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  • antongould
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8833

    as usual a very scholarly interruption

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26574

      Originally posted by antongould View Post
      as usual a very scholarly interruption
      And a most accurate one

      Deborah Voigt is indeed the first element of the puzzle, the Chicago Symphony the second.

      And the third? Musical but not classical....

      Illinois.... Come along, folks!
      Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 05-01-12, 08:46.
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Anna

        Illinois Jacquet, the jazz saxophonist?

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by Anna View Post
          Illinois Jacquet, the jazz saxophonist?
          YES!!!!

          Legendary solo on "Flying Home" with Lionel Hampton when he was 18, played on into his 80s...

          Thanks Anna! BUt I think fhg gets the J ?

          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Norfolk Born

            caliban - a masterly question of which even Baldrick would have been in awe!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26574

              Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
              caliban - a masterly question of which even Baldrick would have been in awe!


              I thank you

              (Why Baldrick though? )
              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                And the "soloist" - well your post 11592 gives half his name
                Point of order, yer 'onner!
                I mentioned "Illinois" in #11593!

                I spent a lot of time researching Illinois Musicians called "Feet"!!!

                A J on its way!
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26574

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  Point of order, yer 'onner!
                  I mentioned "Illinois" in #11593!

                  I spent a lot of time researching Illinois Musicians called "Feet"!!!
                  Oh balls!!! I'm sorry! Damn typo!!!

                  However are your feet nice and warm this morning?
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Norfolk Born

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                    I thank you

                    (Why Baldrick though? )
                    Was he not the epitome of cunning?

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                    • mercia
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8920

                      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                      I spent a lot of time researching Illinois Musicians called "Feet"!!!
                      me too, I thought it must be something to do with George Melly & The Feetwarmers

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                      • Norfolk Born

                        ..or even Chris Watford's Chicago Feetwarmers.

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26574

                          Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                          Was he not the epitome of cunning?
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26574

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            me too, I thought it must be something to do with George Melly & The Feetwarmers


                            A Baldrick-like balls-up....
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • mercia
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8920

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post


                              A Baldrick-like balls-up....
                              no, no, actually I didn't spend much time on it
                              I fibbed

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                                ..or even Chris Watford's Chicago Feetwarmers.
                                I missed this one! - I'd've been posting in enthusiastic confidence if I'd noticed it.

                                A lot of Podiatrists in Illinois, for future reference!

                                Back to business:

                                Which J was a carpenter's son who consorted with Rupert and was horticulturally naïve?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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