On Saturday Evening we went, for the first time, to the Rutland Sports and Social Club, the home of jazz in Catford since the demise of the Rutland Arms. The band was the Al Fresco Indoor 4 with Eileen Ford, nearly all new to us. The musicians were Eileen Ford (vocals), Ernie Reid (cornet, clarinet), Steve Howlett (clarinet, alto sax), Nick Singer (G banjo, tenor banjo, guitar) and Paul Busby (sousaphone). We enjoyed Eileen's singing so much that we bought her CD, which includes her fine version of 'Hold Me' as performed yesterday. I only wish it included her equally fine 'Blue Moon'. Unlike some bad-tempered female jazz singers she seems a genuinely friendly person, sitting with us briefly during the interval. The rest of the band provided good support plus instrumental numbers and individual vocals from Ernie, Steve and Nick, who plays an interesting-looking Django Reinhart style guitar. We saw him once at the Rutland Arms last summer (2006).
The only other person we recognised from the Rutland Arms was Richard, who once danced with Selina there. Last night he only danced with Eileen !
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