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Friday, November 10, 2006

Magna Jazz Band with Dave Hewett

On Thursday evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton for the weekly Magna Jazz Band gig. Dave Hewett was the special guest playing great slide and valve trombone. He is well-known for not talking to the audience 'en-masse' from the microphone but he responed at length to my question "why do you adjust the trombone to the flat position (pictured) when using a plunger mute". It is apparently a matter of comfort. The other picture is of Sylvia Hewett, who reads this weblog, looking appreciative of Dave's performance.
Our favourite number was 'The Bugler's Lament' with Pete Towndrow using none of the valves on his Cornet. Also excellent were the duet between Dave and Alan Dandy (keyboard) for 'It might as well be Spring' and Pete Towndrow's vocal on 'Am I Blue'. The latter brought to mind the scene in the film 'The Cotton Club' where Richard Gere (trumpet) accompanies Diane Lane singing that very number.

Labels: Jazz

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