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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

John Barnes Quartet with Nigel Fox

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), Nigel Fox (keyboard, pictured), Mick Durell (bass guitar) and Don Cook (drums, vocal). Guests were Pete Skivington (bass guitar, pictured) and Jim Trimmer (vocals, pictured). Our favourite numbers were:
1) The Way You Look Tonight, composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, for the musical film 'Swing Time and introduced in the original production by Fred Astaire. The link is to a vocal by Billie Holiday.
2) Nigel's feature, with Mick, It Could Happen To You, written in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke. The link is to the recent version by Diana Krall, possibly the only current artist we ever feature on this weblog. Worth a little picture, I think (last in set).
3) Jim Trimmer's first guest vocal, Hey There, You With The Stars In Your Eyes from 'The Pajama Game' score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It is sung on this link by that great singer Rosemary Clooney. We have only just discovered that George Clooney is her nephew.

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