Today’s blog will be short, and kind of sad.

Last week we enjoyed (very much) our concert at Hedsor Jazz with saxophonist Frank Walden who played alongside our own Lester Brown (pictures are below). It was sad because we had hoped to be celebrating 94 years of a musicians life with vibraphone player Alan Graham. Due to his ongoing health situation, we had to postpone this at quit short notice. Thank you Frank for stepping in.

My recording of the evening can be found by following my DropBox link

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/enwzg624yo3u2pf/AAAdAWsOCmFEePaf2DREkeCua?dl=0

As I write this I also know that our Christmas Concert will have to be rearranged as singer Tina May is no longer able to be with us. Again, this isn’t a cancellation on her part, just a postponement, so do keep referring to this blog from time to time to see what our rearrangements will be.

This week, Thursday October 21^st, Frank Walden is coming to be with us again, but this had already been in our diary. With him will be a welcome return to Hedsor of trumpet maestro Stuart Henderson.

Another part of this week’s sadness has been the news that that well know leader of a big band and also a saxophone legend Willie Garnet passed away last Friday. Willie played for us at Hedsor a couple of times and was a great friend of Ken Rankine. He was a lovely man and will be greatly missed. The photo below shows them both at Christmas 2011.

To finish off October we have coming on the 28^th “our” Lester back with us and he is also back with saxophonist Mark Aston. A great paring. The last time they were both with us they provided some excellent jazz. Together they make a sum greater than their constituent parts!

Two other players who make a great team will be starting off our November gatherings. Ian Smith (the trumpeter, not the ghost of Rhodesia Past) will be paired with saxophonist Ollie Wilby. Dont miss it. The Smith verbal links to each tune are as good as his music! Do look out for him on the BBC Sounds app. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0174gkd

Don’t forget all live music needs an audience.

TONIGHT, October 19^th, Marlow Jazz has Stuart Henderson’s “Back to Blue Note”, (https://www.marlowjazz.co.uk/autumn21events.pdf) .

 Christ Church Marlow has “Celebrating Hoagy” on Friday October 29^th.

 

The Woodley Theatre has Alan Barnes on October 30^th, with a pianist and a drummer you may well recognise. https://www.woodleytheatre.org/

I hope to see YOU somewhere amongst the crowd!