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Gathering of the Cork tribe at Aspects 20th August 2021

Duncan Anselm

I knew Conrad in the late 60s and 70s and, needless to say, I learnt a great deal from him. In those days Conrad lived in Formby and, if I remember correctly, worked for Hygena Kitchens in computing. He also ran a jazz appreciation society which met in his house. The idea was that each

Jeremy Crump

I was very sorry to learn of Conrad’s death. I knew him for only a few years, a long time ago, but his was a formative influence and he was an inspiring teacher. I was introduced to Conrad by Alan Ross in 1981. Alan had helped me get an understanding of jazz by generously lending

Fergus Walker

I’m the tenor saxophonist on the right in the photo of Conrad teaching at Scraptoft. I recalled the story of how Conrad got me into jazz on Dave Smith’s Facebook page. I really knew nothing about jazz, so he gave me a cassette of Kind of Blue on a Friday night and told me to

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Alan Ross

Random memories of Conrad- teacher and friend 1 Generosity – Conrad would visit Blackthorn Books when we had just begun to stock CD and LPs as well as books. In the early days it was a tiny selection but he would always buy more than any other customer- ‘to encourage you.’ One night I stayed

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” ..to Conrad…

Clive Fleckner

I first met Conrad in the late 70s via my then girlfriend who worked at the British Shoe Corporation and had dealings with Sue, Conrad’s then wife. We were great jazz fans and Conrad introduced us to The Braunstone jazz nights where we spent many a happy evening with them. I recall one amazing evening