Hedsor Jazz this week has one
of those famous combinations of trumpet and saxophone that we are becoming
famous for as a first Thursday of the month Hedsor Jazz event.
This week (April 3rd) we will have (as has been this year so for) Stuart Henderson on trumpet but with him will be Martin Dunston on reeds.
So far this year the first Thursday of the month has had Stuart accompanied by Alam Nathoo, but sadly for us, Alam has other duties to perform this week.
Martin has been with us a number of times before, and is a very experienced saxophonist, playing largely in the swing era style so he should fit in well with Stuarts playing.
Another link to Stuart is through that famous music shop in Maidenhead, Dawkes. They have both recently played there!!
Stuart Henderson with Ken McCarthy |
Martin Dunston |
Last
week was another successful combination of trumpet and saxophone. This time
that friend of Hedsor Jazz, Duncan
Lamont Jr. was accompanied by trumpet player Pete Rudeforth. This is another combination that we will encourage
back, as the mix of style and ability was great to hear.
In a discussion with them both after the show I mentioned a tune called “Jersey Lightning” and Duncan thought I had the wrong title, (he thought I meant “Jersey Bounce”), but I was sure I was right, and after some mobile phone research we discovered it. It’s a tune that was played in the 1930’s by the Luis Russell Orchestra, but we thought it had been written by trombonist J C Higginbothom. Pete and I chimed in together with that name (after all it is a hell of a name!) closely followed by me quoting another tune by J C called “Give Me Your Telephone Number”. Pete then agreed they were both great tunes, and promised to play them for me next time he is at Hedsor. Yes Please!!
Last Thursday it was also nice to have Peter Hughes on bass back with us again. Peter has been suffering a bit lately from hearing loss, and has been experimenting with headphones to enable him to hear both himself and the band better. I assured him it was working, as I thought he had played well. As Pete himself said “I’m only 23 but I seem to have been saddled with this 86 year old body! Who wants that”? Better than No Body Pete! But I expect you know “I Aint Got No Body”.
Pictures from last week are below.
Another
small correction to the listing for April 10th. You will be able to
hear again Peter Hughes on bass,(with
headphones?) as he will be replacing Stuart
Barker behind Lester Brown and Mark Aston.
Don’t forget that if you have a musician that you would like to hear at Hedsor Jazz you can always let Mike Jeffries know who that might be, and to make it more possible, if you were prepared to sponsor that musician for that occasion it would make it even more possible!
Don’t forget No 2, to keep live jazz alive, you have to be there! Owning the “live” recording wont do!
Geoff C