Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band

Members

Acker Bilk - clarinet, vocals

Colin Smith - trumpet

John Mortimer - trombone

Roy James - banjo

Ernie Price - bass

Stan Greig - piano

Ron McKay - drums

Known Gigs

 

10 Jan 1960 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With The Swinging Blue Genes.

30 Jan 1960 London, Royal Albert Hall. Saturday Club Jazz and Rock Night. With Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen, The John Barry Seven, Adam Faith, Al Saxon, The Lana Sisters, Craig Douglas, Cuddly Duddly, Betty Smith, The Five Dallas Boys, Miki and Griff, Diz Disley, Clinton Ford, George Chisholm, Bert Weedon, Dill Jones, Eric Silk, Ike Isaacs, Sylvia Sands, Ken Jones, and Brian Matthew (compere).

17 Jun 1962 Bristol, Colston Hall. Supported by Mike Sarne, The Karl Denver Trio, and Paul Beattie and the Beats.

14 Mar 1963 London, The Royal Albert Hall, BBC’s Top Of The Pops. With Helen Shapiro, Danny Williams, Craig Douglas, Mark Wynter, Clinton Ford, Vince Hill, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, The Brook Brothers, Maureen Evans, Russ Sainty, Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen, The Karl Denver Trio, Bob Miller and the Millermen, and David Ede & The Rabin Band.