On Sunday evening we went to
The Europa in East Molesey to see the Urban Gin House jazz band. The quintet comprised Alan Brock (trumpet and vocals) Alan Dandy (keyboard), Mike Bennett (string bass), Mike Knipe (drums) and special guest Clive Burton (trombone, pictured). The second picture shows Selina being photographed unexpectedly.
Our favourite numbers with the base band were:
'New Orleans', to which we danced;
Clive's feature 'Watch What Happens';
'Willow Weep for Me' a regular great from Alan Brock and Alan Dandy;
A variant on the great Bossa Nova genre 'Blue Bossa';
Alan Dandy's feature 'Almost Like Being in Love'.
Colin Lewry played keyboard during the breaks.
Guest groupings from the audience were:
1) Fred Shaw (cornet), Trevor Dockerill (tenor sax), Roy Stokes (trombone) and Aileen May (string bass), playing 'Creole Love Call' and 'Strutting With Some Barbecue'.
2) Peter Talent (trombone) and Trevor Dockerill (tenor sax), playing 'All of Me' and 'If I Had You'.
3) Phil Brown duetting with Clive on 'Lover Come Back to Me' and 'Teach me Tonight'.
Clive announced that my reward for guessing the title of 'Lover..' was a week with the drummer. There is a touch of 'Deja View' about this.
Pat from the Berrylands sat with us and chatted. It is amazing how well she is known outside the narrow circle in which we normally see her.
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