{"id":584,"date":"2014-05-15T20:32:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T20:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=584"},"modified":"2015-08-19T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T11:07:49","slug":"tony-pitts-all-stars-16th-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"Tony Pitt\u2019s All Stars, 16th May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

TONY PITT\u2019S ALL STARS<\/strong> at Farnborough Jazz Club <\/strong>on 16th<\/sup> May 2014, was truly a night to remember<\/strong>. In Keith\u2019s words, this superb band featuring some of the top musicians in British Jazz. The line-up included the powerful trumpet of DENNY ILETT<\/strong>, the top class trombone playing of DAVE HEWITT<\/strong> and the fabulous soprano and tenor sax of AL NICHOLS<\/strong>. A great front line, driven along by a swinging rhythm section, which included ANDY LAWRENCE<\/strong>\u2019s strong double bass playing, JOHN ELLMER<\/strong>\u2019s fantastic drumming and leader Tony Pitt- solid as a rock- on banjo. This was a memorable performance at the Farnborough Jazz Club, with the band looking smart and professional, bringing back visions of the great Alex Welsh band of the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s (we should have recorded it). I missed jotting down their first number as people were pouring in, but recall John produced a fabulous drum solo in \u2018Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans\u2019. Also Denny sang \u2018Tin Roof Blues\u2019 (with Al playing soprano sax). Then Denny performed a beautiful solo intro to the next number \u2018Maggie\u2019. He also sang it and then ended it in the same way, so wonderful. Dave had a feature, playing \u2018If I had My Way Dear\u2019, what a performer, obviously brilliantly backed by the \u2018engine\u2019. They also backed Denny, who featured with \u2018Bad Penny Blues\u2019 (Denny sang it too). I don\u2019t need words to describe Denny, he\u2019s just the best. \u2018Big Butter and Egg Man\u2019 was another great number to which they all excelled. Al also had a feature number, \u2018Avalon\u2019, playing tenor sax, another brilliant musician. Nobody wanted the evening to end, but they chose \u2018When the Saints Go Marching In\u2019 to do so, obviously just the right number AND I did manage to record it on my old mobile phone. I did say last week, to expect some incredible jazz, I also said, one definitely NOT<\/strong> to be missed as these musicians are certainly top-notch. I was right, what a night. The band were steaming. They enjoyed what they were producing themselves, so much so, they forgot to stop and played on till 11.45pm and I\u2019m sure they could have played on and on. Tony\u2019s band is back with us on 15th<\/sup> August 2014, to celebrate Keith\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n

This week, Friday 23rd<\/sup> May 2014<\/strong>, we will be featuring a band of similar quality and style \u2013 BARRY PALSER\u2019S SUPER SIX<\/strong>, so come along and enjoy a great evening of Happy Jazz!<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018Avalon\u2019 \u2013 Al Jolson, Vincent Rose & Buddy DeSylva (1920)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Bad Penny Blues\u2019 \u2013 Humphrey Lyttelton (1956)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Big Butter and Egg Man\u2019 \u2013 Percy Venable (1926)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans\u2019 \u2013 Louis Alter & Eddie DeLange (1947)<\/h6>\n
\u2018If I had My Way Dear\u2019 – (m) James Kendis, (l) Lou Klein (1913)<\/h6>\n
\u2018Tin Roof Blues\u2019 \u2013 George Brunies, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo & Mel Stitzel (1923)<\/h6>\n
\u2018When the Saints Go Marching In\u2019 \u2013 origins unknown (derived from (m) James Milton Black, (l) Katherine Purvis 1896) re-publ 1927.<\/h6>\n
\u2018When You and I Were Young, Maggie\u2019 \u2013 (p) George W. Johnson (1820), (m) James A. Butterfield (1866)<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TONY PITT\u2019S ALL STARS at Farnborough Jazz Club on 16th May 2014, was truly a night to remember. In Keith\u2019s words, this superb band featuring some of the top musicians in British Jazz. The line-up included the powerful trumpet of DENNY ILETT, the top class trombone playing of DAVE HEWITT and the fabulous soprano and […]<\/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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tony-pitts-all-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","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=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}