Time and tide wait for no man so they say, and as Canute tried to disprove. He failed and got wet feet.

So here am I again writing to encourage you that live jazz Hedsor Jazz style is worth all of your time and effort.

And as it is (again) a new month, our first Thursday of the month (March 6^th) has trumpeter Stuart Henderson teamed up again with saxophonist Alam Nathoo. This has proved a very popular pairing this year so far, and we hope to establish it as a regular pattern. With them this week will be Ken McCarthy on keyboard, Al Pirrie on bass and Mike Jeffries on drums.

I have at this point got to mention that prior to last weeks session our drummer Martin Hart had a fall, and although he hasn’t broken anything, he is a bit bruised, and so will not be with us this week. Loss of balance is sadly often a part of the aging process, and some of us have done it before, even when sober!!

Do get well soon Martin, but in the meantime, enjoy your record collection!

Sadly I was unable to get to last weeks Hedsor Jazz for domestic reasons  and therefore don’t have any photos of that to show you. I am assured that it was a great evening. Many kind friends have rubbed it in that I had missed a good night. I will hasten to add that in my view all Hedsor Jazz nights are good, and if you miss one for whatever reason, you ARE going to miss a good one. So pay attention, because below is our listing for March. Please copy it off and put it before the passing publics gaze!

 

Below are a couple of older photos of Al Nicholls that I have taken at past Hedsor sessions.

 

In addition to taking note of who is on at Hedsor Jazz in March, do put into your diary August 14^th, as we have another “special” evening coming to Hedsor Jazz.

Saxophonist Alan Barnes will be coming to play alongside his fellow Leeds Collage of Music graduate pianist David Newton. It will be just the two of them. They have duetted together occasionally for many years. I saw them doing so again at last years Swanage Jazz Festival, and in their Marquee you could hear a pin drop, such was the attention given to their playing by the audience. Sadly the noise from the other Marquee tried to interfere, but it was such a delight to hear them that they are coming to Hedsor just for us to do it all over again.

 

Don’t stop reading my blog, BUT do point people at our “new” FaceBook page, and help spread the word.

I am no expert on the use and operation of Facebook, but do encourage others to like us (I am told this is the right thing to do) so that we become famous!!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555280143899 might even get you to the right page.