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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Magna Jazz Band with Ken Reece and Graham Barton 



This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton to see and hear Brian White's Magna Jazz Band. Special guests (pictured) were Ken Reece (cornet) and Graham Barton (keyboard). Our favourite numbers were:
1. Brian's vocal Everybody Loves My Baby, composed by Spencer Williams in 1924 with lyrics by Jack Palmer. This link is to a version by Clarence Williams' Blue Five. We gave Brian the traditional standing ovation but with Peter Winn and I spotlighting his face with our torches.
2. Lonesome Road, a 1927 song with music by Nathaniel Shilkret and lyrics by Gene Austin; sung on this link by Julie London.
3. Graham's great solo Bohemia Rag, the last Joseph Lamb rag published before his death in 1960. This link is to a version by Antoinette Filanowska, taken at a more leisurely pace than that of Graham.
We like Graham's style of playing with lots of five finger chords and trills that are not too exaggerated.

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