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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Brian White's Magna Jazz Band at the Berrylands

This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, for Brian White's Magna jazz band, with the standard line-up. The picture shows Pete Towndrow singing 'Lily of the Valley'. Other numbers that we particularly enjoyed were as follows:
'Once in a While', composed by Michael Edwards with lyrics by Bud Green, published in 1937.
'Take These Chains From My Heart', a Hank Williams number with the traditional Country & Western theme of "Let me go so I can have my other woman."
'Kiss to Build a Dream on', a beautiful number by Burt Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Oscar Hammerstein II, made famous by Louis Armstrong. We still like the Mike Piggott / Piers Clark version best.
Alan Dandy's solo feature, combining Gershwin's 'Bess You is my Woman Now', 'American in Paris' and finishing with a snatch of 'Rhapsody in Blue'.

Frances had only two of her three 'boys' present but they were very smartly dressed. She has an amazing effect on them !

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