A Tribute to Smiffy a very special Treasured Friend . . .

Smiffy” our Washboard Rhythm King at Lemsford Jazz Club in October 2022
playing with Henri Harrison and Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair band.
Go Smiffy Go, take it away!

Brian Smith aka “Smiffy” sadly passed away last week. He was 80, like me, and we had been close friends for many years in Lemsford.

Smiffy was born in The Long Arm & Short Arm pub in Lemsford Village just outside Welwyn Garden City, long enough ago to have followed some of the great jazz bands on the 1950s and 60s. Those were the days when Hatfield, Potters Bar, Enfield and Welwyn Garden City were hot beds of jazz.
Terry Lightfoot and Acker Bilk used to live in Potters Bar.

One of our greatest adventures was when Smiffy, Bob Thomas and I went to Potters Bar on 31st May 2012 to meet and see Acker Bilk and his
Paramount Jazz Band.


Left to right: Bob Thomas, Peter Butler, Acker Bilk and Smiffy back stage at the
Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, 31st May 2012.

Smiffy was not only an Ambassador for Jazz, he was a showman and an entertainer. He was one of the kindest and most generous people my wife and I have ever met and yet so modest. We miss him dearly.

Smiffy, this Jazz&Jazz YouTube is forever for you!

“A Touch of High Society”

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The Adrian Cox Quartet recaptures the magic of
clarinetist Edmund Hall

One of a series of Jazz&Jazz YouTubes filmed during Adrian’s
Edmund Hall Presentations.

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

“Stairway to the Stars”

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I jumped at the opportunity to meet and film Jonny Boston at
Botany Bay Jazz Club for my Jazz&Jazz YouTubes.
Just today (9th January, 2021) Jonny messaged me:
“So much has happened since this gig. Lovely to watch again!
Thanks Peter for posting it!”

Full story and more YouTubes on Jazz&Jazz: http://goo.gl/QBG4ey

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

“Viper’s Drag”: Keyboard King Dave Browning at Olney Jazz Club

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Continuing selections from my Jazz&Jazz YouTubes filmed up until Covid19 cast an unwanted pall of silence over live jazz.
Dave Browning plays Fats Waller and enthrals a packed audience at Olney Jazz Club in February, 2017.

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

“Love Songs of The Nile” Mike Owen’s Scarlett Serenaders

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A rarely heard Amos Garrett number.
Mike Owen (trombone), Sarah Spencer (Saxophone) , Brian Mellor (Banjo),
Brian Lawrence (bass) and Baby Jools (Drums). Jazz at Bedford Golf Club.

Courtesy of Bedford Golf Club and Tad Newton.

Peter M Butler
Editor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Presenting Lemsford Jazz Club’s Spectacular Washboard Rhythm Kings!

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Wobbly, hatless start and sustained spontaneous hilarity with
Henri Harrison of “Winchester Cathedral” fame and Lemsford’s
very own Brian Smith (aka “Smiffy”) during “Henri’s Hotshots”
Summer, 2019, Lemsford Jazz Club August spellbinder.
Apologies about the eager fan briefly blocking the view to take photos.
All good fun!

Peter M Butler
Editor Jazz&Jazz

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

DixieMix Features a Touch of High Society!

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Visit Jazz&Jazz for the full DixieMix Feature: http://goo.gl/MuZXyS 

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

Hippocampus Jass Gang: “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” …

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On tour from France, I was delighted to film the Hippocampus Jass Gang at The Bay Jazz Club, Enfield, back in June, 2016.

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

Sammy Rimington: “In The Upper Garden”

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Sammy’s International Jazz Band topping the bill at the
Autumn Jazz Parade, Hemsby, Norfolk, 30th September, 2014.

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

“Caravan”: Spotlight on Jazz Diva Tina May

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Composed by Juan Tirol, lyrics by Irving Mills and first performed by
Duke Ellington in 1936, “Caravan” is sung here by Tina May with
Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends at a sell out concert in May, 2014.

Feature on Jazz&Jazz in “Three Great Jazz Divas”: https://www.jazzandjazz.com/2014/11/spotlight-on-three-great-jazz-divas/

Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz

(YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)

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