Good Post Easter to you. I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday break. It was pointed out to me this past few days that us retirees don’t have bank holidays and it all does seem rather ironic anyway that we call a public holiday a bank holiday, when its hard enough to find a bank anywhere these days that is physically open anyway!

But I’m just getting bitter and twisted, as we all know that things are really getting better and better all the time, aren’t they?

 

Courtesy of that drummer Dave Simms

But to cheer us all TODAY jazz lovers have a choice of evening activity. 

At Cookham Methodist Church you have a Big Band raising money for good causes

 

 

And at Marlow Rugby Club and with Marlow Jazz you have Vasilis Xenopoulos and Mark Nightingale to blow your blues away, for a fee of course!!

 

 

And further into the week our Hedsor Jazz weekly regular.

From 8pm on Thursday 24^th April you can listen to saxophonist Frank Walden with guitarist James Fenn, both long time favourites with us at Hedsor Jazz. And with every justification too. They do have separate careers, but they also can be seen together in the band “The Filthy Six”. 

At Hedsor earlier this year

Do check them out via YouTube. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=thje+filthy+six&rlz=1C1AWFC_enGB938GB938&oq=thje+filthy+six&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQLhgNGIAEMgkIAhAAGA0YgAQyCQgDEAAYDRiABDIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIKCAcQABgKGBYYHjIICAgQABgWGB7SAQgzNDU0ajFqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:993abe54,vid:K8P67sqNu-E,st:0

 

Last weeks session at Hedsor was a master class in sight reading (of the arrangements) and the arrangements themselves. Duncan Lamont Jr and Mike Innes showed us how they were craftsmen of the highest order in both. They also demonstrated a fine degree of actual playing ability too. All those of you who weren’t there missed a real treat. I still get amazed at the quality of the performances we consistently get at Hedsor Jazz.

I know at Hedsor Jazz we are blessed with 2 regular drummers, but last week both of our regular team were playing away!! So we had a guest drummer in the shape of  John Sergeant. He will be invited back!!

My pictures are below.

 

As some of you may know I have been trying to use jazz music within church worship, having so far run 2 jazz services with a third still to come in June. These events have been inspired by the Duke Ellington Concerts of Sacred music. Last week I came across another chance for people to experience something like the Ellington Originals. DO check out the poster below.

 

Finally for your future diary our program for MAY

We can only continue to produce a WEEKLY program like this with audience support.