Dave Rance, Live at the Peartree, Monday 21 November

November 22, 2011 By 7 Comments

The Peartree Monday Jazz Club, Welwyn Garden City, featured one of the fans’ favourites, Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band on Monday, 21 November, and as can be seen from the photo display, a great time was had by one and all. Keep up the good work “Smiffy”.

Don’t miss The Fenny Stompers at the Peartree on Monday, 19 December – 8.30pm till 11.00pm. Mince pies will be served!

For information about the club and forthcoming bands call Brian Smith (“Smiffy”) on 01707 880569.

See my acrylic painting of Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band:  https://www.jazzandjazz.com/2011/04/rance’s-rockin-chair-band/

Dave Rance's Rockin' Chair Band

Keep Jazzin' Peartree Fans!

Dave Rance on Flugelhorn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Me and Jane in a Plane", Brian Webb on trombone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Harrison, John Bartlett & Doug Parry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derek Scofield, Mike Brewerton & Dave Rance

(Photos © Peter M Butler)

 

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Autumn Jazz Parade 2012

November 10, 2011 By 2 Comments

Having featured the 2011 Autumn Jazz Parade at Hemsby, Norfolk, under Stars Abound at Autumn Jazz Parade and Fans Bask in Autumn Jazz Parade, its time for Jazz&Jazz to assist Festival Organiser Pete Lay in promoting the Autumn Jazz Parade 2012 well in advance. Pete has lined up seven bands for the Parade, including newcomers to the event, The Rich Bennett Band, The Reunion Jazz Band and Chris Pearce’s Frenchman Street Band. The following ad contains all the details you need, including booking information and contact numbers.

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Sammy Rimington Stars in Canterbury

October 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sammy Rimington International Band at the 2011 Canterbury Festival

Sammy Rimington and his International Jazz Band starred in the magnificent setting of King’s School’s historic Shirley Hall on 17 October during the Canterbury Festival. Joined by Fredrik John (trombone), Emile van Pelt (piano), Norman Emberson (drums), Eric Webster (banjo) and Trefor Williams (string bass), the band’s legendary repertoire of New Orleans jazz classics reverberated around the brilliantly acoustical setting from front of stage right up into the gallery. Jazz fans were enthralled and concert goers captivated by the band’s matchless range.

The Canterbury Festival billing was just one of eight shows during Sammy’s 2011 Annual UK tour.

For more about Sammy’s band see: https://www.jazzandjazz.com/2011/04/sammy-rimington’s-international-jazz-band/

Eric Webster, Trefor Williams and Sammy Rimington

Emile Van Pelt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fredrik John

Fredrik John

Norman Emberson

 

(Photos © Peter M Butler)

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Live at the Peartree Monday Jazz Club

October 11, 2011 By 2 Comments

Coming to The Peartree Monday Jazz Club, Welwyn Garden City, in November and December.


For more information on the club go to:

https://www.jazzandjazz.com/2011/04/the-peartree-monday-jazz-club-welwyn-garden-city/

 

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Fans Bask in Autumn Jazz Parade

October 7, 2011 By 2 Comments

Penn on E flat clarinet with the Rae Brothers

“Celebrating the Ken Colyer Heritage”, The Autumn Jazz Parade at Seacroft Holiday Village in Hemsby, Norfolk, has always presented a gold mine of stars for Jazz & Jazz Art and this year was no exception.

Fans revelled in the glorious October heat wave and clear blue skies but were not tempted to miss any of the bands which included Colin Kingwell’s Jazz Bandits, Gambit Jazzmen, Golden Eagle Jazz Band, New Orleans Wiggle, New Orleans Po’ Boys, Rae Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band and the Savannah Jazz Band. Guest stars included Annie Hawkins, Ray Smith, Colin Bowden, John Crocker, Eric Webster, Trefor Williams and American jazz superstar, Chris Tyle. Plus this year’s rising star and pianist with the Rae Brothers, 21 year old Ian Wynne,

Special thanks go to Pete and Jill Lay for organising yet another spectacular Autumn Parade, to Mike Pointon both as musician and compere and to Jimbo and Penn for their unstinting support.

So what better way to celebrate the festival than with a selection of Jazz&Jazz photos taken of the bands appearing at the festival. See also Jazz Stars at Autumn Parade under JAZZ BANDS.

Grand Marshal Jimbo and the Sensation Brass Band lead the Autumn Parade

 

Savannah Jazz Band

 

Colin Kingwell's Jazz Bandits

Smith/Tyle Rhythm Aces

Golden Eagle Jazz Band

Gambit Jazzmen

New Orleans Wiggle

Rae Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band

New Orleans Po' Boys

(Photos © Peter M Butler)

 

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New Orleans Z’hulus in Macclesfield

August 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Don’t miss The New Orleans Z’hulus in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Immensely popular at European jazz clubs and festivals, the Belgian band will be starring at a Fraser McCombe “Evening of Jazz” on Sunday, 15 April, 2012. An annual event, the five last years have been a great success and a sell out!

