CHEZ CHESTERMAN\u2019S BAND OF BROTHERS<\/b><\/p>\n
John Crocker<\/b>\u00a0is on clarinet and saxophones.\u00a0 He was for many years a stalwart of \u2018Chris Barber\u2019s Band<\/b>\u2019, who can occasionally be persuaded to sing!<\/p>\n
John Howlett<\/b>\u00a0on trombone, is another singer.\u00a0 He is a former member of the \u2018Clyde<\/b>\u00a0Valley\u00a0<\/b>Stompers<\/b>\u2019 and late of the \u2018West Sussex Jazz Kings<\/b>\u2019.\u00a0 In an earlier life, John was a rather senior career diplomat \u2013 now he can swear in 23 languages!<\/p>\n
The back line, engine room, rhythm section, is just about as good as it gets.<\/p>\n
On banjo and guitar we have the incomparable\u00a0Roy James<\/b>, who was with\u00a0Acker<\/b>\u00a0in the good old days of the \u2018trad\u2019 boom.\u00a0 Roy has graced a number of bands including that of the great\u00a0Bob Wallis<\/b>.<\/p>\n
On string bass is the ubiquitous\u00a0Andy Lawrence<\/b>, a member of \u2018Terry Lightfoot\u2019s Band<\/b>\u2019\u00a0<\/b>for several years and someone who has strut his stuff with many other top bands.<\/p>\n
Keeping things moving at the back is my favourite drummer,\u00a0Bill Finch<\/b>, whom I first met when he was with the \u2018Original Eastside Stompers<\/b>\u2019 and with whom I was privileged to play in the \u2018New Stompers<\/b>\u2019.<\/p>\n
That just leaves me,\u00a0Chez Chesterman<\/b>, on cornet and vocals.\u00a0 I was 3 years with \u2018Johnny Parker\u2019s Goodtime Band<\/b>\u2019 then formed my own band, appearing on BBC radio, firstly on the \u2018Jimmy Young Show<\/b>\u2019, then the \u2018Terry Wogan Show<\/b>\u2019.\u00a0 From 1992 to 1998, I ran \u2018Hot Stuff!<\/b>\u2019, a 7 piece classic jazz band, which played festivals, theatres and arts centres around the UK. Finally, for those who don\u2019t know us, we devolved from\u00a0<\/b>\u2018George Webb\u2019s Band of Brothers<\/b>\u2019\u00a0<\/b>after George\u2019s retirement and we carried on with the support of George and his family. \u00a0We shall be back at\u00a0Welling Jazz Club<\/b>\u00a0every 1st\u00a0Sunday of the month (from November 2013).<\/p>\n
Chez Chesterman<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHEZ CHESTERMAN\u2019S BAND OF BROTHERS John Crocker\u00a0is on clarinet and saxophones.\u00a0 He was for many years a stalwart of \u2018Chris Barber\u2019s Band\u2019, who can occasionally be persuaded to sing! John Howlett\u00a0on trombone, is another singer.\u00a0 He is a former member of the \u2018Clyde\u00a0Valley\u00a0Stompers\u2019 and late of the \u2018West Sussex Jazz Kings\u2019.\u00a0 In an earlier life, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":270,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions\/463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}