{"id":1554,"date":"2015-01-26T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2019-12-13T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T13:44:19","slug":"phoenix-dixieland-jazz-band-23rd-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=1554","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band, 23rd January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Phoenix<\/a>

Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band at Farnborough Jazz Club on 22nd January 2015. Leader Robin Coombs (clarinette), Paul\u00a0Higgs (trumpet), Bill Todd (tromb), Dave Barnes (piano), Roger Curphey (d.bass), John Stewart (banj&guitar) and Allan Clarke (drms). Photo by Mike Witt<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n

PHOENIX DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND<\/strong> was the order of the day here at the Farnborough Jazz Club<\/strong> on 23rd<\/sup> January 2015<\/strong>. \u00a0Leader and clarinettist ROBIN COOMBS<\/strong> had booked PAUL HIGGS<\/strong>\u00a0to be on trumpet, BILL TODD<\/strong> on trombone,\u00a0DAVE BARNES<\/strong>\u00a0on piano,\u00a0ROGER CURPHEY<\/strong> on double bass,\u00a0JOHN STUART<\/strong>\u00a0on guitar (WHO\u2019S HE? huh) and\u00a0ALLAN CLARKE<\/strong>\u00a0on drums.<\/p>\n

Although not their first number (I missed what that was called) I must begin my notes with \u2018Wabash Blues\u2019<\/em>, a brilliant jaunty song, bringing on the dancers. It was certainly well appreciated, plenty of applause. \u2018I Found a New Baby\u2019<\/em> is my next number to tell you of, because I jotted down \u2018phew, fabulous solos\u2019! \u2018<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/a>

Dave Barnes (piano) looking pensive. Seen here with Roger Curphey (d.bass) and Allan Clarke (drums). Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) 22jan2015. Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

There is quite a story attached to the next number. A while ago, Dave met up with an old friend, Ian Grant, lyricist of \u2018Let There Be Love\u2019 (1940)<\/em>. He showed Dave some lyrics he\u2019d written fifty years ago called \u2018We\u2019re Handing it to You Mr Handy, for handing us the St. Louis Blues\u2019<\/em>, referring to W.C. Handy, composer of St. Louis Blues. He asked Dave if he could put some music to it. \u00a0The end result is they played it for us and how I wished I had recorded it. It had a lovely beat and certainly packed the dance floor.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>

Paul\u00a0Higgs (trmp) and Robin Coombs, leader (&clrt) of Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band (seen here taking a breather) at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 22nd January 2015. Photo by Mike Witt<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018When I married Sweet Loraine\u2019 <\/em>was sung by Paul, then he was featured in the next number, \u2018Sometimes I wonder Why I Spend the Lonely Nights\u2019<\/em>. Wowie Paul, you are brilliant. Now the next number is a great old favourite, made more famous by Glen Miller, namely \u2018Little Brown Jug\u2019<\/em> and several of us got up to do our (fun Charleston style) line-dance. What can I say about \u2018Pennies From Heaven\u2019<\/em>? Only that I was busy dancing! I must mention \u2018At the Jazz Band Ball\u2019<\/em>, of course a great Kenny Ball trad favourite. They certainly did it justice too \u2013 fabulous drumming from Allan. Of course the next number, sung by Bill, was played for our Len (for obvious reasons), \u2018Please Don\u2019t Talk About Us – One Eyes Gone\u2019.<\/em> Ol\u2019 Lennie has a great sense of humour.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Stewart takes a solo, whilst Bill Todd (tromb) looks on. Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band on 23Jan2015 at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent). Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

My last to mention is \u2018Sweet Georgia Brown\u2019<\/em>. It was sung by Dave, plus must mention a great solo by John on banjo. \u00a0Well another super evening from this band and so you must make a note they are back on 5th<\/sup> June 2015. Don\u2019t forget our new times are 8:00pm till 11.00pm – plenty of fun people to meet and you can enjoy some dancing (even if you are bad at dancing, we don\u2019t mind) and probably some audience participation singing too \u2013 knowing our fun audience.<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018<\/em>At The Jazz Band Ball\u2019 \u2013 (m) Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields (1917) (l\u2019s added 1950 by Johnny Mercer)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018We\u2019re Handing it to You Mr Handy, for handing us the St. Louis Blues\u2019 – (l) Ian Grant (c1940), <\/em><\/h6>\n
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\u2018I Found a New Baby\u2019 \u2013 Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams (1926)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Little Brown Jug\u2019 \u2013 Joseph Winner (1869) \u2013 [Glen Miller\u2019s swing arrangement (1939)]<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Pennies from Heaven\u2019 \u2013 (m) Arthur Johnston, (l) Johnny Burke (1936)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Please Don\u2019t Talk About Me When I\u2019m Gone\u2019 \u2013 (m) Sam H Sept & Bee Palmer, (l) Sidney Clare (1930)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Stardust\u2019 \u2013 (m) Hoagy Carmichael (1927), (l) Mitchell Parish (with Hoagy) (1929)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Sweet Georgia Brown\u2019 \u2013 (m) Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard, (l) Kenneth Casey (1925)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Sweet Lorraine\u2019 \u2013 (m) Cliff Burwell, (l) Mitchell Parish (1928)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Wabash Blues\u2019 – (m) Isham Jones, (l) Dave Ringle & Fred Meinken (1921)<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND was the order of the day here at the Farnborough Jazz Club on 23rd January 2015. \u00a0Leader and clarinettist ROBIN COOMBS had booked PAUL HIGGS\u00a0to be on trumpet, BILL TODD on trombone,\u00a0DAVE BARNES\u00a0on piano,\u00a0ROGER CURPHEY on double bass,\u00a0JOHN STUART\u00a0on guitar (WHO\u2019S HE? huh) and\u00a0ALLAN CLARKE\u00a0on drums. Although not their first number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phoenix-dixieland-jazz-band"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6380,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}