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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, vocal), Alan Dandy (keyboard), Mick Durelle (string bass) and Don Cook (drums). Our favourite numbers were:
1) Just One More Chance, composed by Arthur Johnston with lyrics by Sam Coslow and played on this link by the great Coleman Hawkins.
2) Putting On The Ritz, written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz (1930). The link is to a video of Fred Astaire performning in the 1946 film 'Blue Skies'.
Alan Dandy's two solo features:
3) Heliotrope Bouquet, composed by Louis Chauvin and Scott Joplin as a piano rag but played on this link by Todd Hallawell on guitar.
4) Sentimental Journey, written by Les Brown and Ben Homer with lyrics by Bud Green. Brown's orchestra, with Doris Day as vocalist, had a hit record with the song, Day's first no. 1 hit, in 1945. The link is to that version.
John Shepherd (trumpet), John Lang (trombone) and Mark Aston (tenor sax, pictured) joined the band for 'Who's Sorry Now', 'Oh, Lady Be Good' and 'Ring Dem Bells'.

Labels: Jazz