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This evening we went to the George & Dragon in Thames Ditton to see the John Barnes quartet, comprising John Barnes (baritone sax, alto sax, clarinet and vocals), Alan Berry (keyboard, pictured), Mick Durelle (string bass) and Don Cook (drums).
The numbers we enjoyed most from the quartet were:
'The Touch of Your Lips' by Ray Noble;
'Lover Come Back to Me' by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon in 1928;
'You are My Lucky Star' by Ray Henderson, coupled with 'Who (Stole my Heart Away)'by Jerome Kern, a 6-week no. 1 hit for George Olsen & his Orchestra in 1925;
'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' by Manning Sherwin and Jack Strachey with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, published in 1940, first performed in the show New Faces by Judy Campbell (later the mother of Jane Birkin).

The only guest was John Lang (trombone) playing the following three numbers with the full quartet:
'I May be Wrong', by Henry Sullivan with lyrics by Harry Ruskin and published in 1929;
'It's a Sin to Tell a Lie', by Billy Mayhew and introduced by Fats Waller in 1936;
'Ring Dem Bells' by Duke Ellington.

Labels: Jazz