For advanced information and bookings email: [email protected] or call 01625 433345

New Orleans Z'Hulus: Lielian Tan, Boss Querod, Emile Van Pelt, Philippe DeSmet, Brian Turnock, Dan Vercruysse (Photo courtesy of Brian Turnock)

THE NEW ORLEANS Z’HULUS

DAN VERCRUYSSE (Belgium) Trumpet. Dan has been with the band for the past four years. He brings a calm and authoritative lead to the band and has introduced several new numbers Into the band’s repertoire. A resident of Kortrijk he also leads his own group, The Superior Dance Band. As the title suggests he is a great admirer of Bunk Johnson.

PHlLIPPE DE SMET (Belgium) Trombone . One the founder members of the Z’hulus, in his early days Philippe was heavily influenced by Louis Nelson. So much so that he was invited to dep when the great man look sick during a Swiss tour with Danny Barker’s Band. He is always in great demand both on trombone and his second instrument, the tenor sax.

JOHN DEFFERARY (U.K. Germany) Clarinet. An outstanding reed man, John has graced many of the top bands for almost half a century. His CV includes stints with Papa Bue, Chris Barber and Trevor Richards. He first came to prominence with Keith Smith’s Climax Band in the early sixties which also included Brian Turnock. His association with the Z’hulus goes way back and he starred on the band’s very first recording.

EMILE VAN PELT (Holland) Piano. An extremely versatile pianist, Emile has worked with several bands in Europe over the years. He has become more familiar with British audiences recently as a member of Sammy Rimington’s International Band. A solid, hard driving pianist in the true New Orleans tradition, he is both an accomplished rhythm man and soloist.

BRIAN TURNOCK (U.K. Belgium) Bass. A member of the Z’hulus for 25 years, Brian has starred with a host of top bands on the New Orleans circuit. Beginning in the Sixties with Keith Smith and after many years with Barry Martyn, Brian settled on mainland Europe and worked with Sammy Rimington and Lillian Boutte. He has recorded with all of the top New Orleans artists ranging from George Lewis and John Handy to Don Ewell and Lil Armstrong.

LIELIAN TAN (Holland) Drums. Our drummer for this tour will be the outstanding Dutch girl, Lielian Tan. A product of the Conservatory in the north of Holland, she is so versatile that she can adapt to many forms of music. Her love for New Orleans music has developed over the past five years from listening to the masters of New Orleans drumming. She has made several tours with the Z’hulus and adds a much needed touch of glamour to the band.

The New Orleans Z'Hulus (Photo courtesy of Brian Turnock)

Visit the Z’Hulus at:  www.myspace.com/neworleanszhulus

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Capturing Cuff on Trumpet

July 25, 2011 By 1 Comment

Jazz Portrait of Cuff Billett on Trumpet

My jazz portrait of Cuff Billett captures him giving a rousing, virtuoso performance with The Lakefront Loungers at the Ken Colyer Trust 2008 Autumn Jazz Parade. Roguish, even eccentric, Cuff is famous for his superb talent and intense, intuitive, warm-toned style.

I completed Cuff’s jazz portrait a while ago but was spurred to display it again due to the interest of a new found American friend whose incredible wealth of knowledge and experience of traditional jazz spans the decades and even goes back to the greats and venues of bygone eras.
Cuff on Trumpet is one of his favourites.

Fine art print of the jazz portrait of Cuff Billett on Trumpet

Cuff Billett on Trumpet

Caressing the high notes
Pitching to low,
A jazz virtuoso
In enrapturing solo.
Improvisation off the cuff.
The trumpeter struts his stuff.

Fine Art Giclée Prints of this portrait can be available, with or without my descriptive poem. Simply email: [email protected]
if you are interested.

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Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle’s 2012 Programme

June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Jazz & Jazz aims to become a force for jazz by galvanising jazz fans everywhere into a trad jazz revival and by winning over a younger generation of fans to swing along with jazz pizzazz. Jazz Festivals are as popular as ever and each year fans flock to them from The Isle of Bute to The Isle of White and from Bude in Cornwall to Hemsby in Norfolk.

So even in these difficult times Jazz & Jazz was elated to have been involved in the successful launch off “Seaside Shuffle”, a brand new Jazz Festival held in Ramsgate, Kent, early in July, 2011. And now we are over the moon to announce that “Seaside Shuffle” lives on, not just with a new festival for 2012 but also in preparing the launch of monthly trad jazz gigs in Ramsgate!

So watch this space!

Consequently we are proud to have received the following acclamation from local resident and jazz singer, Betty Renz, the inspirational founder of and driving force behind the festival: “I can’t thank you enough for your contribution because none of the people who spent the weekend here would have come without your Jazz Guide advert. That was the key. Without that it wouldn’t have got off the ground. It was reading the Jazz Guide that initially gave me the idea.”

Having worked so hard in launching the 2011 festival, Betty is no longer directly involved but has left everything in the hands of  a very capable “Seaside Shuffle” Committee. Click here to view Betty’s portrait.

