So sad to hear of the death of Don Weller - one of the giants of jazz in every sense of the word. In spite of his somewhat intimidating appearance, he was a lovely gentle man, with a great sense of humour & boy could he blow up a storm!
I remember a great gig that I did with him and the late, equally great, Dick Morrissey at Newcastle's University Theatre back in the 1980's - a fantastic night. Don looked at my early Yamaha electric piano with great disdain, saying "Ah, a Sootyphone I see!!!"
However, we became good friends and, at various gigs over the years, he never forgot to remind me of the Sootyphone.
However, we became good friends and, at various gigs over the years, he never forgot to remind me of the Sootyphone.
A huge miss to jazz.
Bill Harper
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