A late again blog that today will look back with nostalgia and forward with anticipation!
Looking back only as far as last week our concert at Hedsor Jazz was remarkable in that at the end of the evening many people remarked on it and asked if I had recorded it. The tunes played and the empathy for those tunes between Kelvin Christian, our guest for the evening, and Lester Brown, our regular trumpet player, was richly rewarding. Improvised harmony and good tunes made for a great evening out. A few of my photos from the evening are below, but I DID record it, and you can download the files from my DropBox account by following the link :-
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/494jsakl1dh6i1g/AADyaXif1P-Zx9irVZwf5B5Ea?dl=0
I think at this point I would mention that live jazz like that deserves more live fans! AND Hedsor Jazz does have the capacity to seat more people. Still with the ability to keep safe, government restrictions are being relaxed, and I’m sure that if you can make the journey to Hedsor Jazz on a Thursday you will be rewarded with a very enjoyable musical experience. BUT it will be JAZZ.
Tomorrow, Thursday August 19th, we have two fine musicians coming to play in our front line,(with some equally fine musicians behind them!). Duncan Lamont Jnr on reeds and Mike Innes on trombone will be backed by Ken McCarthy on keyboard, Peter Hughes on bass and guest drummer,(but a regular Hedsor Jazz fan) Mike Jeffries on, yes, you have guessed it DRUMS! 8.30 start £10 entry fee.
I am honour bound to mention that there are other jazz venues now open in our area. Hedsor was the first to “unlock” and Marlow Jazz is now open for business again. Do take a look at
https://www.marlowjazz.co.uk/Jazzaug21events.pdf
for their forthcoming events.
 |
| Frank Giffith on a previous Hedsor visit |
One of the great saxophonists who used to visit us a few times a year and share his great playing and awful jokes with us has now moved further North. He can still be heard via a local radio show and has emailed to promote this, so I am pasting his message below;-
My weekly radio show, "Grifftides", this week on www.mykindamusic24.com will have new releases from the likes of John Hart, Karen Sharp, Georgia Mancio, Tina May, Mike Tracy, Rob Schepps, Scott Reeves and Ed Puddick. Thursday night at 9PM, UK time. Dig the sounds...--
Frank Griffith23 Heathfield RoadLiverpoolL15 9EU0151 903 344407976 313224frank@frankgriffith.co.ukwww.facebook.com/frankgriffithsaxwww.facebook.com/frankgriffithjazz
Check out my weekly jazz radio show, "Grifftides",Thursday's at 9PM on www.mykindamusic24.com
Nostalgia
Some weeks ago I noticed that one of my blog posts had had a comment posted to it. This is unusual, so I followed it up and discovered someone who used to listen to Century Jazz in both The Fifield Inn and the Cookham Tavern back in the last century!! I have been in contact with him, sharing memories of both places and of the music. He has been kind enough to send a cheque to me as a donation for Cancer Research UK. He now lives in Somerset, and doesn’t yet have any live jazz near bye to supplement his CD collection. You may remember him, because he can genuinely sign his emails 007!
Well that’s about it for today. Next week we will have more news for you of future special events. In the meantime do consider our weekly jazz sessions at Hedsor to be special anyway!
No comments:
Post a Comment