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Friday, April 06, 2007

Magna Jazz Band with John Elmer

On Thursday evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton to see and hear The Magna Jazz Band with special guest John Elmer (pictured), playing clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax and drums. He can also play the vibraphone as on the wonderful CD 'Cool Vibes' and he provided the vocals for 'Some Day, You'll be Sorry' and 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love'. Dave Hewett was the guest on trombone, his feature being 'I Think I'd better Change My Plans'. Unusually, he actually spoke to the audience to say the number was also known as 'I think I'd Better Change my Pants'. Alan Dandy's keyboard feature combined 'Sophisticated Lady' and 'Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me'; very clever. However, our favourite numbers both featured Pete Towndrow leading the full band on cornet; 'Blues in the Night' and 'Desafinado'. We have been requesting the latter from different bands for a while but they were not that keen. Pete loves all those Bossa Nova hits as do we.

Labels: Jazz

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