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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Brian White Magna Jazz Band at Berrylands

This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, to see The Magna jazz band with the standard line-up. The picture shows Pete Towndrow (cornet), with Richard Lyons (bass) and Rex Bennett (drums) in the background. There were too many enjoyable numbers to list so here are just those about which I have something new to say:

'Washington and Lee Swing', the official fight song of Washington & Lee University, written in 1910 by Mark W. Sheafe, Clarence A. (Tod) Robbins, and Thornton W. Allen;

'Down in Honky-Tonk Town', by Chris Smith and Charles McCarron, one of the numbers recorded by Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet (May 27, 1940);

Alan Dandy's solo feature 'Stratford Hunch' by Jelly Roll Morton AKA 'Chicago Breakdown' according to Alan. Wikipedia believes that Chicago Breakdown was composed by Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953). However, Kevin Scott saw this post and e-mailed details of a Louis Armstrong recording date where Chicago Breakdown is credited to Jelly Roll.
The audience was actually quiet during Alan's performance !

Labels: Jazz

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