Featured below is another YouTube of TJ Johnson, Adrian Cox, Sky Murphy, Tony Pitt, Roger Myerscough and Jay Darwish presenting an evening of full on jazz at The 100 Club on Wednesday, 28th January.

My Jazz & Jazz YouTubes are integral to my aims in supporting Jazz, besides which they are fun to take. It’s never easy to film at The 100 Club, especially when there is a full house and fans dance in any space available. Plus there is that immovable object front of stage – the nightmare pillar which over the years has defeated the best of professional camera men,
let alone budding amateurs.

TJ and Roger

But on this occasion Raye Caluori, Chief Sound Engineer at The 100 Club, came to my rescue by welcoming me alongside him in the Control Booth from where, to an extent, I even managed to overcome the pillar.

I have the latest high tech Karl Weiss Sony Lens Camera / IPhone combo for discreet, high definition filming. With the lens atop a monopod controlled from the iPhone at my finger tips by a local Sony wifi app, I can film from almost impossible positions. For instance, Raye and I lodged the monopod way out on his Control Panel overlooking the stage and angled in the best possible position to avoid the pillar.

This YouTube demonstrates the results. The first number, “Nobody Knows” is a wrap. But when I continued filming “The Lighthouse” I got into a bit of a tangle by reaching out too far and “loosing” the monopod off the end of the Control Panel, despite Raye’s efforts to rescue me!

Nevertheless, even though “The Lighthouse” is cut short and doesn’t quite avoid the pillar, I simply had to include it! Plus there’s plenty of TJ humour in both numbers to add to the fun. So I hope you enjoy them.

Photos & YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz

Jay Darwish, Adrian Cox, TJ Johnson & Tony Pitt

Who’s for a 100 Club Jazz Revival Bourbon Kick Style?

I have to thank Raye Caluori, Chief Sound Engineer at The 100 Club, for letting me invade his Control Booth to video. It was much easier filming from “on high” and to an extent I even managed to overcome the renowned pillar obstruction.

(Photos & YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Wednesday, 28th January, 2015, saw TJ Johnson’s Bourbon Kick play a night of
New Orleans music at London’s iconic 100 Club. Host to many great bands over the years,
this 100 Club Special brought back echoes of it’s glorious jazz heritage. What’s more, it could herald a 100 Club Jazz Revival!

TJ.

TJ  and Adrian Cox brought together the UK’s finest exponents of New Orleans inspired jazz on the night:

TJ Johnson – Drums/Vocals
Adrian Cox – Saxophone/Clarinet/Vocals
Sky Murphy  – Trombone/Vocals
Tony Pitt – Banjo
Roger Myerscough – Clarinet/Saxophone
Jay Darwish – Double Bass

Adrian Cox

Tony Pitt

Jay Darwish (Courtesy Silvie’s Place)

BELOW: “CHINA BOY DON’T SLEEP” Joyous Jazz at the last 100 Club Thursday Midday Gig. Yet are we seeing new beginnings?

Olney Jazz Club changes the style of music again for our next gig, 8.00pm, Tuesday, February 3rd, with, for the first time, Graham Hughes’ Sunshine Kings Jazz Band, London’s top jazz and swing band. This will be a great night of jazz inspired by the music of New Orleans, the singing and dancing of the 1920s and the dixieland and trad revivals in America and the UK since then.

Tickets still held at £10 or £8 in advance from the Carlton House Club: 01234 711348
Or by email to Alan Haughton: [email protected]
Tickets are already flying so best to get yours now!

Graham at The 100 Club with Barry Martyn’s Young Bloods, 2010. (Photo © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Graham has recently been appointed to the challenging task of organising this year’s Keswick Jazz Festival, Thursday 7th – Sunday 10th May, and promises a refreshing mix of popular jazz genres and younger bands.

To learn more visit: Keswick Jazz Festival 2015|

Tuesday March 3rd we are pleased to welcome back one of the top UK bands, the Amy Roberts/Richard Exall Quintet with their unique, eclectic repertoire from the golden years. The band also features Bill Coleman on bass, John Watson on drums and yours truly on piano.

Tickets £10 or £8 in advance from the Carlton House Club: 01234 711348
Or by email to Alan Haughton: [email protected]

Don’t forget to book if you would like to eat: two main courses for £10. Carlton House Club: 01234 711348

Looking forward to seeing you for these two great sessions.

Alan
Olney Jazz Club

www.olneyjazzclub.com
[email protected]
www.alanhaughton.com

With its 2015 programme, Keswick promises a UK festival to challenge our Continental “rivals”. Graham Hughes recently posted: “Jennings Keswick Jazz Festival festival now has a website. Do tell everyone about it. It’ll be really fun. Hoping to make this year the best ever, and sow the seeds of a revitalised festival that will continue for years to come to showcase all the great new bands that are popping up all the time. Grand aspirations I know!”

The Festival Website Introduction spells it out:

“Firmly established as Britain’s foremost celebration of traditional, New Orleans, swing and mainstream jazz.

“Fabulous international guests and top UK talent in this large and warm-hearted gathering of people who all love to listen and dance to the great music that the Keswick Jazz Festival is renowned for.

“Over 90 inspiring performances in this four day feast of jazz, with a further three days of concerts in Theatre By The Lake preceding the main festival.

“Music from days of jazz when it began – Jelly Roll Morton and Kid Ory, and from the glory days of traditional jazz in the UK – Midnight Follies, Chris Barber, Ken Colyer, to the fat and hip-swinging music of the New Orleans brass bands and Cajun style bands, also the jumping sounds of the jive bands, intimate  gipsy jazz, powerful and inspiring vocalists, some of the finest stride pianists you’ll hear in the UK… the list goes on.”

An Array of New Jazz Stars and Bands

When if comes to the future of jazz, how about this for a selection of just some of the younger jazz stars appearing at Keswick (hit the links to discover more):

Old Hat Jazz Band (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Old Hat Jazz Band

Amy Roberts and Richard Exall (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Richard Exall / Amy Roberts Quintet

Dynamic Baby Jools (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Baby Jools and the Jazzaholics

Brownfield / Byrne Hot Six

Russ & Rich Bennett (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Richard Bennett / Adrian Cox Band

TJ Johnson’s Band Ignites The Crypt (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

TJ Johnson Band

Jake Leg Jug Band

Jake Leg Jug Band

Dom Pipkin (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Dom Pipkin

Mellow Baku (© P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Mellow Baku

Ben Cummings

Craig Milverton

Craig Milverton

Michael  McQuaid

Jamie Brownfield

Best see for yourselves so visit http://www.keswickjazzfestival.com without delay!