Celebrating the Joy of Jazz
The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Ian Adams, and Graham Chase, Chairman of The Covent Garden Trust), applaud as Town Cryer Alan Myatt gets the march off to a swinging start!
Should you have been in Covent Garden, London, by 4.30pm on Thursday, 22nd June, you would have been witness to one of the City’s unique and more flamboyant events:
The 20th Annual Covent Garden Rent Collecting Ceremony.
Sam Hall’s “Jazz Revisited” returns to Lemsford Jazz Club
Sunday 9th July: 1.00 till 4.00pm
Jeff Ross (tpt); John Turner (clt); Gordon Rushton(tmb); Cliff Davy (pno);
Chris Rundle (bass); Arnold Garrick (dms); Sam Hall (bjo/alto)
Broadreach Records are excited to announce the launch of the
2017 Herne Bay Jazz & Swing Fest
Sunday, 13th August, 4.00 til 9.00pm
At the Herne Bay Pier Stage.
With a fantastic lineup of some of the UK’s hottest jazz and swing musicians,
Herne Bay Jazz & Swing Fest is gearing up to be a real asset to this beautiful seaside community.
With not one but two headliners, trumpet player extraordinaire Digby Fairweather and the brilliantly expressive guitarist Jim Mullen each performing evening sets, the afternoon will also heat up with
sets by splendid saxophonist Paul Booth, versatile vocalist Kai Hoffman and
rising star pianist Liam Dunachie.
Three unmissable sessions at Olney Jazz Club in
July, September and October!
Barnacle Bill, Belgian Cafe, 2014 Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle.
I was delighted to catch up with Barnacle Bill playing in The Belgian Cafe during the 2014 Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Festival just before he handed in his horn, announcing to the audience that, age 87, he was taking “early retirement”!
Over the past three years I have filmed for and produced 658 Jazz&Jazz YouTubes of which 538 have been released for pubic viewing. In addition I have countless more MP4 movies, many of which are potential YouTube material.
An analysis of these YouTubes tells a story about the status of jazz, particularly in the UK compared with, for instance, Europe and the USA – in itself perhaps a potential steer to the future.
Sarah Spencer
Jim Douglas
Sarah recently starred with Mike Owen’s Scarlett’s Serenaders at The Bedford: http://bit.do/dwPDf
Jim featured at Olney Jazz Club in February: http://bit.do/dwPDA
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(Photos © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
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.
Enjoy the seaside, enjoy the sea air, enjoy the camaraderie and most of all,
enjoy the Jazz at Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle.
