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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

John Barnes Quartet at the George & Dragon

This evening we went to the George & Dragon in Thames Ditton to see the John Barnes quartet, comprising John Barnes (baritone sax, tenor sax, clarinet and vocals), Alan Dandy (keyboard), Mick Durelle (string bass) and Don Cook (drums).

The numbers we enjoyed most were:
Change Partners by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire;

'Blue Turning Grey' by Fats Waller, lyrics by Andy Razaf, played with guests John Shepherd and John Lang (front line pictured);

Alan Dandy's solo feature 'Ragtime Nightingale' by Joseph Lamb;

and, best of all, Alan's duet with Mick, Jordu by Irving (Duke) Jordan and first made popular by Clifford Brown.

There was great amusement when John Shepherd suggested playing 'Beale Street Blues' by W C Handy and then proceeded to play 'Savoy Blues' by Kid Ory. I suppose they are similar :-)

Selina received an offer from Peter Winn. When I mentioned that she had been invited to Sylvie's Place without me, he immediately responded with "I'll pick you up and take you, Selina".

Labels: Jazz

posted by Peter # 23:49

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