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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Brian White Magna Jazz Band at the Berrylands

This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, to see The Magna jazz band with the standard line-up. The picture of the full band is from the archive; Selina's hair is not so short at present. Despite a poor attendance due to bad weather it was a particularly great evening of jazz, with every number very enjoyable. We will pick out as exceptional:
'When You and I Were Young Maggie' by James Butterfield, lyrics by Maggie Clark's husband for a few months, George Washington Johnson;
'That Lonesome Road' the origin of which is unknown to me;
Brian's own lovely composition 'Nana Tim';
Alan Dandy's feature 'Softly as in a Morning Sunrise' by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II;
and my request 'Close Your Eyes', the B-side of Humphrey Lyttleton's 'Bad Penny Blues' (is this the Close Your Eyes composed in 1933 by Bernice Petkere ?).
I find it hard nagging to get Brian to play my requests; his unacceptable excuse this time was that he does not like the number. Has he bad taste or what ?

Labels: Jazz

posted by Peter # 23:53

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