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This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, to see The Magna jazz band with two changes to the standard personnel; Denny Ilett (trumpet) and Dave Hewett (trombone, baritone horn), pictured together from the archive.
Favourite numbers were:
1. Black Bottom Stomp, composed by Jelly Roll Morton in 1925 and originally entitled 'Queen of Spades'. It was recorded in Chicago by Morton and His Red Hot Peppers on September 15, 1926 and I trust the link is to that recording.
2. Sweet Substitute, another Morton composition and another link to one of his great bands.
3. Alan Dandy's solo feature Alaskan Rag by Joseph Lamb, the link being to a Guitar version by Hamada Takasi.

Labels: Jazz