{"id":2048,"date":"2015-06-28T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2016-07-04T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T18:24:33","slug":"yerba-buena-celebration-jazz-band-26th-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=2048","title":{"rendered":"Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band, 26th June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSweet, sweet jazz, all night long, that was what we heard from the amazing \u2018YERBA BUENA CELEBRATION JAZZ BAND\u2019<\/strong><\/span>. I don\u2019t think there was a moment when the place wasn\u2019t buzzing. Every number they played was fabulous and with dancers galore out on the floor, everyone enjoying the fabulous tempos. Probably my most memorable number was that great tune, \u2018Ring Dem Bells\u2019 (composed by Duke Ellington in 1930)\u201d. <\/em> These were my words describing the night they played for us on 20th<\/sup> May 2011 – my write-up for their next visit on 7th<\/sup> October 2011, has unfortunately been trapped in a \u2018frozen\u2019 computer.<\/p>\n

I thought the above write-up would impress you enough, to encourage many of you to turn up for our Friday, 26<\/span><\/b>th<\/b><\/span><\/sup> June 2015 <\/span><\/b>evening and enjoy their talents again at Farnborough Jazz Club<\/strong><\/span>. The musicians were DAVE RANCE<\/strong><\/span> –\u00a0band\u00a0leader, vocals &1st<\/sup> trumpet, MIKE BARRY <\/strong><\/span>– vocals &2nd<\/sup> trumpet, GOFF DUBBER<\/strong><\/span> – clarinet, GRAHAM WISEMAN<\/strong><\/span> – trombone, HUGH CROZIER<\/strong><\/span> – piano, PETE LAY<\/strong><\/span> – drums, JOHN ARTHY<\/strong><\/span> – tuba and NICK SINGER<\/strong><\/span> – banjo.<\/p>\n

At last, I have found my notes, so can give you a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of their evening to go with the photos published earlier.\u00a0 I recall I had missed what was first played (with people arriving), but jotted down second number being \u2018Fidgety Feet\u2019<\/em>, a lively number, no-one can deny.\u00a0 They certainly gave it all they had got and then some, with those perfectly timed breaks, wonderful.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure their next tune allowed them to get a breather, with Mike singing \u2018River Stay Away From My Door\u2019<\/em>, a lovely slower number.\u00a0 Then came their spectacular party piece – \u2018Chimes Blues\u2019<\/em>, fantastic!\u00a0 I recall Hugh playing a lovely rendition of bells, all just brilliant.\u00a0 I\u2019ve chosen to include \u2018Big Bear Stomp\u2019<\/em> as it was such a jaunty number.\u00a0 I thought it had an American Indian flavour (some think it sounds Russian), anyway, good fun.\u00a0 \u2018Johnson Rag\u2019<\/em> seems to be quite a jazz favourite, so am including it here.\u00a0 They certainly made it sound almost like a full orchestra \u2013 with eight of them.\u00a0 Lovely to dance to, which we certainly did.\u00a0 Then we had the pleasure of Graham\u2019s lovely singing with \u2018Dreaming The Hours Away\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Then came along that fabulous ragtime number \u2018Smokey Mokes\u2019<\/em> You may have to look it up on You Tube, to remind yourself which one it is, but I promise you will know it well.\u00a0 What an incredible eccentric the following song was composed in memory of.\u00a0 I just have to tell you.\u00a0 He was an Englishman, named Joshua Norton from the 19th century. \u00a0He received quite a decent inheritance from his parents, decided to immigrate to America and became a citizen of San Francisco. He made an even bigger fortune, lost it and then disappeared.\u00a0 He returned to the scene and proclaimed himself Emperor of America.\u00a0 He made some bequeaths in the mid-1850\u2019s, one being for a bridge and a tunnel to be made across the bay! \u00a0This came to fruition and was built in 1930\u2019s, namely the San Francisco & Oakland Bridge (incidentally the Yerba Bueno Island now has a tunnel between two of its spans!)\u00a0 There is currently a campaign to have the bridge re-named the Emperor Norton Bridge.\u00a0 The song was \u2018Emperor Norton\u2019s Hunch\u2019<\/em>, played as fantastic as this man must surely have been, even though he was an eccentric\u2026.\u00a0 Continuing, we enjoyed a \u2018line-dance\u2019 bit of fun with \u2018Copenhagen\u2019<\/em>, I could hear Louis, Mike, and so you certainly must have played it well.\u00a0 I hope you musicians don\u2019t get too embarrassed with our leaping about in front of you, but sorry, we just love it.\u00a0 ‘San Francisco Bay Blues\u2019<\/em> is my last choice to mention, it was a number played by Lu Watters, so they love to play it as well and\u00a0I\u2019m sure chosen\u00a0because of\u00a0the \u2018Emperor Norton Hunch\u2019<\/em> flavour. Lovely stuff. Sorry you waited for this write-up, hope you enjoyed my little bit of extra info.\u00a0 We all certainly enjoyed the band.\u00a0 Hope to have them back soon. (Photos are below.)<\/p>\n

