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English reedman Sammy Rimington was among the best trad musicians to emerge through the 1960s. He used Barry Martyn in 1959, spent many years with Ken Colyer (1960-1965), and found the U.S. within the mid-’60s, using Big Expenses Bissonnette’s Easy Rider Jazz Music group. After that, Rimington continues to be …

A solid advocate of New Orleans jazz as played from the veteran dark musicians, Big Expenses Bissonnette in the 1960s ran his own group (the simple Riders Jazz Music group), formed his own label (Jazz Crusade), and organized North trips for such veteran players as Child Thomas Valentine, George Lewis, …