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National Jazz Archive Newsletter: February, 2017
Trio Manouche and Clare Teal
100 years of jazz in Britain – BBC Radio 4
INTRODUCING GENERATIONS IN JAZZ – Mt Gambier, South Australia: 5th-7th May 2017
Christine Burden messaged me via the Herne Bay & Herne Remembered Facebook Group: “There is a jazz festival in May at Mt Gambier, South Australia, organised by James Morrison, where 4600 school students take part for three days in a marquee holding 6500 people, called Generations In Jazz. My grandson plays the trombone, check out the website.”
Thank you Christine, quite a scoop for Jazz&Jazz. Very fitting too that it should come via the Herne Bay Facebook Group, because that’s where in my teens I first cut my teeth on jazz. Plus a good many Aussie Jazz Fans are followers of Jazz&Jazz and my Facebook Jazzers Group.
So it’s my pleasure to feature “Generations in Jazz” on Jazz&Jazz!
Quoting the Generations in Jazz Website: “Jazz music may have its roots in places like New Orleans and New York, but its influence reaches around the globe. Mount Gambier, in South Australia’s Limestone Coast, is Australia’s hot spot for this high-energy sound – largely thanks to a unique annual event called Generations in Jazz. This spectacular gathering on the outskirts of the city made famous for its Blue Lake not only attracts the jazz legends of today, but the bright stars of tomorrow, bringing together up to 4400 of Australia’s most talented musicians, along with a growing list of global artists.
“High school students from more than 100 schools around the nation compete in the Stage Band Awards, while individual Jazz and Vocal Scholarships are also highly coveted, helping to secure the musical destiny of individuals with enormous promise. And then there are the daily concerts – the sound inside the James Morrison big top pavilion, seating up to 6100 people in the middle of a paddock, is simply incredible!”
Be sure to explore the entire Generations in Jazz Website. It’s an inspiration! More of the same needed in the UK.
“What an inspiring environment! The energy of the students was something I’ve never experienced. Can’t wait to be part of Generations in Jazz again!”
Willie Murillo (trumpet), Big Phat Band
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
YouTube Featuring The Ben Cummings’ Gerry Mulligan Band with Amy Roberts
Filmed at The Walnut Tree Jazz Club, Blisworth, Northants,
Sunday, 15th January, 2017.
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Olney Jazz Club Is Hot! February Is A Sell Out. Book Early for March and April!
Welcome to our February Newsletter
!!!!! THIS SHOW IS NOW SOLD OUT !!!!!!
Featuring:
own quite unique, exciting sound.
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere, Petite Fleur, Roses of Picardy and many more.
Plus there will be solo features from Dave, John & Jim.
Tel: 01234 711348 or Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney.
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“The Jazz of Dudley Moore”
“In preparing a recording celebrating the music of Dudley, we were tempted to pay homage to his 1960s piano-trio style. After all, Chris, George and I had all been indelibly influenced by the very particular, tight-knit, hard-swinging playing of Dudley, bassist Pete McGurk and drummer Chris Karan. However, whilst exploring the tunes with Paul on trumpet, we began to discover the richness of his compositions and understand a more authentic, and perhaps more revealing way of entering into Dudley’s musical world.
“As part of that process we took time to read something about the man’s complex and highly conflicted life, one filled with shades of light and dark, joy and woe. Here is not the place to explore any details of this, but what is musically relevant was the way we found these same shades expressed in his compositions. Some of his pieces are, of course, quintessential expressions of the bright, optimistic, swinging ‘60s in which Dudley came to fame, but others are deeply poignant, personal expressions of a darker, more complex world, whilst elsewhere you’ll find a unique and bittersweet mix of the two.
(Rev. Andrew J. Brown)
Tel: 01234 711348 or Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney.
Advance Notice – Tuesday, 4th April
“S’Wonderful!”
A brand new show comprising favourite songs from the golden age of composers such as Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harry Warren, et al.
