David Hepworth (Leader, clarinet & saxophone); Wil Robinson (trumpet & flugelhorn); Andy Bramall (guitar & banjo); Liz Hepworth (bass); Rob Cotterell (drums)

Washington Whirligig hit the jazz scene as recently as 2012 and their winning ways have quickly won then a reputation for versatility and professionalism.

As the following Jazz&Jazz YouTubes taken during their February gig at Blisworth’s Walnut Tree Jazz Club show, Washington Whirligig have quickly taken the jazz club scene by storm playing early New Orleans jazz through to mainstream, swing and blues in their own inimitable
and versatile style.

The band was featured in the April, 2015, issue of Just Jazz magazine.

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

“We’ve played in bars, theatres, music halls, village halls, restaurants, parties, Swing dance balls and jazz clubs to a very broad selection of people … we are playing a style of music which relates to everyone … as applicable today as it ever was.”

Lizy Exell, Old Hat Jazz Band

Lizy Exell

In my quest to post Jazz&Jazz features focusing on our fast emerging younger generation of Jazz Bands and musicians, I took in a gig at The Winning Post Jazz Club, Twickenham, recently to meet and film for Jazz&Jazz YouTubes Lizy Exell and The Old Hat Jazz Band. It was a huge pleasure to see Kay and Tony Leppard again (I still miss their Thursday Midday Gigs at The 100 Club) along with Mike Pointon, Peter Marr and Barry and Chris Price. Also my good friend, photographer Laurence Cumming, whose photos are featured in this post along with a selection of the YouTubes
I filmed on the day.

L to R: Will Scott, Mike Soper, Dave Shulman.

Louis Thomas

James Kitchman

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
(Photos courtesy of Laurence Cumming © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)