{"id":582,"date":"2014-05-15T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=582"},"modified":"2014-05-15T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:22:01","slug":"chez-chestermans-band-of-brothers-9th-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chez Chesterman\u2019s Band Of Brothers\u2019, 9th May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018CHEZ CHESTERMAN\u2019S BAND OF BROTHERS\u2019<\/strong> entertained us at FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB<\/strong> on Friday, 9th<\/sup> May 2014<\/strong>. Band leader CHEZ <\/strong>(trumpet & vocals) had booked JOHN CROCKER<\/strong> (clarinet), GEOFF COLE <\/strong>(trombone & vocals), ROY JAMES<\/strong> (guitar), TERRY LEWIS<\/strong> (double bass) and BILL FINCH<\/strong> (drums). Our evening began with the building refusing us entrance. Yes, you read correctly! The band could have played on the patio, but at the moment the weather is not compatible, plus we couldn\u2019t even get access to the patio either! My whole week had been rather packed with stressful events (including neighbours telling me at 7.30am the house was billowing smoke out of the roof (the roof belonging to the house I was looking after!) Then, needing a carpenter to secure the broken door after a burglary, I was not ready for the fact we were locked out of our club. Obviously panics ensued, but the evening was saved by the kind heart of another key-holder (asleep when I called) rushing to our aid. The band rallied round and gave us all a beautiful evening, playing their hearts out. I tasted my own medicine and joined in, dancing my toes to absolute pain. I\u2019m always saying your problems can be shelved for the evening when you come out to enjoy the music. Anyway, my first number to mention is \u2018Smiles\u2019, rather an apt number considering the beginning of the evening. Then came \u2018Snake Rag\u2019 and what a brilliant performance by all of them. Geoff, who has a wonderful voice, sang \u2018I\u2019m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket\u2019 (famously sung by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film \u2018Follow the Fleet\u2019) and with such a number, there was obviously audience participation. The next number to tell you about is \u2018Savoy Blues\u2019. It was introduced by Chez as written by \u2018Kid\u2019 Ory especially for Geoff. Is this an in-house joke, Chez? I rather think so, as that would make Geoff at least 100yrs old! Ha. However, the way Geoff plays that \u2018bone, he certainly has the talent to be honoured by \u2018Kid\u2019. Frank Sinatra had a big hit with this next one, \u2018Give Me Five Minutes More\u2019. Again, there was lots of dancing, with the audience joining in once more, singing along with Chez. John added a remark about calling Geoff \u201cOne Direction Cole\u201d when they played \u2018Louisiana\u2019. Don\u2019t you just love the banter that goes on between musicians during \u2018Live\u2019 gigs, you don\u2019t get that on many C.D\u2019s. Louis Armstrong\u2019s famed \u2018St. James Infirmary Blues\u2019 was sung by Chez and was absolutely fabulous \u2013 lots of dancing. They also played \u2018Blue Bells Goodbye\u2019 (a tune recorded by Ken Colyer). We did our line-dance to \u2018Downtown Strutter\u2019s Ball\u2019. Afterwards, John called out he wondered where the \u2018Roly Polys\u2019 had gone to – ha, thanks for the compliment John, they were great dancers. If you want to hear more, they are at Welling Jazz Club lunchtimes, every first Sunday of the month.<\/p>\n

Enjoy jazz – and don\u2019t think it is old fashion to do so, most TV adverts are backed with jazz!!!!!<\/p>\n

Diane & Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018Blue Bells Goodbye\u2019 \u2013 (m) Theodore F. Morse, (l) Edward Madden (1904)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Darktown Strutters Ball\u2019 \u2013 Shelton Brooks (1917)<\/h6>\n
\u2018I\u2019m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket\u2019 \u2013 Irving Berlin (1936)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Louisiana\u2019 \u2013 (m) James Johnson, (l) Andy Razaf & Bob Schaefer (1928)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Give Me Five Minutes More\u2019 \u2013 (m) Jule Styne, (l) Sammy Cahn (1946)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Savoy Blues\u2019 \u2013 Edward \u2018Kid\u2019 Ory (1927)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Smiles\u2019 \u2013 Lee S. Roberts (1918)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Snake Rag\u2019 \u2013 (m) Joe \u2018King\u2019 Oliver & Armand A J Piron (1923)<\/h6>\n
\u2018St. James Infirmary Blues\u2019 \u2013 American Folk origin (18th<\/sup> century)<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018CHEZ CHESTERMAN\u2019S BAND OF BROTHERS\u2019 entertained us at FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB on Friday, 9th May 2014. Band leader CHEZ (trumpet & vocals) had booked JOHN CROCKER (clarinet), GEOFF COLE (trombone & vocals), ROY JAMES (guitar), TERRY LEWIS (double bass) and BILL FINCH (drums). Our evening began with the building refusing us entrance. Yes, you read […]<\/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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chez-chestermans-band-of-brothers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","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=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}