Born in San Francisco, California, USA, Susan has been singing jazz since her graduation from the University of Oregon. Since moving to the UK, she has worked with many top UK bands including The Pete Allen Jazz Band where she appeared on his theatre tour. With Pete she recorded the CD “Running Wild”. Susan has also performed regularly with The Mike Kemp Trio, ‘Sir’ Alan’s Jazz Band and The Rascals of Rhythm. She has performed in guest appearances with The Ken Colyer Trust Band, John Burnett Jazz Bandits, West Jesmond Rhythm Kings, Bob Dywer Jazz Band and Max Collie. She has starred at many jazz festivals including Breda Jazz Festival in Holland, Swanage Jazz Festival, Birmingham Jazz Festival, Keswick Jazz Festival, and Upton Upon Severn Jazz Festival. Plus popular venues such as the 100 Club, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, and The Banqueting House of St. James Palace. She has toured her shows “Legendary Ladies of Jazz” and “Swing Serenade”.
Tel: 01234 711348 or Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney.
Don’t miss these shows – I’m sure tickets will fly! But you could always check on late cancellations!
www.olneyjazzclub.com
Cheers,
Alan
Olney Jazz Club
Gripping Yarns Part 7: Farewell Derek: A Tug at the Heartstrings!
Derek to the right, yours truly on the left at the San Clu, Ramsgate.
Taking a break from the Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Festival.
News just received brings more than a tinge of sadness to the Gripping Yarns about my early years in Herne Bay on the North Kent Coast. One of my closest friends has passed away before I could get to the planned Gripping Yarn featuring our adventures together. But more than that, Derek was one of my favourite jazz buddies, and but for him, Jazz&Jazz.com may never have been launched!
As teenagers, Derek and I were soulmates. We shared so many adventures: summertimes on the seashore and in the sea; wintertimes braving blizzards and deep snow across the fields and Reculver Marshes; coffee in Macaris on the sea front; and a string of parties, some of which I have to admit we gatecrashed. Group evenings spent at the then Odeon Cinema in Herne Bay – one film in particular brings back vivid memories, the subject of a later Gripping Yarn.
Jazz and an All Night Party
12th Night at The Kings Hall. Derek, far left, often came in disguise!
Your’s truly is the idiot to Derek’s right.
We joined the Belhilverston Dance Club in Beltinge and The Marie Celeste Night Club in Herne Bay, where we lured the slot machine into paying out multiple jackpots. Until Ted Raby, the proprietor cottoned on. Then there were the occasional pub crawls, dancing at The Miramar Hotel, wrestling and jazz at The Kings Hall. Twelfth Night Balls at The Kings Hall were always grand affairs and just a little crazy. Plus Sarre Court Country Club and The Roman Galley fades into the recesses of my memory.
A specially memorable occasion was an all night party on land belonging to Derek’s family. I climbed a tree but “good” friends set fire to the trunk to “smoke me out”. When the music stopped another nameless friend fell asleep under a trailer until some bright spark put on another record and turned up the volume. “Nameless” sat bolt upright and knocked himself out on the axle.
Derek I have always stayed in touch and more recently we got back into jazz together. He was generous to a T and when he and his wife had to cancel out on Hemsby Autumn Jazz Parade back in 2008, he insisted that Ginny and I took their tickets without asking for reimbursement.
Derek and Barbara celebrating his birthday at The Barn, Throwley, Kent.
The occasion, a jazz gig with The Fallen Heroes back in 2008.
Getting Me Back Into Jazz
So fellow Jazzers, you have Derek to thank for getting me back into jazz and for the consequent launch of Jazz&Jazz.com back in 2009. Then to top it all, in 2009 Ginny won the star prize in the very last Ken Colyer Trust Prize Draw – a trip for two to the 2010 French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. All down to Derek.
More recently we have enjoyed jazz together at the Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle annual Festival and at some of their monthly gigs. Generous as ever, Derek helped support “The Shuffle”.
Then back in 2011 at the height of the property market recession Ginny and I were seeking to downsize. We were under financial pressure due to the collapse in property prices and Derek insisted on lending us a sum to see us through. Then when we sold and moved, he refused to take any interest when we repaid the loan. A truly genuine and much loved friend!
I simply couldn’t leave Roger Pout (left) out of the photographs.
The three of us were thick as thieves! A jazz triumvirate!
So, Derek, with tears, I dedicate “Gripping Yarns Part 7: A Tug at the Heartstrings” to your memory.
“I’m awfully sorry to hear of the passing of your close friend. I understand your loss.” MR
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
Select “Just Reminiscing!” for more memories.
