Not to be missed! So make a day of it in Covent Garden, on Thursday, 22nd June. Arrive in good time – the ceremony starts at 4.30pm.
Thursday 22 June 2017: The Covent Garden Marching Band Heads The Big Parade for the 20th Annual Rent Collecting Ceremony – A Spectacle to Behold!
June 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Presents Jazz By The Seaside 14/15/16 July
June 17, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Enjoy the seaside, enjoy the sea air, enjoy the camaraderie and most of all,
enjoy the Jazz at Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle.
National Jazz Archive June Newsletter
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NJA Presents Trio Manouche at Loughton: Saturday 24 June
June 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Gypsy jazz comes to Loughton!
Gypsy jazz group Trio Manouche, with Quentin Collins on trumpet, play a
fund-raising concert for the National Jazz Archive on Saturday 24 June in Loughton, Essex.
Thank You, Smiffy, For Sticking With It and Bringing Jazz Back To Lemsford
June 15, 2017 By Leave a Comment
In honour of Smiffy, my portrait of him playing washboard in “The Long and Short Arm”, Lemsford.
Brian Smith, aka “Smiffy” was born in The Long Arm and Short Arm pub in Lemsford Village just outside Welwyn Garden City, long enough ago to have followed some of the great jazz bands of the 1950s and 60s. Those were the days when Hatfield, Potters Bar, Enfield and Welwyn Garden City were hot beds of jazz.
Maggie (“I Wandered Today To The Lemsford Hills, Maggie”)
June 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The Happy Jazz Band
Presenting Two Magical YouTube Versions of “Maggie”.
The first, a unique Jazz Club rendition by The Happy Jazz Men on Sunday 11th June, 2017, at Lemsford Jazz Club.
Flashback to July, 2014: Denise Gordon Thrills Olney Jazz Club Fans
June 14, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Recapturing Magical Moments
Popular American Jazz Classic sung by vocalist and gospel diva Denise Gordon, accompanied by jazz legend Roy Williams on trombone, Boysey Bartrum on sax, Tomas Pedersen on bass, Bobby Orr on the drums and Alan Haughton on piano
at Olney Jazz Club.
First posted in back in July, 2014, but reposted due to enhancements afforded by recent software upgrades. Couldn’t remove the dancers from front of stage, however, nor quite compensate for
the starry night stage lighting. But hey! that’s jazz!
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Remembering John Bennett …
June 13, 2017 By 3 Comments
Sadly John Bennett is no longer with us. Yet another Jazz Great Star to depart the scene.
What better way to commemorate him than to repost Alan Bateman’s magical portrait
of him back in his days with Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.
Introducing “Fizz Jazz” From Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 11, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Jazz&Jazz is very much an international website. Here is a message I received from Cleber Guimaraes in Brazil: “I would like to introduce to you my band, Fizz Jazz. We play swing and traditional Jazz here in Sao Paulo”.
Cleber, I’m delighted to feature Fizz Jazz on Jazz&Jazz so let’s fizz together and why not begin with your YouTube which speaks more than words for you and the band!
The Big Debate: Is Jazz Facing Doom… or BOOM?
June 6, 2017 By 2 Comments
On 4th June Jazz&Jazz featured:
The Big Debate: Is Jazz Facing “Doom & Gloom”? but concluded
“All Is Far From Lost!”
To measure reaction I posted two follow up features on my Jazz&Jazz Facebook Page in two posts entitled: “Picking Up The Pieces” Parts 1 & 2. For those who prefer not to access Facebook, these are featured below.
