Another Tuesday, another blog to entice you to another Hedsor Jazz evening!

Yes, it is getting colder, and the evenings have already got dark, but Hedsor Jazz offer’s a warm welcome, and the music is jazz, GREAT JAZZ!

This week, Thursday November 21^st, that jazz will be provided by Lester Brown on trumpet with Alam Nathoo on tenor sax and they will be backed by our regular rhythm section (well rhythm is regular!).

Lester has been “our” trumpet player for many years, coming to us soon after Clive Burton passed away. Alam is a relatively new find, but one of the most amazing musicians I have come across in years. His solos border on the impossible, and his understanding of any tunes chord structure is phenomenal. If you haven’t heard him before, you must come and listen.

 

Now for an update on our December program.

We have had to change the line-up for December 12^th. After all, we couldn’t really afford Johnny Thirkle and when Jamiroquai have a booking we can’t have him! Sue Greenway was always a TBC, and she can’t, so in their places we have booked a) another great friend of Hedsor Jazz who has been playing for us since the days of jazz in Cookham’s “Railway Tavern”! That great booting tenor saxophonist Al Nicholls is coming, and b) bringing with him another part of “Blue Harlem” trumpeter Titch Walker. So watch out for some great Harlem style swinging jazz.

 

A revised poster is below, please copy and print off and place somewhere where the public can see it!

 

My photos for last week are below. Last week Duncan Lamont Jr brought with him a big  band trumpeter in the shape of John Hinch, and between the music and the informative introductions from Duncan we all learnt more about tunes like “Once I Had a Secret Love”, “Georgia”, “The Days of Wine and Roses”, and we finished the evening with “Bernie’s Tune”! They say Variety is the Spice of Life. For “Spice of Life” just substitute “Hedsor Jazz”.

 

Do that and I’ll see you all on Thursday!