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This evening we went to The Europa in East Molesey to see the Urban Gin House Band. The line-up comprised John Shepherd (trumpet), Les Dyos (trombone), Caroline Cooper (keyboard), Mike Bennett (bass) and Mike Knipe (drums). John kept suggesting numbers that Caroline did not know, followed by a frantic search through all the music books. Numbers that could not be found were substituted. After the first five, John began to select aphabetically to aid paper search so we had:
'All of Me', 'Body and Soul', 'Careless Love', for which John confused himself and started to play 'China Boy', etc.
Guests, mixed in various combinations, were:
Aileen May (bass), Roy Stokes and Peter Tallent (trombone), Trevor Dockerill (clarinet), Fred Shaw (cornet) and Roland (tenor sax).
I told Fred about the E-mail I had received, stating that he was a legend in the Oxford area, and asking if he could be heard playing at the Europa every Sunday. Fred laughed when I said my reply was "yes, but come along anyway".

Labels: Jazz