NEW ORLEANS HEAT – SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER
Pictorial Feature – Millennium Eagles at The Winning Post
August 31, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Laurence Cumming for the photos of bands and musicians which he takes for me and I’m sure followers of Jazz&Jazz will agree with me that they represent superb studies of the very best of jazz.
In July this year Laurence photographed The Millennium Eagles at The Winning Post, Twickenham, and it’s my pleasure to share them with jazz fans everywhere.
Peter Brown is on trumpet/valve trombone; Terry Williams on trombone; Matt Palmer, Leader, on clarinet /sax; guesting with the band, Baby Jools on drums; Brian Lawrence on bass/souzaphone; and Brian Mellor on banjo.
Thank you Kay and Tony Leppard for your dedication in running such a successful club.
(Photos by Lawrence Cumming© Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Jazz @ The Ent Shed, Bedford
August 31, 2014 By 1 Comment
How often do we overlook worthwhile jazz venues and events right under our noses?
Thomas Syson emailed me some time ago about jazz gigs he runs at “The Ent Shed” in the centre of Bedford, just minutes away from my home. He wrote: “I see you advertise venues and gigs around Bedford and generally spread the word of jazz! I have had bands from all over the world in, including guys from New York like Frank Basile. I also have a support act and a jam after each session which is a lot of fun. I’m a jazz musician myself and I’m very keen on sustaining and improving the scene in the local area.”
Yes, Thomas, I do feature jazz in and around Bedford and I agree it’s about time I featured “Jazz @ The Ent Shed”! Especially as The Emily Dankworth Trio are starring with you on September 4th! Back in June my wife and I were delighted to see her grandmother in a Cleo Lane special at The Stables.
So, Jazzers, for full details, here is the link to The Ent Shed’s website: http://jazzattheentshed.weebly.com
And their “Whats On” page: http://jazzattheentshed.weebly.com/whats-on.html
The Julian Siegel Quartet starred at The Ent Shed earlier this year.
Yoshio Toyama’s Jazz Foundation fundraises for ‘Louisiana Music Experience’ exhibit
August 31, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Yoshio Toyama and members of his entourage from Japan stand near Louis Armstrong’s first cornet during a reception at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Friday, August 1, 2014. Toyama presented $10,000 to the Louisiana Museum Foundation from jazz lovers in Japan during the event. The money will go towards reopening the Jazz Museum that was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)
HANDS ACROSS THE OCEAN
Jazz&Jazz’s good friend Yoshio Toyama emailed me about a very special New Orleans venture he is involved in. Don Marquis, head of the Jazz Museum when Yoshio and Keiko lived in New Orleans back in the 1970s, contacted them last year and asked if they could help raise funds for a new venture in The Crescent City.
Yoshio and Keiko raised $10,000 from Japanese jazz fans and friends to go toward creating a state-of-the-art exhibit to replace the Jazz Museum, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina damaged the Mint and part of the collection.
Sheila Stroup tells the full story in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: Yoshio Toyama’s Jazz Foundation launches fundraising effort for ‘Louisiana Music Experience’ exhibit
For his Japanese colleagues who follow Jazz&Jazz and who so willingly supported the venture, Yoshio sent me this:
We Remember Satchmo.
Bob Dwyer’s Bix & Pieces Jazz Band Heading for Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle
August 30, 2014 By 4 Comments
TONIGHT !!!
Saturday, 30th August, 2014, 8.00pm to 10.30pm
Venue
Ramsgate Small Boat Owners Club, Guildford Lawn, Ramsgate, CT11 9AY
The great Bix Beiderbecke inspired Bob Dwyer’s Bix & Pieces Band
Bob Dwyer’s Bix & Pieces Jazz Band
But their repertoire isn’t only based on Bix. It also features Rhythm ’n’ Blues, Spirituals and Gospel numbers and evocative tunes from the golden era of jazz from 1900 to 1960, “including songs by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson.”
What better band to delight Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle fans after the highly successful July Festival.
Bob Dwyer’s Bix and Pieces Band courtesy of Sutton Jazz Club YouTube
Bob Dwyer – Trombone; Max Emmons – Trumpet; Bernie Holden – Clarinet & Alto Saxophone; Dr Hugh Crozier – Piano ; Nick Singer – Banjo & Guitar; John Bayne – Bass Saxophone;
Laurie Chesco – Drums
Admission £10.00
All ENQUIRES: Ron Sheldrake 01843 596789 & John Morgan 01227 361238
Always quote: “Seaside Shuffle”
“There’ll Be Some Changes Made!”
