This weeks blog has details of our presentation of the money we raised for Ukraine plus a guide to our program looking through the summer into Autumn.

As usual my pictures of last weeks session are below, and what a session it was. Absolutely wonderful playing, absolutely wonderful tunes as well. If you missed it, (well some did) we are going to try and recreate it later in the year. The combination of Duncan Lamont Jr and Mike Innes will not be bettered for any money here in the UK, and it was at Hedsor, and hopefully that joy will be repeated.

This week we have another special occasion. We will be presenting a cheque for over £1000 to some special people who are actually involved in taking aid to Ukrainian refugees. So do come and show your support, and at the same time enjoy again the guitar of Terry Hutchins playing alongside saxophonist Mark Aston. It will be interesting to see how many, and of which of his large saxophone collection Mark brings to Hedsor Jazz this time.

With reference to the cheque donation from our fundraising evening you might like to read the article about the folks actually involved in taking the aid out to the Ukrainians. A jpeg of the article that put us on to them is reproduced below. By clicking on it you should be able to get it large enough for you to read.

 

Now below is that guide to who we have coming in the next couple of months. There are one or two very special gigs in the pipeline. Alan Barnes in August will be his first visit to Hedsor Jazz. Alan is one of Britain’s leading saxophonists, composers and record producers, so don’t book your holiday for that week. Alan Grahame has been in the British music industry for longer than some of us have been alive, and it will be a real joy to celebrate that with some of his associates in the music industry. Come and meet some of them too.

 

For all of the gigs in the list below we anticipate being able to charge you JUST £10 each for entry.

Unless a different drummer is specified, it will be “our” Martin Hart.

 

JUNE

2^nd    Terry Hutchins guitar +   Mark Aston reeds +   Ken McCarthy keyboard + Esther Ng bass

9^th     Mark Aston reeds + Lester Brown tpt + John Cooper keyboard + Peter Hughes bass

16^th    Al Nicholls reeds + Stuart Henderson tpt + Nigel Fox keyboard + Peter Hughes bass 

23^rd    Mike Wills reeds   + Sue Greenway reeds + Ken McCarthy keyboard + John Porter bass

30^th    Duncan Lamont Jr reeds  +   Mike Innes  trombone +Peter Hughes bass + Ken McCarthy keyboard + Mike Jeffries drums

JULY

7^th     Mike Wills reeds + Ollie Wilby reeds + Ken McCarthy keyboard + Peter Hughes + 

            Mike Jeffries drums

14^th   Nick Mills trombone + Jonathan Lewis reed + p,b,d to be confirmed

21^st         to be arranged

28^th    Alan Graham’s PARTY

AUGUST

4^th      Mike Wills   + Mark Aston

11^th    to be arranged

18^th    Alan Barnes   + Stuart Henderson

25^th    to be arranged

SEPTEMBER

1^st           Mike Wills + Lester Brown