brian was one my oldest friends from the jazz scene, dating back to 1957 when he & I joined the new Mighty Joe Young band & it's sad to think that the only surviving members, apart from myself are Joe, Jackie Denton & possibly Leo Harwood who I met at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-62927997165620293132008-05-24T02:35:00.000+01:002008-05-24T02:35:00.000+01:00Dear Lance and Marlene,I am Philippa, Brian's niec...Dear Lance and Marlene,<BR/><BR/>I am Philippa, Brian's niece. Im very touched by your obituary and by the comments left by others & I hope you dont mind my adding to them. <BR/>Brian was much loved by all of us, his family. He was kind, funny and generous, when we were kids he always had his hand in his pocket digging out pocket money for us and often treated us to days out, & weekends away fromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-41378438915384788872008-05-23T23:06:00.000+01:002008-05-23T23:06:00.000+01:00Dear Lance and Marlene,I am Brian's brother-in-law...Dear Lance and Marlene,<BR/>I am Brian's brother-in-law, writing from Hampshire. <BR/>Lynn , my wife, is Brian's younger sister.<BR/>We were delighted to receive your card today, and I've looked at your website. It was very kind of you to write an obituary, for which many thanks.<BR/>Interestingly, we have put the same photo of Brian on the sheet for the Church service.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cheers, MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-44910618784717220412008-05-23T13:02:00.000+01:002008-05-23T13:02:00.000+01:00Sorry to hear about Brian - he was the Paul Bream ...Sorry to hear about Brian - he was the Paul Bream of our day with his weekly jazz column in the Journal. It was the only means of finding out about new gigs<BR/>The first non trad gig I attended was Peter Jacobson's first gig at the Conaught Assembly Rooms in the YMCA near Greys Monument<BR/>Peter had a great deal of help from Brian who was very proud of his successAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-58972386528544983692008-05-21T23:06:00.000+01:002008-05-21T23:06:00.000+01:00Hi Lance. So sad to hear that!!!!my father used to...Hi Lance.<BR/> <BR/>So sad to hear that!!!!my father used to love Brian's piano playing, because of the Ellington & Monk influence...but at least he had a good innings...<BR/> <BR/>Regards<BR/>ColinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com