Geoff’s Blog, with news of Hedsor Jazz

First, what a super session last Thursday was. Both Mike Wills and Lester Brown pulled out all the stops and I do believe it was the best I have ever heard them play! Two of Clive Burtons favourite tunes were played in the second set, and “Cantaloupe Island” and “Jeannine” were both played to perfection. Our new finish time of 10.30pm was also taken advantage of, as many stayed behind just to share the joy!!

Last week we also welcomed  Nigel Fox on keyboard, and he will be with us again this Thursday. Our drummer was Martin Hart and our bass player Peter Hughes.

My photos of the evening are below.

 

One thing to correct from the information given out on the evening last week is that Al Nicholls ISNT with us this coming Thursday. He is with us the Thursday after (February 29^th)!!

This week, Thursday 22^nd February, we have Frank Walden on tenor sax and Mark Ridout on guitar. A real quality pairing!! Just do a search on the search engine of your choice and you will see that Frank is a well known saxophonist, and at one time was part of Amy Whitehouse’s team. Do a search for Mark and you will see a similar story of a life as a professional musician. He was last with us in November last year alongside Frank. You really don’t want to miss this pairing twice!!

 

This picture, and the associated text, courtesy Fleet Jazz

I should mention at this point that Nigel Fox was in place of our regular pianist Ken McCarthy who is unwell and Ken has asked Nigel to be in his place for next week with Al Nicholls. So from all of the Hedsor Faithful we wish Ken a speedy recovery, and offer a BIG THANK YOU to Nigel for stepping in.

Below is our program for March

 

 

Do add into your diary one of Cookham Festivals feature evenings , Wednesday May 15th.

 

As you know, Vasilis is Hedsor Jazz’s Honorary President, so is very deserving of our support. Paul Edis is a superb pianist, and has recorded at least one CD dueting with Vasilis. 

Do check out https://www.pauledis.co.uk/store/a-narrow-escape-vasilis-xenopoulos-and-paul-edis and also try YouTube for some video of the two.

Whilst your diary is out do also reserve August 15^th as we have just booked that great British saxophonist Alan Barnes to be our feature guest that Thursday evening.

You might like to remember that Hedsor Jazz has live jazz EVERY Thursday, and we have booked and paid for the room in Hedsor Club right up until the end of 2024. So you MUST keep an eye on my blog, as we do have plans!!

That’s all for now folks, keep smiling!