Coming This Week to Hedsor Jazz

 Duncan Lamont Jr on Reeds and Mike Innes on Trombone

 Accompanied by our Hedsor Jazz trio

 Which this week has a return of drummer Martin Hart who has had the audacity (no, not the sound software) of having taken a holiday!!

Duncan and Mike on their last visit to Hedsor

 

Last weeks session had the trumpet/sax combination of Lester Brown and Frank Walden, which was greatly enjoyed by our audience. Yes, it was the same combination of instruments as the week before, but hey, this is jazz, and the different players brought a different approach to, of course, different tunes. Over the weeks (and we do meet EVERY WEEK) we do often have similar instrumentation, but don’t be put off by that, as what happens in front of your ears is NEVER boring.

My never boring pictures from last week are below.

Last week also had some big band jazz in Cookham, and the Echoes of Swing Orchestra was playing Tuesday night in the Methodist Church. They raised over £400 for a charity helping children’s education in Africa. A common link to Hedsor Jazz is E of S bass player was “our” Peter Hughes!

Also notable in the trumpet section was musical impresario Toby Cruse, who next day posted a photo on Facebook showing him departing the UK again from an airport!

Sorry but I have no photos of their Big Band gig, I had buried my phone in a raincoat pocket, it was the night of a storm!!

Last weeks blog carried our poster art for October and November. Please copy, print and place in view of the general public. They may even come one day!

Last week also saw an email from Simon Lenton who has agreed to help maintain Marlow Jazz following on from the sad and sudden passing of Michael Eagleton.

Tuesday 22^nd October WILL see Bruce Adams and Alan Barnes together at Marlow. See poster below:-

That's about it from me for now. 

Keep in touch, there's a budget coming and you know governments love older people!

Good Blog to all! It was a delight to get back to Hedsor Jazz last Thursday. The clamp of COVID was loosened enough, and the music of Pete Rudeforth and Alam Nathoo was incredibly enjoyable and refreshing. The beer also went down well!

My pictures of the evening are below, but I must say both front line musicians were/are superb, and although they are players of different styles, they sorted out enough tunes for each to play and combine without any glaring hints of conflict. Neutral style tunes like “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “In A Mellow Tone” allowed everyone to play to there strengths, and for everyone to admire their tremendous skills. It was another great evening, something that Hedsor Jazz can sometimes pull out of the hat. Our friendly atmosphere and intimate environment somehow encourages such lovely evenings. And all at just £10 per head!

Thinking of our entry fee, I received this week the program for the autumn season for The Wycombe Swan Theatre, and was kind of surprised to see that most evenings there would cost you an entry fee of at least £30 each!

A different venue, but TONIGHT, you can hear Big Band Jazz at Cookham Rise Methodist Church, see advert below.

If you can get to it this evening, you will find one of “our” bass players standing, bass in hand, slightly to one side!! Yes, it will be Peter Hughes, who is band by the band (!) from showing off his braces!

Coming to Hedsor Jazz this Thursday, October 10^th, we have Lester Brown on trumpet and Frank Waldon on tenor sax. Again these are two musicians of tremendous ability who have developed within different styles of jazz. They are both regular contributors to our jazz life at Hedsor, and again both have learnt to adapt to produce a great partnership in front of “our” Hedsor Jazz rhythm section. Come and listen. Its a £10 bargain!

 

Below are our posters for October and November. If you can please print them off and display them to the public. You never know, our next sponsor may well be out there just waiting to find us!!

 

Well, those of you who made it to Hedsor Jazz through the torrent of rain that came down last Thursday will know by now that I didn’t make it! The current brand of COVID saw to that. Many thanks to those of you who wished me well. I really do hope to make it back to Hedsor Jazz this week. (BUT a week is a long time in COVID)!!

However I am told that those who DID get to Hedsor Jazz last week (fortunately all the musicians did) were entertained most royally.

I have read and heard many comments about Al Nicholls being “great” on the evening, (which he surely is every time), and I am told as well that we actually had dancers at Hedsor!!

The other musicians I missed were Jezz Cook on guitar, Martin Hart on drums (now off on holidays!!), Ken McCarthy on keyboard and Steve Riddle on bass.

Against all common sense, we have booked Al again! But do look out for new names in our coming program.

I was sent by Peter England some photos of last week session to share with you all, and they are below

 

Our advertising for October is now wrong, sadly Stuart Henderson isn’t able be with us, but in his place is one of those new names I mentioned above. Pete Rudeforth – Trumpet and Vocals – studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He has worked with Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and many other leading musicians. He is the front-line man with the Charleston Chasers, the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, Chris Barber and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. You can see from his CV that he may be a new name to us, but he is definitely an old hand at the jazz game! So having him alongside Alam Nathoo will be a very interesting combination indeed, one that I dearly hope to be at! That is THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3rd

 

Below is our poster for the November gigs. Do copy it off and display it for all to see.

Please also spread the word about Hedsor Jazz. We do need to recruit a few more regular customers. We have some great ideas for future gigs, many of which are now "firm". A larger audience will not only help finance those ideas, but also encourage the players.