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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. Keith Brown (pictured) replaced Rex Bennett on drums. Unusually, a large section of the audience, all unknown to us, left before the first half was over. Some of the cruel regulars put it down to Brian's singing.
Our favourite numbers were:
'Some of these Days' with a snatch of 'Dark Eyes' from the nameless trombonist who claimed not to play it when I requested it;
'Mood Indigo', Brian noting that it was written by Barney Bigard (not Duke Ellington);
Brian's feature 'Babette';
The slow number 'Solitude';
and best of all: 'The Bugler's Lament' with Pete Towndrow playing the theme on cornet then on trumpet, supported by a fine solo from Alan Dandy on keyboard.
It was hearing Pete play this number at the Epsom Jazz Club that first led us to go to the Berrylands.

Labels: Jazz