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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. Deputising for Pete Towndrow on cornet was Denny Ilett and Alan Dandy was replaced by Ken Ames (guitar, banjo). These two great musicians are pictured.
We have to pick 6 numbers to mention here because it is so difficult to choose between them:
'Old-fashioned Love' with bluesy guitar from Ken;
'You Took Advantage of me' with great cornet from Denny;
'West End Blues' with a fine trombone solo section;
'Wild Man Blues' including delightful clarinet and cornet solos;
'Up a Lazy River' featuring jazzy vocal from Ken;
'New Orleans', this time with jazzy guitar.
During the break, Rex Bennett bemoaned the fact that when times are hard for jazz musicians it is always the drummers and trombonists that are dropped first. Thinking about this since, I can only say that jazz trios and quartets vary considerably but Rex's remarks certainly apply to the Apex band when they reduce from 6 to 4.

Labels: Jazz