“In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree”

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

Ever popular with Shuffle fans, The Golden Eagles gave their all!
All except their Jelly Roll that is!

Kevin Scott (Leader/Banjo); Roy Stokes (Trombone); Malc Murphy (Drums); Mick Scroxton (Trumpet); Trevor Williams (Bass); Alan Cresswell (Clarinet).

Destination Isle of Capri after the gig ……?

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

Launched as recently as 2011, Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle is just a small, friendly festival, and the organisers and fans want to keep it that way. Local bands based in Kent, along with their fans, treasure the opportunities it offers but without question it is also fast becoming a favourite with top ranking bands.

Jazz&Jazz filmed each session and this year and Pete Leonard’s Red Hot & Blue Jazz Band got The Shuffle off to a rip-roaring start at Ramsgate Small Boat Owners’ Club on Friday, 15th July. Here are just two YouTubes featuring the band.

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

Windswept, but nothing daunted, Burt Butler & His Jazz Pilgrims jazz it up for festival fans and holiday makers. Perhaps not on a bamboo isle, but against the backdrop of
a bamboo tree.

Continuing with the theme!

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

A fan commented on one of my Hippocampus Jass Gang YouTubes:
“This band will become famous!”

I am indebted to The Bay Jazz Club, Enfield, and to Hippocampus for permitting me to film them on Tuesday, 21st June, during their UK tour. The Bay is an excellent venue for filming compared, for instance, with festivals where it isn’t always easy to achieve best results.

Hailing from France, Hippocampus surpassed all my expectations. Much of their repertoire draws its inspiration from the hot jazz of the early New Orleans era, yet with an intensity and inimitable charm all of their own. With this, plus their interpretations of French and European Jazz and Swing, they are indeed going places.

 “The Gang” are, en française:

Joseph Vu Van: Banjo, chant et arrangements
Pierre Bayse: Clarinette, clarinette basse, chant
Heykel Bouden: Violon, chant
Alexis Chauvelier: Guitare, chant
Gildas Le Garrec: Contrebasse, chant
Simon Laurent: Batterie

“They are a breath of fresh air”: Just Jazz Magazine 2011
“They are making music in a style unlike any others I know of”: Jazz Guide 2014

… and so to the Jazz&Jazz YouTubes

Hippocampus are at: http://hippocampusjassgang.weebly.com

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

Following up on demand to re-feature my Jazz&Jazz Tuba Skinny YouTubes taken at Fest Jazz, 2014, here is another of my favourites: “Big Chief Battle Axe”. Performed en plein air, Tuba Skinny street style. No surprise that Tuba Skinny stole the show!

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

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

Tuba Skinny filmed in the Grand Marquee at Fest Jazz, 2014.

Tuba Skinny took Fest Jazz by storm in Châteauneuf-du-Faou, Brittany, in July, 2014. The packed grand marquee audience was spellbound. This was just one of just two numbers I could film in the marquee without fans and dancers blocking the view. Live jazz at its best and not a chance of “Take Twos”. But then that’s what Fest Jazz is about: fun, great jazz and DANCING.

Come back soon Tuba Skinny.

And fans, why not book now for Fest Jazz 2016!

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

Having followed Hungary’s Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band for some months and featured them regularly on Jazz&Jazz, when I discovered that Botany Bay Jazz Club had booked them for a Friday Night Special on 6th May, I seized the opportunity to see them live – and, with bandleader Tamás Ittzés’ and the Bay’s permission, to film them.

It was an evening of outstanding jazz. The Club was packed with their own members and guests from The Amersham Jazz Club who had made the journey to share the experience.

So here is my selection of Jazz&Jazz YouTubes which tell their own story. Enjoy!

For news about Bohém Events and Festivals visit:
Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band Website

Tamás Ittzés (piano, violin, Stroh violin, vocal, arranger, band leader); József Lebanov (trumpet); Zoltán Mátrai (clarinet, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute); Attila Korb (trombone, cornet, fluegelhorn, soprano trombone, piano, vocal, arranger); Miklós Lázár (violin, vocal); György Mátrai (banjo, guitar); József Török (tuba, string bass); Alfréd Falusi (drums)

Thank you, Tamás and Bohem, for stopping by The Bay Jazz Club during your 2016 UK Tour.

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)