August 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Chris Marney, Barry Weston, Pete Lay, Alan Gresty, Roger Link, Roger Myerscough and Betty
Ramsgate’s very own Sophie Tucker stole the show during Seaside Shuffle’s 2014 Festival when she sang “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”, accompanied by Pete Lay’s Gambit Jazz Band.
And why not, because in many ways the show is hers! She had long had visions of a seaside festival in South East Kent and what better place than Ramsgate.
So it was that back in 2010 she got together with Chris Pout, who now chairs the Seaside Shuffle Committee, to explain her dream. An organising committee was formed and in 2011 the festival was launched.
Now in it’s fourth year, Seaside Shuffle also holds monthly gigs and whenever she sings, Betty continues to steel the show.
For full picture, the video is best watched on YouTube in HD.
Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz
Betty singing on Margate Seafront back in the 1980s
Hit this link to listen to KASPAAR Sound Recording Specialist’s excellent recording of
Betty singing with The Gambit Jazz Band at this session at Seaside Shuffle Festival.
Alan Haughton Announces Olney Jazz Club’s Autumn Season
August 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are well and have had an enjoyable summer… we’ve got an excellent Autumn Season planned and I hope you find much to interest you in our forthcoming programme….
Tuesday September 2nd
A great night of driving and swinging jazz is guaranteed with the return of the award-winning sax star Simon Spillett. Accompanying him will be Tomas Pedersen on bass, Ronnie Fenn on drums and yours truly on keys.
£10/ £8 in advance
Venue: The Carlton House Club, 38 High St, Olney MK46 4BB, 01234 711348
Please note that there will be no food available on this occasion due to staff holidays.
Future Gigs:
Tuesday October 7th
I’m pleased to have been able to secure The Ben Holder Quartet for the October gig! A graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire, Ben Holder is recognised as one of the top jazz violinists in the country and, at 25, one of the youngest to lead a band at OJC.
A bargain at £10/£8 in advance.
Food is again available – please book on 01234 711348
Tuesday November 4th
Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends with special guest Greg Abate
Tuesday December 9th
OJC Christmas Bash with top vocalist Sophia Ripley, the Alan Haughton Trio plus special guests yet to be confirmed.
Don’t forget to check out our website www.olneyjazzclub.com for the latest information and pictures.
Hoping to welcome you to OJC again soon,
Cheers,
Alan
Olney Jazz Club
The Lilly of the Valley
August 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle welcomed back Colin Kingwell’s Jazz Bandits for the July, 2014 Festival on Saturday 12th July.
Colin was on top form as usual and Jazz&Jazz is pleased to present not only a YouTube of the band playing “The Lilly of the Valley” but also one of those tall tale gems that Colin is well known for. To view the second YouTube simply click on the link below the first. Watch out for the twist at the end of the joke when Seaside Shuffle Committee member John Morgan adds a sequel!
All in keeping with the spirit and fun of Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle!
Click here to enjoy Colin’s joke and John’s rejoinder!
Both YouTubes are best viewed in HD.
Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz
Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band Rocks Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Fans
August 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Mike Brewerton; Derek Scofield; Dave Rance; Henry Harrison; Brian Webb and Doug Parry.
Saturday 12th July, 2014, and the sun shone brightly over Ramsgate’s picturesque harbour and seafront. But that didn’t keep Seaside Shuffle Festival fans away from The Small Boat Owners Club, where the sun shone equally as brightly courtesy of Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band and the fans’ rapturous applause.
Fans love Seaside Shuffle’s monthly gigs and especially the Annual Festival. It might be small scale compared with other festivals but the fans prefer it that way due to its intimacy and the rapport that comes from being able to mix with the bands.
More strength to Christine, Ron, John and Paul for organising such successful gigs and helping put Ramsgate firmly on jazz fans’ maps.
Should you be interested in my portrait of Dave Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band please visit:
Jazz Painting of Rance’s Rockin’ Chair Band
NB: The YouTube is best viewed in HD.
Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz
Highly Recommended Viewing: Souvenir Review of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014
August 25, 2014 By 6 Comments
Thank you so much, Trevor Stent, for sending me the link to Philippe Briand’s amazing Web Review of Joan Chamorro’s young musicians’ phenomenal performances at Fest Jazz, Châteauneuf-du-Faou, in July.
I am so privileged that Philippe included videos I took of the band and it adds to my enormous pleasure in being at Fest Jazz to film them.
Over the months I have included several posts on Jazz&Jazz about Joan and his Barcelona Band. Where else in the entire world is there anything comparable?
Trevor, please pass my thanks on to Philippe.
