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This evening at The Cricketers in Horsell Birch we saw the Phil Brown Swingtet (picture from last time), comprising Phil Brown (trombone, vocals), Lester Brown (trumpet, flugel horn), Mark Aston (Tenor Sax, Alto Sax), Ken Ames (guitar), Andrew Clancy (keyboard), Mike Bennett (string bass) and David Clancy (drums).
Numbers we particularly liked were:
'Autumn Leaves', originally a 1945 French song 'Les feuilles mortes' (literally 'Dead Leaves') with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, English lyrics written in 1947 by Johnny Mercer;
'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' written by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley and his album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club';
'Perdido' by Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington's valve trombonist;
Ken Ames' feature 'Winter Wonderland' by Felix Bernard (composer) and Richard B. Smith (lyricist) leading directly into 'Exactly Like You', written by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1930).
At our table were Brian and Tony, who left early to be replaced by Gillan, who has not sat with us for some time now. She is always good company so it is a shame that she does not come to more gigs.

Labels: Jazz