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This evening Selina and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary, going out with Benoit de la Rue, our new French member of staff at Boost Energy Systems Ltd. He drove us to The Ewe at Weston Green for home-cooked food. They serve real chips, made by peeling real potatoes !
We continued to the George & Dragon in Thames Ditton so that Benoit (pictured) could play his alto Sax with the John Barnes quartet, comprising John Barnes (baritone sax, tenor sax, clarinet), Alan Berry (keyboard), Mick Durell (double bass) and Don Cook (drums). The other guest was John Lang (trombone).
Benoit led the group for Petite Fleur, composed by Sidney Bechet, who is performing it on this link. Benoit then joined the band in an improvised blues, which seemed to suit him very well. He must have nerves of steel; I know how hard it is to perform in public.
Other notable numbers were:
1) Here Comes That Rainy Day, in latin style, as on the link.
2) It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, a 1936 popular song by Billy Mayhew. The link is to the famous Fats Waller version.
3) As it is Mardi Gras today, St Thomas, composed by Sonny Rollins, who plays it on this link.

Labels: Eating out, Jazz