Matt Palmer’s band, The Millennium Eagle Jazz Band, gave such a professional and very enjoyable performance last Friday (12 February), with some great jazz. Oh how you all enjoy a good dance, don’t you, when the tempo is right, and they certainly got it right. Thanks again Matt and the boys. I have already mentioned who was in the band in (what was supposed to have been) last week’s newsletter!
Now to tell you who is on this Friday’s (19th February). It is Barry Martyn and the Young Bloods. Barry was born in England, but now lives in New Orleans. He has arranged several tours over here, for his band and we have been included in this one. We hear that they were a great success at the 100 Club last week. He (like Robert Duis) is quite a character and advise you not to miss this Friday. The line-up of his band (which includes one of his two sons) is as follows:
Barry Martyn (drums/vocals), Allen Beechey (trumpet), Graham Hughes (trombone), Julian Webster Greaves (tenor sax), Tom Kincaid (piano), and (son) Ben Martyn (string bass)
Now, I am sorry, but I was unable to put the following newsletter on our web last week. However, please enjoy, even though it is a little out of date:-
NEWSLETTER - 10 February 2010
Here we are again, worrying about the snow! But it’s Washington that has a real problem (although not possible for us to run the club, if we cannot even get into the club, or car park). Seriously, we have been hearing reports since last Saturday that we would be in for blizzards, but Carol on BBC news got it right, no real big snow for us. Therefore, we are going ahead with this Friday (12 February 2010) and have the Millennium Eagle Jazz Band, on tour from the Midlands. We hope the cold weather doesn’t deter you from turning up this week. It hasn’t in the past (perhaps you can use your imagination and that you are ‘clubbing’ in the Bahamas; well, it does get hot in the club once you get dancing! Line-up will be:
Matt Palmer (clarinet/sax/vocals), Peter Brown (trumpet/valve trombone/vocals). Andy Holdorf (trombone), Brian Lawrence (double bass/sousaphone), Chris Etherington (banjo/vocals) and Jack Cotterill (drums).
The Great Northern Jazz Band entertained us last Friday (5th February), with some great numbers and once again, the dance floor was packed. The guys in the band were: Dennis Armstrong (cornet/vocals), Peter Curtis (clarinet/alto sax/vocals), John Howlett (trombone), Malcolm Hogarth (piano), Andy Maynard (banjo), Isabel Toner (string bass) and Warren Latham (drums/vocals). Their next date with us will be 26 November 2010.
I promised to tell you who was in the Limehouse Jazz Band, when they appeared on Friday, 22 January (when on tour from Holland). They were:
Robert Duis (leader/cornet 1), Louis Lanzing (musical director/cornet 2),
Rob Radoux (alto sax 1/clarinet 1), Alhard Zwart (alto sax 2/clarinet 2),
David Lucacks (tenor sax/clarinet 3), Jan Elsink (trombone),
Jan van der Woord (piano), Stef Geurts (drums/vocals), Patrick Weeghmans (tuba)
And Sir Wil van Schaik (banjo).
Providing we are still alive, we shall have them back in September 2011!!
Keep on jazzin’. Diane & Keith.