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Acker Bilk was a musician whose professional career began in 1954. He is also recognized by the pseudonym Acker Bilk.
He was born on January 28, 1929, and died on November 2, 2014.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The golden treasury of Bilk
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- 111,237
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- 858,486
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Acker Bilk (b. 1929) is an English clarinettist specialising in trad jazz and popular music. Born on 28th January 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, christened Bernard Stanley Bilk, he has been one of the world's best known clarinettists since the late 1950s. His trademark goatee, bowler hat, and striped waistcoat are almost as recognisable as his breathy, vibrato-rich, middle-register clarinet style. Although playing mainly jazz in Dixieland and trad styles <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Acker+B
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pensford
- Place of death
- Bath
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
- Military branch
- British Army
- Official website
- www.ackersmusicagency.co.uk
- Image
- Acker bilk.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-11-02
- date of birth
- 1929-01-28
- ethnic group
- English people
- birth name
- Bernard Stanley Bilk
- pseudonym
- Acker Bilk
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- Commons category
- Acker Bilk
- described at URL
- openbenches.org/bench/26093
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Article · Deutsch
Bernard Stanley Bilk, MBE (* 28. Januar 1929 in , Somerset; † 2. November 2014 in Bath, Somerset), bekannt unter dem Namen Mr. Acker Bilk, war ein britischer Jazzklarinettist.
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