{"id":598,"date":"2014-06-03T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=598"},"modified":"2015-04-11T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T11:27:47","slug":"bill-phelans-muskrat-ramblers-30052014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Bill Phelan\u2019s Muskrat Ramblers, 30\/05\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018<\/strong>BILL PHELAN\u2019S<\/strong>\u00a0MUSKRAT RAMBLERS\u2019<\/strong> played for us at our FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB <\/strong>on Friday, 30th<\/sup> May 2014<\/strong>. Leader\u00a0BILL PHELAN<\/strong>, trumpeter, had booked ALAN CRESSWELL<\/strong> on reeds (Alan was with Max Collie Rhythm Aces <\/strong>for 18months),\u00a0JOHN HOWLETT<\/strong>on trombone,\u00a0ANDY LAWRENCE<\/strong> on double bass, JOHNNY MCCALLUM<\/strong>\u00a0on banjo (who was with The Chris Barber Big Band<\/strong> for 22years), plus PAUL NORMAN<\/strong> on drums. I missed the first number, but my first note was of the tune \u20181919 March\u2019, a rousing number that we all recognise when it is played and has been played by so many top bands, although I was unable to find out the true origin, hence \u2018traditional\u2019 for composer and date. If anyone can enlighten us, please email any information, thanks. The band continued with an ODJB famed number, \u2018Clarinet Marmalade Blues\u2019, another rip-roaring number too. Following on, both Johnny and Andy gave great performances to \u2018See See Rider\u2019 (or \u2018C.C. Rider\u2019). [Alan and Johnny both featured with Django Reinhardt famed number, but have to update later \u2013 wonderful stuff. Another number, which John H sang to, was \u2018All the Girls Go Crazy about the Way I Walk\u2019. Paul\u2019s brilliant drum solo resulted with his drum stick flying out of his hand, through the air, hitting John H in the chest at such a force, nearly leaving us without a trombonist- ha! (Of course John was ok). \u2018Ciribiribin\u2019 followed, which they dedicated to me (nice). Bill had read my write-up about its composer Jack Lawrence (with Harry James) \u2013 see our newsletter 15Nov2014. I wrote \u2018brilliant\u2019 against the next number to mention. It featured Alan, namely \u2018Saint Phillip Street Breakdown\u2019. Likewise the next Sidney Bechet number, \u2018Dans les Rues d’Antibes\u2019, they all played marvellously. [This number brings back fond memories of when Keith played with dear and talented friends, Mack White and Charlie Connor]. The last number I wish to mention featured Bill. He is such a lovely unassuming person, which shone out big time, when he played flugelhorn to Hoagy Carmichael\u2019s \u2018Stardust\u2019. It is a beautiful song and Bill gave it wonderful justice. Their next date with us will be 3rd<\/sup> October 2014.<\/p>\n

Trad jazz \u2013 always fun \u2013 keep it \u2018Live\u2019!<\/p>\n

Diane\u00a0& Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018All the Girls Go Crazy about the Way I Walk\u2019 – Kid Ory (1945) disputed earlier by Buddy Bolden (1944)?<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Ciribiribin\u2019 – (m&l) Harry James & Jack Lawrence (1939) (based on melody by Alberto Pestalozza -1889)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Clarinet Marmalad\u2019 – Larry Shields & Henry Ragas (1918)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Dans les Rues d’Antibes\u2019 – Sidney Bechet (c1952) <\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018See See Rider\u2019 (also \u2018C.C.Rider\u2019) – Ma Rainey & Lena Arant (1924) <\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Stardust\u2019 – (m) Hoagy Carmichael (1927), (l) Mitchell Parish (with Hoagy) (1929)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Saint Phillip Street Breakdown\u2019 – George Lewis (c1950?)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u20181919 March\u2019 – traditional<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018BILL PHELAN\u2019S\u00a0MUSKRAT RAMBLERS\u2019 played for us at our FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB on Friday, 30th May 2014. Leader\u00a0BILL PHELAN, trumpeter, had booked ALAN CRESSWELL on reeds (Alan was with Max Collie Rhythm Aces for 18months),\u00a0JOHN HOWLETTon trombone,\u00a0ANDY LAWRENCE on double bass, JOHNNY MCCALLUM\u00a0on banjo (who was with The Chris Barber Big Band for 22years), plus PAUL […]<\/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":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-phelans-muscrat-ramblers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","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=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}