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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Pete Cook Quartet at the George & Dragon

This evening we went to the George & Dragon in Thames Ditton to see Pete Cook (alto sax, baritone sax, pictured in background with guest Kim Martine singing), Alan Dandy (keyboard), Mick Durelle (Fender bass guitar) and Don Cook (drums).
The numbers we enjoyed most were:
1) I Fall In Love Too Easily, composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film Anchors Aweigh as in this link.
2) Alan Dandy's beautiful ragtime solo Heliotrope Bouquet, composed initially by Louis Chauvin and completed by Scott Joplin. It is played on this link by Reginald R Robinson.
3) Kim Martine's first vocal Close Your Eyes, composed in 1933 by Bernice Petkere and sung superbly on this link by Doris Day. My love for this number dates back to my student days when my flat mate Gerry Evans had the Humphrey Lyttleton 78 of 'Bad Penny Blues' with 'Close Your Eyes' on the other side. I have only recently obtained this pair of tracks together after 45 years with Bad Penny combined with other blues numbers.
The other guests was John Lang (trombone) playing 'Perdido' by Juan Tizol and the standard finale 'Ring Dem Bells'.

Labels: Jazz

posted by Peter # 23:55

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