{"id":243,"date":"2013-11-29T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T16:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=243"},"modified":"2016-04-09T11:42:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T11:42:50","slug":"mike-barrys-uptown-gang-29112013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Mike Barry\u2019s Uptown Gang, 29\/11\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIKE BARRY\u2019S UPTOWN GANG<\/b> entertained us on Friday, 29th<\/sup> November 2013<\/b> here at Farnborough Jazz Club<\/b> and brilliantly too.\u00a0 <\/b>The musicians were (leader) MIKE<\/b> on trumpet, JOHNNY ROGERS<\/b> on reeds, <\/b>\u2018WHISPERING\u2019 MIKE HOLT <\/b>on trombone and vocals, JOHN STUART <\/b>on banjo and guitar, ROGER CURPHEY <\/b>on string bass and GRAHAM COLLICOTT <\/b>on drums.\u00a0 Last week, I asked for everyone to make it another humdinger evening and that you all did.\u00a0 Again, there was plenty of dancing with this happy band.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t mention on the mike, but must say now.\u00a0 Before our audience arrive and after the band were all set up, all I heard from the band were peals of laughter.\u00a0 Nice to hear the band enjoying themselves before<\/b> they started.\u00a0 The first number they played was \u2018Zing Went the Strings of my Heart\u2019 (although Mike called it \u2018\u2026\u2026\u2026. Strings of my Vest\u2019.\u00a0 Yes, a lovely number with dancers on the floor straight away.\u00a0 This was followed with another great dancing number called \u2018Everybody Loves My Baby\u2019, with great solos from everyone.\u00a0 Their next number was \u2018Oh Baby\u2019, which brought out our line-dancers.\u00a0 Drummer Graham left his drums and joined us in the dance, to everyone\u2019s amusement.\u00a0 Now the next number was sung by Johnnie (R).\u00a0 It was called \u2018As Long as I Live\u2019 (a number played for the last show at the famous Cotton Club Parade), well done Johnny.\u00a0 Kid Ory\u2019s number called \u2018Creole Love Call\u2019 followed, (a mambo I think which I just love).\u00a0 Again fabulous solos from all.\u00a0 Then \u2018Harlem Folk Dance\u2019 was another brilliant number – I put a huge asterisk against it. \u00a0Then \u2018Whispering\u2019 Mike sang the next tune \u2018You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me\u2019.\u00a0 Don\u2019t you just love his humour?\u00a0 Another\u00a0 fab number was \u2018Johnson Rag\u2019, a lovely dance beat and would you believe it, lyrics updated by Jack Lawrence in 1940 (the lyricist I talked about two weeks ago in newsletter for the Muskrat Ramblers, 15th<\/sup> November). \u00a0Johnny (R) had a special feature next with \u2018Wild Cat Blues\u2019 (of both Sidney Bechet and Monty Sunshine fame).\u00a0 What a lovely player Johnny is and he sang too.\u00a0 It is hard to choose the next numbers played, I really don\u2019t want to give too many numbers, as it is not fair on the band to mention all their repertoire, but I will tell you of the next two. \u00a0My Keith took over drums (whilst I danced with Graham).\u00a0 It took a bit of coaxing to get Keith on the drums, because you might recall, he fell down the stairs at home a few months ago, broke his ankle, so he wasn\u2019t sure he would be able to play.\u00a0 However, with his old mates, Roger and John (S) in the band, he felt a little easier, but as you guessed, he was (well I think) \u00a0terrific.\u00a0 The two numbers he played with the band were that marvellous number \u2018At the Jazz Band Ball\u2019, followed by \u2018Am I Blue\u2019.\u00a0 I think \u2018Whispering\u2019 was singing!\u00a0 There you go, another super evening, with everyone leaving the club on \u2018a high\u2019.<\/p>\n

See you next week.<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018Am I Blue\u2019 \u2013 Harry Akst and Grant Clarke (1929)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018As Long as I Live\u2019 \u2013 (m) Harold Arlen, (l) Ted Koehler (1934)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018At The Jazz Band Ball\u2019 \u2013 (m) Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields (1917) (l\u2019s added 1950 by Johnny Mercer)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Creole Love Call\u2019 \u2013 James \u2018Bubber\u2019 Miley, \u00a9 Duke Ellington (1928) (lost court case by Joe \u2018King\u2019 Oliver (1923)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Everybody Loves My Baby\u2019 \u2013 (m) Spencer Williams, (l) Jack Palmer (1924)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Harlem Folk Dance\u2019 \u2013 Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (circa 1940\u2019s)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Johnson Rag\u2019 \u2013 (m) Guy Hall, (l) Henry Kleikauf (1917) & updated Jack Lawrence (1940)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Oh Baby\u2019 \u2013 (m) Walter Donaldson & Owen Murphy, (l) Buddy DeSylva (1924)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Wild Cat Blues\u2019 \u2013 Clarence Williams &\u00a0Thomas \u2018Fats\u2019 Waller\u00a0(1923)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me\u2019 \u2013 (m) Sammy Fain, (l) Irving Kahal & Pierre Connor (1930)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Zing!\u00a0 Went the Strings of my Heart\u2019 \u2013 James F. Hanley (1934)<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MIKE BARRY\u2019S UPTOWN GANG entertained us on Friday, 29th November 2013 here at Farnborough Jazz Club and brilliantly too.\u00a0 The musicians were (leader) MIKE on trumpet, JOHNNY ROGERS on reeds, \u2018WHISPERING\u2019 MIKE HOLT on trombone and vocals, JOHN STUART on banjo and guitar, ROGER CURPHEY on string bass and GRAHAM COLLICOTT on drums.\u00a0 Last week, […]<\/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":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-barrys-uptown-gang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","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=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3177,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/3177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}