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Papa Bue: 80 at 80

by Chris Mosey
June 4, 2010

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was an age of duffle coats, beards, sandals and sunglasses. It was the age of Trad. It was how European youth discovered jazz. Britain had Chris Barber, Ken Colyer and, a little further down the line--by which time newspaper headlines were referring to a Trad Boom--clarinetist Acker Bilk. He wore a bowler hat and had hit records, at which point Denmark entered the fray with trombonist Arne ...