Jazz legend Acker Bilk is no stranger to the Somerset shore - in fact, he was born right here in the county, in Pensford. Listen to an interview with the man himself. Acker spoke to BBC Somerset Sound ...

Acker Bilk says he shouldn't be able to play the clarinet at all, let alone become a national music treasure. Louis de Bernières meets a man who is both an inspiration and hero This article has been ...

Clarke Peters presents a profile of jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, who had top ten hits with Stranger on the Shore and Aria. A West Country man through and through, Acker Bilk was one of Britain's ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bedecked in bowler hat and waistcoat and brandishing a clarinet, he seemed an unlikely figure to help lay the ...

Clarke Peters presents a portrait of the late jazz clarinettist, Acker Bilk. A West Country man through and through, Acker Bilk was one of Britain's finest jazz clarinettists, who had Top Ten hits ...