Tag: Wal Davies

  • Wal Davies

    Wal Davies

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    Kate Davies Designs
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    My lovely dad, Wal Davies, died on August 12th, aged 89. Dad was a gentle, smart, and incredibly silly man. He was a jazz musician of extraordinary talent: from a teenager . . . to his final years. Dad loved the music deeply and unconditionally, as he loved so many things: . . .me and…

  • Dizzy’s Business

    Dizzy’s Business

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    Kate Davies Designs
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    Good morning! I’m here with a rather different kind of diversion today. If you’ve read Handywoman, you’ll know what a huge influence my creative dad has been on me. Dad grew up in Prestwich, and after teaching himself to play alto and tenor saxophone as a teenager, worked as a bebop musician in 1960s Manchester,…