Welcome to another week of looking forward to Thursday

 THURSDAY, where there will be another session of HEDSOR JAZZ

This week, Thursday February 29^th we welcome back that wonderful swinging saxophonist Al Nicholls. 

The saxophonist founder of the band “Blue Harlem” he will be booting us along at Hedsor Jazz alongside a regular trumpet playing visitor, Lester Brown. Lester was with us only 2 weeks ago, and then I thought he was playing better than ever.

We also have coming this week a bass player new to us at Hedsor Jazz, Tom Mark. The info about him from a Google search says “He played various instruments from the age of 10 before finally settling on the double & electric bass. He studied at Leeds College of Music and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama”. He has also been part of The Syd Lawrence Orchestra!

 

 

Leeds collage of music has given Hedsor Jazz a number of performers, Johnny Thirkle and Alan Barnes to name but two, both of whom you will see and hear this coming year at Hedsor Jazz.

Our regular pianist Ken McCarthy also did some of his studies at the Guildhall School of Music. Sadly for us he is still currently unwell, and so on keyboard this week we are again indebted to Nigel Fox for coming to us .

Another well known face at Hedsor Jazz, our man of sound, Geoff Swaffield, sadly won’t be with us for a week or so as on Saturday he suffered a stroke. Currently in Wycombe Hospitals Stroke Unit, I am told he is doing well, is now up and able to get about using a Zimmer frame. I’m sure we will all wish him a speedy and full recovery and look forward to seeing him back at Hedsor ASAP.

Last week, (my photos are below) we had another wonderful session led by saxophonist Frank Walden with guitarist Mark Ridout, backed by Nigel Fox, Peter Hughes and Martin Hart.

A terrific evening of jazz, and of conversations during the half hour interval.

 

Thanking Frank at the end of the evening for coming to us he thanked me for helping to keep our weekly jazz sessions at Hedsor going! He really was grateful that we still give such opportunities for jazz loving musicians to come and play with like minded (and like talented) players.

To keep this circle unbroken, we need more of you, the audience. More of you more often would reassure all who come, musician and audience alike, that they can still come, and come back.

So, into March, and our first Thursday of March (7^th) will have a truly wonderful combination, Frank Walden and Johnny Thirkle!!

AND YOU??

TTFN