Diane & Keith<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Big Bear Stomp\u2019 \u2013 Lucius \u2018Lu\u2019 Waters (1944)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Chimes Blues\u2019 \u2013 Joe \u2018King\u2019 Oliver (1923)<\/em> (one of the\u00a0first jazz compositions issued in sheet music by Melrose Brothers Music Company in Chicago)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Copenhagen\u2019 \u2013 (m) Charlie Davis, (l) Walter Melrose (1924) (foxtrot)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Dreaming The Hours Away\u2019 \u2013 Will E. Dulmage (1927)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Emperor Norton<\/em>\u2019s Hunch<\/em>\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Lu Watters (1944)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Fidgety Feet\u2019 \u2013 Nick LaRocca & Larry Shields (1919)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Johnson Rag\u2019 \u2013 (m) Guy Hall, (l) Henry Kleikauf (1917) & updated Jack Lawrence (1940)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018River Stay Away From My Door\u2019 \u2013 Mort Dixon & Harry Woods (1931)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018<\/em>San Francisco Bay Blues\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Jesse Fuller (1954)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Smoky Mokes\u2019 \u2013 Abe Holzmann (1899)<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. (LtoR) Hugh Crozier (piano), Goff Dubber (clarinet), Mike Barry (2nd trumpet &vocals), Dave Rance (1st trumpet &vocals), Pete Lay (drums), Graham Wiseman (trombone), John Arthy (tuba) and Nick Singer (banjo). Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Yerba Beuna Celebration JBYerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. (LtoR) Hugh Crozier (piano), Goff Dubber (clarinet), Pete Lay (drums), Mike Barry (2nd trumpet &vocals), Dave Rance (1st trumpet &vocals). Nick Singe (banjo), Graham Wiseman (trombone) and John Arthy (tuba). Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Graham Wiseman (trombone) and John Arthy (tuba), just two of the eight musicians in the ‘Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band’ seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. (front row LtoR) Hugh Crozier (piano), Pete Lay (drums) and Nick Singer (banjo). (Back row, LtoR) Goff Dubber (clarinet),Mike Barry (2nd trumpet &vocals), Dave Rance (1st trumpet &vocals), Graham Wiseman (trombone) and John Arthy (tuba). Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. (LtoR) Dave Rance (band leader, 1st trumpet &vocals), Graham Wiseman (trombone), John Arthy (tuba) (front) Pete Lay (drums) and Nick Singer (banjo). (also pictured – wives Barbara Barry, Heather Lay and Sue Wiseman). Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Band leader Dave Rance (1st trumpet &vocals), plus Pete Lay (drums), Graham Wiseman (trombone),Graham Wiseman (trombone), John Arthy (hidden by his heavy tuba) and Nick Singer (banjo), 5 of the 8 musicians in the ‘Yerba Buena Celebration Jazz Band’ seen here at Farnborough Jazz Club (Kent) on 26th June 2016. Photo by Mike Witt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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