{"id":3675,"date":"2016-07-04T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T10:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2016-07-08T09:34:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T09:34:42","slug":"mike-barrys-xxl-band-friday-1st-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=3675","title":{"rendered":"Mike Barry\u2019s XXL Band, FRIDAY, 1st July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was great to see the return of MIKE BARRY\u2019s XXL BAND<\/span> <\/strong>to FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB (Kent)<\/strong> on<\/span><\/span>\u00a0FRIDAY, 1st July 2016<\/span>.<\/strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0 I can\u2019t believe it was back in February 2015 they last played here, but we do have all three of Mike\u2019s band play for us (this one, plus \u2018Uptown Gang\u2019 and \u2018Yerba Buena Band\u2019).\u00a0 This band\u00a0has obviously MIKE<\/strong><\/span> himself on trumpet, TIM HUSKISSON<\/strong> <\/span> on reeds, LES HANSCOMBE<\/strong> <\/span>on trombone, GRAHAM BARTON<\/strong> <\/span>on piano, BRIAN STAPLEY<\/strong> <\/span> on drums and TED SIMKINS<\/strong> <\/span>on double bass.\u00a0 They can now be known as MIKE BARRY\u2019s XL BAND <\/strong>because they, well Mike has lost one&half stone \u2013 Wow, how\u2019s that?\u00a0 Well done Mike.\u00a0 So obviously, they played with a lot of energy, starting with \u2018Canal Street Blues\u2019<\/em>, such a wonderful number to get everyone in the mood \u2013 yeah!\u00a0 \u2018Beale Street Mama\u2019<\/em> was another excellent tune to choose, I can hear Mike announcing it and finishing the title with the words \u201cI\u2019m Coming To Get You\u201d\u2026 luv it.\u00a0 I have to say the whole band were brilliant when they played \u2018Savoy Blues\u2019<\/em>. \u00a0I particularly noted the front line boys playing beautifully in harmony.\u00a0 Another number to mention is \u2018Washington and Lee Swing\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 This is an old American high school football \u2018fight\u2019 song.\u00a0 It was also used in Red Nichols film, \u2018The Five Pennies\u2019, a film I probably saw in 1960\u2019s and remember being absolutely excited by (gonna watch it again over the weekend!). \u00a0\u00a0Moving on \u2026 \u2018Hello Central Give Me Dr Jazz\u2019<\/em> sung brilliantly by Les.\u00a0 A tune enjoyed being played by most bands too. \u00a0I had a wonderful dance – the cha, cha, cha, with Steve to \u2018The Isle of Capri\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 I just loved it, although I think it should have been a tango \u2013 ha.\u00a0 Oh well, we are so relaxed here, nobody worries.\u00a0 During the interval, I announced Colin & his wife Jo Dobson, were in the audience.\u00a0 Colin had been trumpeter for The Billy Cotton Band Show (of \u2018Wakey, Wakey\u2019 fame).\u00a0 It is to be Colin\u2019s 87th birthday on Monday (4th) and their 65th wedding anniversary this Thursday (7th), fabulous – congrats.\u00a0 It will also be bass player Ted\u2019s wife, Francis\u2019 birthday too (on Wednesday 6th) I believe Francis is about my age \u2013 30several and a bit more!\u00a0 So the band returned and played \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to them all.\u00a0 (by-the-way, Jo told me she had married a toy-boy as her next birthday (in October) will be her 88th).\u00a0 \u2018Hold That Tiger\u2019<\/em> (probably played for Jo) is another exciting tune, sung by Les, with wonderful solos from Tim and Ted and surely the whole band were exhausted at the end of this one.\u00a0 This tune is apparently another old American high school \u2018fight\u2019 song.\u00a0 Now dear ol\u2019 Mike performed to my next song choice – and I mean \u2018performed\u2019.\u00a0 He \u2018spoke\u2019 all the famous lines of \u2018Ashes to Ashes\u2019 just superbly, which lead on to them playing \u2018Didn\u2019t He Ramble\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 They played fabulously, I can\u2019t fault anyone as they were all so good.\u00a0 Their last number was \u2018Down By The Riverside\u2019<\/em>, ending another thoroughly wonderful evening full of great talent and lots of laughs.\u00a0 Sorry, no photos, Mike is still away, and although I took some photos with my very old mobile phone, they are ‘trapped’ in it and will take me a time to work it out again!, Although don’t hold your breathe as to what they will be like.\u00a0 Anyway, keep coming for more jazz!\u00a0 We have a different band here every Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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

P.S. Yerba Buena Jazz Band Newsletter of 26th June 2015 has now been updated.<\/p>\n

\u2018Beale Street Mama\u2019 \u2013 J Russel Robinson & Roy Turk (1922)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Canal Street Blues\u2019 \u2013 Joe \u2018King\u2019 Oliver (1923)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Oh! Didn\u2019t He Ramble\u2019 \u2013 (m) Will Handy (i.e. J. Rosamond Johnson), (l) James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole (1902)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Down By the Riverside (Study War No More)\u2019 \u2013 traditional\/Gospel song first published 1918<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Hello Central, Give Me Doctor Jazz\u2019 \u2013 Joe \u2019King\u2019 Oliver & Walter Melrose (1926)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Tiger Rag\u2019 \u2013 written & played by Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) (many others claim!)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Savoy Blues\u2019 \u2013 Edward \u2018Kid\u2019 Ory (1927) <\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Isle of Capri\u2019 \u2013 (m) Wilhelm Grosz (aka Hugh Williams), (l) by Jimmy Kennedy (1934)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Washington & Lee Swing\u2019 \u2013 (m) Mark W Sheafe, Thorton W Allen (wrote notes 1909), (l) Clarence A (Tod) Robbins (1910)<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was great to see the return of MIKE BARRY\u2019s XXL BAND to FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB (Kent) on\u00a0FRIDAY, 1st July 2016..\u00a0 I can\u2019t believe it was back in February 2015 they last played here, but we do have all three of Mike\u2019s band play for us (this one, plus \u2018Uptown Gang\u2019 and \u2018Yerba Buena Band\u2019).\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-barrys-xxl-band"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675","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=3675"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3699,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3675\/revisions\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}