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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Magna Jazz Band with Chez Chesterman & John Stewart

This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, where Brian White's Magna jazz band performs every week. Chez Chesterman (pictured) replaced Pete Towndrow on Cornet, and John Stewart (banjo, guitar, pictured) replaced Alan Dandy. Highlights for us were:
Chez' vocals on 'Baby Brown' and 'Round The Clock Blues' AKA 'My Baby / Daddy / Mama / Rocks Me';
'Memphis Blues', reminding me of the John Wain novel 'Strike The Father Dead' featuring piano (my little black and white friends) and valve trombone (far superior to the usual slush pump);
The slide trombone feature 'Stars Fell On Alabama' proving John Wain very, very, wrong and with John Stewart playing some excellent finger-style guitar;
and 'Riverside Blues', one of the many numbers Selina brought with her in her dowry of Dutch Swing College records.

Labels: Jazz

posted by Peter # 23:49

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