Isomatic UK Weblog

This evening we saw Brian White's Magna jazz band at The Manor in Old Malden.
Our favourite numbers were as follows:
1. Pretty Baby, written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The 1916 sheet music credits Jackson along with Gus Kahn and Egbert Van Alstyne but their involvement is not clear. The link is to Doris Day in her early years; more jazzy than usual.
2. Peter Winn's request I Can't Say. This link is to the Johnny Dodds version. 'I can't say' who composed it.
3. Brian White's own beautiful composition, 'Gently Does It'.
4. Alan Dandy's trio (pictured) feature Tea For Two, from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. The link is to an unusual Django Reinhardt solo.

In the raffle I won a CD of trumpet and vocals by Nat Gonella, a favourite of my father. I note that one of the tracks is 'Oh Monah', often sung by my mother to indicate that I complained too much and too often. I still maintain that I had good reason to moan.

Labels: Jazz