New Orleans Delight Creole Jazzband

Maureen Berry
"My few words"

Upon this 1st anniversary the English phrase "where does the time go?" comes to mind. It is difficult to comprehend how or why I have lived through this past year. On reflection, my only consolation has been that if there is someone / something who pre-ordains our "being", it was decided for George that he would not live as a cripple, but be taken from us.

So many beautiful words have previously been spoken about him and the music he loved, and my addition to these quotes is one I have remembered from the past.

As I listened to the latest CD released of the concert in Denmark 2002 at "Sorgenfri Kirke" in Denmark, with the Danish Band "The New Orleans Delight" with Cliff and George, I thought of what Art Farmer once said about the great saxophonists, those who had such an impact upon George's life,

"If I start counting heads and think how many people are no longer here anymore, it still comes as a shock to me because we don't think about people not being here, they are in us and will always be alive".

I miss him, the music and all of you. Music and its power to heal is one of God's greatest gifts. without it the world would be a far poorer place.

Hasta vista
Maureen Berry