{"id":5955,"date":"2019-05-31T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2019-06-01T04:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T04:29:41","slug":"granties-dixie-six-friday-31st-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=5955","title":{"rendered":"Granties Dixie Six, Friday 31st May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"background-color:#ddddf9;color:#0300a3\" class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANTIES DIXIE SIX are here tonight, Friday 31<sup>st <\/sup>May 2019. Yep, back here by popular demand in our own FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB (Kent).\u00a0 The band made its debut entrance a couple of months ago in February and was a wonderful success with most of our audience \u2013 it was full on brilliant swinging Dixieland jazz.\u00a0 So, let me fill you in as to who we have in the band again tonight.\u00a0 Firstly, we are thrilled to have PETER LEONARD playing trumpet and singing.\u00a0 He has played here on many occasions with various bands and I can tell you, he is super. \u00a0Joining him, we have the brilliant magical tenor sax playing of JOHN LEE.\u00a0 Plus, another wonderful vocalist, BOB DWYER on trombone (he has his own band, regularly here &#8211; \u2018Bob Dwyer\u2019s Bix &amp; Pieces). \u00a0TIM HUSKISSON is playing piano (well, he needs no introduction).\u00a0 Roger Curphey is getting back to his old self, but I said rest for one more time \u2013 for the moment he has a motorway journey to get here.\u00a0 So, we have KEITH DONALD on double bass \u2013 he is a \u2018great\u2019 swingin\u2019 bass player too.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be singing two songs and of course, we have my own KEITH GRANT on drums (you never know, you might actually witness Keith catching a stick tonight!).\u00a0 See you later jazzers \u2013 your hosts, Diane and Keith.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hershey-and-the-Hotshots-4dec2014-with-Keith-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4020\" width=\"461\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hershey-and-the-Hotshots-4dec2014-with-Keith-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hershey-and-the-Hotshots-4dec2014-with-Keith-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hershey-and-the-Hotshots-4dec2014-with-Keith-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Hershey-and-the-Hotshots-4dec2014-with-Keith-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption><strong>&#8216;Hershey and the Hotshots&#8217; playing for the first time at Farnborough Jazz Club on 4th December 2015. (LtoR) Paul Taylor (trombone), (Keith Grant has sit-in on drums), Roger Curphey (double bass), Peter Leonard (trumpet&amp;vocs), Tim Huskisson (clarinet&amp;alto sax) and (out of view) Andrew Clancy (piano) and drummer Graham Caulicott dances with Jill.  Photo by Peter Marr<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.-Granties-Dixie-Six-Farnborough-Jazz-Club-Kent-8Feb2019-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5735\" width=\"315\" height=\"208\"\/><figcaption><strong>J<\/strong>ohn Lee takes a solo (engine boys &#8211; Tim Huskisson on piano, Alan Morgan on d.bass &amp; Keith Grant on drums. &#8216;Granties Dixie Six&#8217;, Farnborough Jazz Club, Kent 8Feb2019. Photo by Mike Witt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2-585x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4520\" width=\"278\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2-585x1024.jpg 585w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2-768x1344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2-624x1092.jpg 624w, https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Bob-Dwyers-Bix-Pieces-29Jan2016-2.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Bob Dwyer&#8217;s Bix &amp; Pieces at Farnborogh Jazz Club on 29Jan2016.  Photo by Mike Witt.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:right\"><strong>Sorry Keith (D) &#8211; will upload phot later if time, or tomorrow &#8211; need to locate one. Di<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRANTIES DIXIE SIX are here tonight, Friday 31st May 2019. Yep, back here by popular demand in our own FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB (Kent).\u00a0 The band made its debut entrance a couple of months ago in February and was a wonderful success with most of our audience \u2013 it was full on brilliant swinging Dixieland jazz.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/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":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granties-dixie-six"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955","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=5955"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5968,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}