Four great sessions await you including this year’s
Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Festival Favourites, Doolally Tap!
Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Announces September, October, November & December Club Events
Tad Newton’s Autumn/Winter Northants & East of England Jazz Gigs Update
Olney Jazz Club Presents the Clarinet Maestros – Tuesday 3rd October
Olney Jazz Club proudly presents America’s foremost swing clarinettist Ken Peplowski
with the UK’s renowned clarinet maestro Julian Marc Stringle. [Read more…]
Youth in Jazz: Featuring Joan Chamorro’s Inspirational St Andreu Jazz Band
I have followed and featured Joan Chamorro and Barcelona’s Sant Andreu Jazz Band for several years. Avidly! Because Joan takes youngsters with an inclination for music under his wing and infuses into them a love for music.

Joan present a masterclass at Chateauneuf du Foau, 2016
Trefor Williams’ Funeral
TREFOR WILLIAMS’ FUNERAL
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 1.30pm
St. John’s Church, St John’s Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5BQ
No Flowers Please. There will be donations to a charity.
It will be a traditional funeral with hymns etc, but a TRIO will play during the service.
Thank you,
Pete Lay
Remembering Trefor …
“Just A Closer Walk With Thee”
“God Bless You Trefor.”
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Farewell and God Bless You, Trefor Williams
Trefor Williams passed away in the early hours of this morning,
5th September. Such a sad day.
Jazz Lamentations, “Peanuts and Poor Turnouts”? Let’s Up The Ante!
So often we hear laments about the plight of jazz. Hard pressed musicians, tired bands, ageing fans, languishing memberships, club closures, fewer festivals, waning enthusiasm. And longings for a return to the golden olden days!

Ian Bateman
Ian Bateman summed it up acutely on his Facebook page on 14th August: “Three gigs scrubbed from my diary in 24 hours. I think the Job Centre beckons! From asking around other jazzers, it seems I’m not alone…”
September Jazz: Lemsford Welcomes Back The Fenny Stompers
Lemsford Jazz Club
Sunday 10th September
1.00 till 4.00pm
Great jazz ensured – don’t miss out!
Queen Victoria, Brocket Hall, Lemsford Village and Jazz!
Occasionally I’m moved to feature on Jazz&Jazz interludes in my life and in history other than in my involvement in jazz.