{"id":346,"date":"2014-01-04T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=346"},"modified":"2016-02-17T17:06:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:06:57","slug":"phoenix-dixieland-jazz-band-10012014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Dixieland Jazz Band 10\/01\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>PHOENIX DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND <\/b>played on <b>FRIDAY, 10<sup>th<\/sup> JANUARY 2014<\/b>, here at <b>FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB<\/b> for my \u201817<sup>th<\/sup>\u2019 birthday celebration and thanks, they did me proud.\u00a0 The leader of this 7-pce band is our long-term friend <b>ROBIN COOMBS<\/b>, who plays clarinet. With him was <b>NORMAN BULL<\/b>\u00a0on trombone,\u00a0<b>DAVE BARNES<\/b>\u00a0on piano,\u00a0<b>ROGER CURPHEY<\/b> on double bass and\u00a0<b>LYNN SAUNDERS<\/b>\u00a0on banjo and vocals. Robin also had two special guest stars, namely\u00a0<b>PAUL HIGGS<\/b>\u00a0on trumpet and\u00a0<b>ALAN CLARKE<\/b>\u00a0on drums.\u00a0 Please check them out in the \u2018Band\u2019s CV\u2019s page (also go to the bottom of the page &#8211; you will see a photo of Keith in his first band with Norman, both as teenagers!). \u00a0\u00a0I mentioned last week that I was sure you would want to get out for a bit of jazz and dancing after such a long break (being a year ago, ha!!!)\u00a0 I also mentioned that we hoped you would all be fully recovered from the dreaded lurgies many of you seem to have, or have had!\u00a0 I also said what a great party we had for Christmas and that with no jazz on Friday (4th), it seemed really weird how we did not feel \u2018hung over\u2019 the next day, plus no sore feet!\u00a0 Anyway, I was really looking forward to possibly having another great party, especially as last year\u2019s 70th\u00a0had been cancelled (due to the same virus) and before I could even send out invitations too.\u00a0 So I suggested having a \u2018Gangsters &amp; Moles\u2019 party (optional) as my family would be coming dressed in party wear. \u00a0Yes, I know, I made the same error last time we had that theme. \u00a0I meant to say \u2018Gangsters &amp; Molls\u2019 of course (last time, Steve came in a Mole mask! hmmm).\u00a0 Well, the evening was fan<i>beep<\/i>tastic.\u00a0 They began the evening with \u2018I\u2019ve Found a New Baby\u2019, a lovely tempo.\u00a0 The next number featured Robin on clarinet and Norman on trombone, called \u2018As Long As I Live\u2019.\u00a0 Next came \u2018Big Butter and Egg Man\u2019.\u00a0 The band\u2019s usual trumpeter, Dave Ware, has had a tooth extraction, which as you know, will prevent him from playing until it heals, so he came to listen.\u00a0 The guys asked him to sing their next number \u2018I Want a Little Girl to Call My Own\u2019.\u00a0 Dave has a lovely voice, so it was nice he showed up. \u00a0Their next tune played was \u2018Indiana\u2019 (Back Home In).\u00a0 This number was played in the \u2018The Gene Krupa Story\u2019 and \u2018The Five Pennies\u2019 films.\u00a0 Another number to mention was sung by Dave (B) and he got our audience to participate, with a great fun \u2018Fats Waller\u2019 number called \u2018Twenty-Four Robbers\u2019.\u00a0 This song was also recorded by Glen Miller with Bing Crosby singing.\u00a0 Then came a real treat with Paul featured on trumpet, called \u2018Stardust\u2019.\u00a0 What a lovely number it is and certainly Paul was wonderful.\u00a0 Joan in the audience requested that lovely tune, called \u2018Sweet Lorraine\u2019.\u00a0 This was followed with Duke Ellington\u2019s fabulous number called \u2018Caravan\u2019, in which Alan performed an incredible drum solo, lasting about three minutes, mind blowing stuff &#8211; lovely jubbly.\u00a0 They finished up with a little bit of \u2018Bye Bye Blues\u2019.\u00a0 One of the highlights of the evening for me was Roger allowing my seven (nearly eight) year old granddaughter to assist him with his double bass playing during his solo (I hope to publish a bit of it \u2013 or a photo later).\u00a0\u00a0 The band will be back on 18<sup>th<\/sup> April 2014 for Easter (Good Friday).\u00a0 Thank you everyone, for making my evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t forget \u2018Keep jazz \u2018live\u2019, so see you all next Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diane and Keith<\/p>\n<h6>\u2018As Long As I Live\u2019 \u2013 (m) Harold Arlen, (l) Ted Koehler (1934)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Big Butter and Egg Man\u2019 \u2013 Percy Venable (1926)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Bye, Bye Blues\u2019 \u2013 Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown &amp; Chauncey Gray (w.1925, p.1930)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Caravan\u2019 \u2013 (m) Juan Tizol, (l) Irving Mills (1937)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Indiana (Back Home In)\u2019 \u2013 (m) James F. Hanley, (l) Ballard MacDonald (1917)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018I\u2019ve Found a New Baby\u2019 &#8211; Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams (1926)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018I Want a Little Girl to Call My Own\u2019 &#8211; Murray Mencher and Bill Moll (1930)\u00a0\u00a0 sung by Dave<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Twenty-Four Robbers\u2019 \u2013 Teddy Buckner &amp; Victor Young (1941)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Stardust\u2019 \u2013 (m) Hoagy Carmichael (1927), (l) Mitchell Parish &amp; Hoagy (1929)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2018Sweet Lorraine\u2019 \u2013 (m) Cliff Burwell, (l) Mitchell Parish (1928)<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND played on FRIDAY, 10th JANUARY 2014, here at FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB for my \u201817th\u2019 birthday celebration and thanks, they did me proud.\u00a0 The leader of this 7-pce band is our long-term friend ROBIN COOMBS, who plays clarinet. With him was NORMAN BULL\u00a0on trombone,\u00a0DAVE BARNES\u00a0on piano,\u00a0ROGER CURPHEY on double bass and\u00a0LYNN SAUNDERS\u00a0on [&hellip;]<\/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-346","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\/346","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=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}