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On Thursday evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, where Brian White's Magna jazz band performs every week. There were only two of the normal line-up, Richard Lyons on bass and Rex Bennett on drums. The four excellent deputies were Dick Charlesworth (clarinet, tenor sax and vocals), Denny Illet (trumpet), Dave Hewett (slide and valve trombones) and Dave Herridge (keyboard). There were many great numbers and Rex was given many more opportunities to shine than usual. Special features were as follows:
100 years from today (my request) with a great tenor solo from Dick
Novelty vocal 'Chicken Rhythm' sung by Dick
St James' Infirmary with Dave Hewett playing the slide of the trombone + beer glass
'Kiss to build a dream on' featuring Denny.

Dick thinks one should not end a sentence with a preposition so it should be 'A kiss on which to build a dream'. This would dramatically alter the scan of the lyrics but it was played as an instrumental so no problem.

Labels: Jazz