Clarinet Marmelade

Clarinet Marmelade Silverleaf J.B. 1978

Although we were always in competition in our small town of Toronto, the Silverleaf Jazz Band was one of the best New Orleans styled jazz bands in town, if not in Canada. These guys understood the spirit of New Orleans. They certainly deserved much more exposure.
Leader Dennis Elder on drums was a top notch New Orleans drummer. Big bass drum, one tom, one snare and one riding cymbal, that was all he needed. Brian Williams on clarinet and alto loved both George Lewis and John Handy. Don Chapman, Manfred Koch on trumpet and trombone completed the frontline, where John Matheson piano, Bobby (B.B.) Boyle banjo and Dave "Pops" Maynard bass kept that rhytm group swinging.