Public figure, Media
Acker Bilk Gold
English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist (1929-2014)
Acker Bilk was an English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist (1929-2014). Born 1929 in Pensford.
- Function
- Media
Public life
Gold- Born
- 1929-01-28, Pensford
- Died
- 2014-11-02, Bath
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- clarinetist, jazz musician, composer, recording artist, actor, musician, bandleader
- Affiliations
- Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
- Also known as
- Bernard Stanley Bilk
Achievements
SilverAwards
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- BBC Jazz Awards
Profile
- Languages
- English
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