What is the culture of octogenarian in the US?”
Bill Ramsay, Octogenarian Swinger Bill Ramsay is a veteran saxophonist widely admired in jazz circles across the US but little known to the public outside the Pacific Northwest. Accomplished on alto and baritone saxes,he co-leads the Ramsay-Kleeb band and is the baritone sparkplug of the SeattleRamsay 2.jpg Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Ramsay has been a first-call sub on the Count Basie band for decades. His good-natured jousting partnership with tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb never fails to produce hard swing and spontaneous standup comedy. Ramsay celebrates his 80th birthday this month. Jim Wilke will observe the occasion on his Jazz Northwest radio program on Sunday, January 4 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time, 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Wilke will include previously unissued music by Ramsay’s big band, recorded in 1961. To hear the program in the Seattle-Tacoma area, tune in KPLU at 88.5 FM. To hear it on the internet, go here. Ramsay and I are not related — except by mutual interests. Whenever I
Udhagamandalam: Octogenarian K.B.Matha Gowder hails from Kerbetta – Naduhatty, a Badaga village near Kotagiri. However his presence is taken for granted in any of the hundreds of villages of the Badagas, the largest indigenous community on the Nilgiri Hills, particularly at funerals. The reason: Mr.Gowder who has already seen eighty-five summers is one of the very few members of the community who knows the mortuary rituals of the Badagas like the back of his palm. He is particularly well versed with the recitation of the litany of sins which the deceased might have committed. With a bright yellow turban, he presents a striking picture. Pointing out that the recitation or prayer forms a very important part of the funeral ceremony of the extremely culture conscious community, Mr.Gowder told The Hindu at Kotagiri recently that it seeks absolution. Though it is a long list, those saying it should know it by heart. Some of them which he considers to be of considerable significance are, ‘If
