{"id":543,"date":"2014-04-17T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=543"},"modified":"2015-04-11T11:30:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T11:30:52","slug":"mahogany-hall-stompers-11th-april-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Mahogany Hall Stompers, Friday, 11th April 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAHOGANY HALL STOMPERS<\/b> played here at FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB<\/b> on Friday, 11th<\/sup> April 2014<\/b>.\u00a0 We had a great crowd to greet them. \u00a0Band leader BRIAN GILES<\/b> (cornet) booked BRIAN WHITE<\/b> on reeds, GEORGE \u2018KID\u2019 TIDIMAN<\/b> on trombone & vocals (yep, he was here with his own band last week), \u2018SOUTHEND BOB\u2019 ALLBUT<\/b> on banjo & vocals (and yes, right again, he was also here last week), JOHN BLENHEIM<\/b> on drums and EDDY JOHNSON<\/strong> <\/b>on double bass.\u00a0 Once again, a super atmosphere making it an enjoyable evening with plenty of dancing.\u00a0 Now, I\u2019m sure you would like a little taster of tunes we were treated to, yes? \u00a0The fact that we were busy, I was unable to jot down the first couple of numbers, but I remember \u2018Pretty Baby\u2019 was sung by Bob.\u00a0 I have often mentioned before, Bob has a super voice, not dissimilar to Hoagie Carmichael, but deeper, what I describe as a fantastic \u2018round\u2019 baritone sound, do you know what I mean?\u00a0 The next tune was a big \u2018Number One\u2019 hit of Tommy Dorsey, namely \u2018On Treasure Island\u2019 and the \u2018Mahogany boys\u2019 certainly did this number justice.\u00a0 Another excellent number was \u2018Big Chief Battle Axe\u2019 (of Bunk Johnson fame), which encouraged plenty of dancing.\u00a0 They also played \u2018On the Sunny Side of the Street\u2019, sung by Bob, which enticed the audience to sing along (I think almost everyone knows most of the lyrics, both young and old). \u00a0Next I recall Brian saying \u201clet\u2019s have some Fats Waller\u201d and \u2018I\u2019m Flying High\u2019 was his choice (it certainly should be a signature tune for Keith – ha).\u00a0 Bob sung the next number that has some brilliant lyrics.\u00a0 The number was a Jelly Roll Morton famed one, called \u2018Michigan Waters Blues\u2019. The lyrics say something about Mississippi waters tasting like turpentine!\u00a0 (I just love the diversity of the numbers Bob sings).\u00a0 This time \u2018I Want a Little Girl to Call My Own\u2019 was sung by George (another great voice) and then Bob sang the next number, \u2018Blues my Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me\u2019 (made famous by Sidney Bechet). \u00a0\u00a0It was certainly a very happy evening.\u00a0 Please note they are to return 13th<\/sup> June 1014.<\/p>\n

Cheers<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018Big Chief Battle Axe\u2019 \u2013 Thomas S. Allen (1907)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me\u2019 – Charles McCarron, Casey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom (1919)<\/h6>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve Got a Feeling I\u2019m Falling\u2019 \u2013 Fats Waller (1929)<\/h6>\n
\u2018I Want A Little Girl To Call My Own\u2019 \u2013 (m) Murray Mencher, (l) Bill Moll (1930)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Michigan Waters Blues\u2019 \u2013 Clarence Williams (1930)<\/h6>\n
\u2018On The Sunny Side of the Street\u2019 \u2013 (m) Jimmy McHugh, (l) Dorothy Field (1930)<\/h6>\n
\u2018On Treasure Island\u2019 \u2013 Joseph Burke & Edgar Leslie (1935)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Pretty Baby\u2019 \u2013 (m) Tony Jackson (1912) & Egbert Van Alstyne, (l) Gus Kahn (1916)<\/h6>\n
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MAHOGANY HALL STOMPERS played here at FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB on Friday, 11th April 2014.\u00a0 We had a great crowd to greet them. \u00a0Band leader BRIAN GILES (cornet) booked BRIAN WHITE on reeds, GEORGE \u2018KID\u2019 TIDIMAN on trombone & vocals (yep, he was here with his own band last week), \u2018SOUTHEND BOB\u2019 ALLBUT on banjo & […]<\/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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mahogany-hall-stompers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","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=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}