Alexander's Ragtime - Spiegle Willcox/Bob Erwig

Alexander's Ragtime - Spiegle Willcox/Bob Erwig

In March 1988 my wife Ilse and I were invited for a visit to trombonist Spiegle Willcox and his daughter Cynthia at their house in Cincinnatus in N.Y. State. Of course a visit to Spiegle isn't good without some music. The recordplayer had some connection problems. Immediately Cynthia went on her back on the floor and all was fixed in a few minutes. Spiegle put on a record and off we went. I hadn't seen this video clip for more than 20 years, so it was quite exciting to see, just Spiegle and myself playing for a great audience, Cynthia and Ilse (behind the camera) To think that this great trombonist and wonderful person played 60 years earlier with Bix Beiderbecke in the famous Jean Goldkette Band. Spiegle would turn 85 later that year

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jazz
• classic
• revival
• spiegle
• willcox
• bob
• erwig

[WildCardsJazz]

Really Bob...Was this the year of the raisin fest as I remember Wilcox was there?

[erwigfilms]

I don't know about the raisinfest, but Spiegle seemed to be all over the place, healthy and enjoying every minute of his life.

[jazzgirl1920s]

Great to see and hear one of the Goldkette musicians, Spiegle Wilcox. I was lucky enough to hear another one of the Goldkette musicians, Paul Mertz who had recorded with Bix on the Rhythm Jugglers date, at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980's. I also visited him at his home with my husband who made a cassette tape of him playing a piano solo of his composition Hurricane.

[glorentson]

This Made me smile. I hope that when im older, i will still have this love for music, and my trombone.