On Monday night we saw the Apex Jazz Band at
the Cricketers in Horsell Birch, Woking. The band comprised Tony Nutt (cornet), Peter Minett (soprano and alto sax), Bob Dwyer (trombone), Terry Twiss (guitar, banjo, vocals), Bert Shipp (bass guitar and vocals) and Dave Beale on drums. The picture shows this base band with Peter's partner Pat in the left foreground sitting next to Aileen May, who did not play bass on this occasion.
We particulary enjoyed:
'Magnolia's Wedding Day';
'Am I Blue' with Terry on guitar and vocal, to which we danced;
'Tishomingo Blues' as above but with Bert providing the vocal;
Bob's feature 'All Alone By The Telephone', including vocal.
The group of guests were Tony Karavis (cornet), Phil Brown (trombone) and Andy Jones (bass guitar) playing 'You Took Advantage of Me' and 'Sweet Georgia Brown'. Andy then remained in position with the rest of the base band to sing 'Ain't Misbehaving'.
We shared our table with George Eatwell and his son, who lives in Littlehampton because Brighton is too expensive. There was much amusement over this as our son lives in Brighton. Cricks regular Brian then provided the 'Rough Guide to Jazz', leading to much joking about jazz musicians.
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