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Don M'Orton

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Don was lucky to be in the right place at the right time as resident reedman at the famous Boston(Lincs) Jazz Club and as well as playing with many British stars like Digby Fairweather, Roy Williams etc., he also played with many visiting Americans. The list is impressive including Thomas Jefferson, Wingy Manone, Alton Purnell and many more particularly Benny Waters with whom he played several tours and, his particular friend, Al Casey. By the mid 1990’s he was off again first to London and then Europe, the Middle East, the USA and the Caribbean. He had a trio in London with bassist Paul Godfrey and first Ray Dempsey and then the awesome Cedric West on guitar. In New York, he met up with Al Casey again and played alongside him and another old friend, George Kelly on tenor. He subsequently played with Michael Boothman and Kysofusion in Trinidad, before returning to the East Midlands around 1990