This 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 (pictured), a fine musician from the Max Collie band. Every number was great but for us the best were:
The Sophie Tucker numbers 'One sweet letter from you' and 'Some of These Days';
Jimmy Noone's 'Apex Blues';
'A Kiss to Build a Dream On', made famous by Louis Armstrong but we love the version By Mike Piggott and Piers Clark;
'Who's Sorry Now', always reviving memories of Connie Francis;
Bix Beiderbecke's 'Singing the Blues', the original being almost as good as 'I'm Coming Virginia' and difficult to emulate;
Denny's fine vocal 'The Postman's Lament', similar melody to 'My Grandfather's Clock' that I used to play on the banjo;
and best of all, Alan Dandy's beautiful keyboard solo, combining 'Love is The Sweetest Thing' with 'Sweet and Lovely'. I once requested 'Love is The Sweetest Thing' and Pete Towndrow refused on the basis that it is boring. I wish he could hear Alan's interpretation of it !
Peter Winn had brought a print-out from a previous post where I mentioned that Selina wears stockings and suspenders on the rare occasions when she is not mini-skirted. He said that he only had my word for it. He was treated to a flash of stocking top, Selina commenting that she would charge in future.
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