Max Collie at the Granville Theatre

The Gambit Jazzmen lead the Brolly Parade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Photos © Peter M Butler)

Brollies Galore at Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle
8th, 9th and 10th July, 2011

Traditional Jazz at its Best!

Brollies galore on parade, all shapes and sizes, multi-coloured, highly decorated with tassels and fringes, iridescent in the bright Summer sun!

It was the day Seaside Shuffle came to Ramsgate Seafront with Trad Jazz in all its glory. Burt Butler’s Jazz Pilgrims set the tone, hitting the high notes with their repertoire of jazz favourites. The sun shone, the crowds thronged and then The Gambit Jazzmen along with Ramsgate’s Beauty Queen and her Maids of Honour led the grand New Orleans style Brolly Parade.

The entire Seaside Shuffle Festival was a resounding success, and it was a day and a weekend for Ramsgate to remember.

St James Hall, Broad Street, hosted The Vocalion Jazz Band, The Stour Valley Jazz Band, The Blue Rhythm Kings and the Gambit Jazzmen and the festival was rounded off by the Max Collie Rhythm Aces at The Granville Theatre.

Three whole days of fabulous jazz which the Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle organisers are already planning to repeat in 2012.

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Portrait Commission – “Take it Away, Ray!”

April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hemsby Jam Session, 2010

Ray’s highly popular 2011 Hemsby Autumn Parade Jam Session

Ray Colyer is a mainstay of the East Kent jazz scene, where we were both involved in helping launch the UK’s latest and successful Jazz Festival, Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle, back in 2011. We have since become close friends and join forces annually at the Hemsby, Norfolk, Autumn Jazz Parade.

Ray isn’t only a jazz fan, he is also a darn good trumpeter and vocalist too and plays with several bands at each and every opportunity. So much so that when he led a small group of enthusiasts in a spontaneous jam session at the 2011 Autumn Jazz Parade, they got a following all of their own and by popular demand were “booked” to perform the next day as well. Mind you, they were reinforced by “Anything Goes” clarinetist and saxophonist Laurie Fray who played
some mean solos during the sessions.

“Take it away, Ray” Portrait by Peter M Butler commissioned by Ray Colyer.

Ray asked me if I could paint a jazz portrait of him on trumpet. I was delighted to accept the commission and chose to portray him playing at the Hemsby jam sessions. So above is my portrait of Ray taking it away.

Commissions and Costs
It is essential that I do more, as a matter of urgency, to cover the growing costs (travel, charges, fees etc etc) of featuring jazz bands, musicians, clubs and festivals on Jazz&Jazz and of the publicity and support I hope it offers to the cause of jazz. So it goes without saying that I’m always prepared to consider commissions as well as selling original portraits and fine art Giclée prints which I produce myself. I would much rather this than request donations towards the cause. But I really must express my appreciation for a number of clubs who are contributing annually to the costs in appreciation of Jazz&Jazz featuring their events.

Fine Art Giclée Prints of this portrait are available, with or without my descriptive poem. Simply email: [email protected] to place your order and help support jazz.

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Fans Fill Tremé’s Candlelight Lounge

April 18, 2011 By 1 Comment

Just a section of the Treme Band and guest musicians. “Congestion” restricted my full focal view. (Photo by P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

One of the most spontaneous and exciting jazz gigs I have ever witnessed was at The Candlelight Lounge in Tremé, New Orleans. Every Wednesday night at this cradle of jazz, The Tremé Brass Band plays for free. What’s more, there’s free red beans and rice before the show starts.

On that magical night during the 2010 Ken Colyer Trust French Quarter Festival Tour, a host of ardent fans from around the world, all packed in like sardines, witnessed a spectacle never to be forgotten. The show began at 9.30 sharp with just seven playing. Then more joined in. Then more… then even more, as musicians from around the world joined in with the Tremé band. Three trumpeters, three clarinets, two drummers, three sousaphones, at least two banjos and trombones – after a while I lost count but altogether there must have been at least 30 musicians crowded onto that tiny stage.

And in the narrow space between the audience and the band, dancers of all shapes and sizes strutted their stuff so vigourously that Barry Price and I, seated in the front row, moved back a row for safety lest we should have been toppled like dominoes! Such was the melee that I couldn’t quite wield my camera to full effect and got fewer shots than I would have liked.

Band leader Kenneth Terry lets rip on trumpet. (Photo by P.M. Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

“Uncle” Lionel Batiste on drums strove to maintain a calming influence but how trumpeter Kenneth Terry held the host together was beyond me.

I had heard said from a very reliable source that Jools Holland, along with Sammy Rimington and a couple of other jazz musicians, put on a totally unannounced impromptu jam session during a meal in a pub in deepest Kent not so many months ago. So whilst still reeling during that evening at The Candlelight Lounge, it struck me what wonders it could do for a massive jazz revival if Jools could feature such a spectacle on his “Later with Jools Holland” BBC2 spectacular. It could instil the same kind of inspiration for young jazz musicians as does the Tremé experience.

Peter M Butler
Editor Jazz&Jazz

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