{"id":621,"date":"2014-06-29T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=621"},"modified":"2014-08-06T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T11:19:09","slug":"bill-baileys-all-star-jazz-band-27062014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"Bill Bailey\u2019s All Star Jazz Band, 27\/06\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

BILL BAILEY\u2019S ALL STAR JAZZ BAND <\/strong>came from Burton-on-Trent to entertain us at the FARNBOROUGH JAZZ CLUB, Kent<\/strong> on Friday, 27th<\/sup> June 2014<\/strong>. Trumpeter\/vocalist RICHARD \u201cBILL\u201d BAILEY<\/strong> is full of fun and it was a treat to have his band lighten up the week for us. I\u2019m sure we also showed the guys what fun we are here at Farnborough, Kent (\u201cdown south\u201d) with our appreciation of their show. Bill brought with him TERRY McGRATH<\/strong> (trombone), ROGER KEAY<\/strong> (reeds), ALAN BIRKENHEAD<\/strong> (banjo\/guitar), STEVE PETERS<\/strong> (bass), KEITH CHAPLIN<\/strong> (percussion) and last, but by no means least, SHEILA FAWKES<\/strong> (vocalist). They started the evening with \u2018At the Jazz Band Ball\u2019. What a presence and I don\u2019t mean how they looked, although they looked first-rate too. It is always hard to make an impression when you are new to a venue, but they certainly did. \u2018Nobody Knows You When You\u2019re Down and Out\u2019 was played and goodness WHAT A POWERFUL VOICE! She didn\u2019t need a \u2018mike\u2019. Yes, I mean Sheila\u2019s voice. She looked so young and glamourous and what a lovely girl too (spit). She then sang, \u2018Some of These Days\u2019 more softly, which showed her versatility. Bill added some fabulous scat vocals too. He also played swannee whistle and I noted some great trombone playing from Terry. They also played \u2018Washington & Lee Swing\u2019, the University fight song and I suspect they played it because of the World Cup football series, as this tune is often sang at football matches. \u2018Darktown Strutters Ball\u2019 was another great number, in which Bill, again on swannee whistle, came out from the front of the band and played amid the dancers, great fun. Another number I jotted down was \u2018Bugle Boy March\u2019 and oh what a great bit of trumpet playing from Bill when (at the end) he played standing on a chair, as if playing an assembly recall from a castle turret, or high on a hill, just beautiful. Then came one of my all-time favourites \u2018Christopher Columbus\u2019, hmmm excellent. Sheila and Bill sang in harmony to that Latin American number \u2018Something Stupid\u2019. I just wrote \u2018Yes, yes, yes\u2019! That says it all! Now my last choice of numbers to list was \u2018Tiger Rag\u2019. Keith (Chaplin \u2013 not Grant!) played super drum solos to introduced the tune and also at the end. There was plenty of dancing, plus plenty of smiling all evening, another success.<\/p>\n

\u2018Live\u2019 Jazz, don\u2019t you just love it?<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

N.B. Terry is from Birmingham, Roger from Crewe, Alan from Leicestershire, Steve from Castle Donington, Keith from Barrow-on-Sour (Nr Leicestershire) and Sheila is also from Birmingham \u2013 well they can\u2019t help it, someone has to live in those placesJ!<\/p>\n

\u2018At The Jazz Band Ball\u2019 \u2013 (m) Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields (1917) (l\u2019s added 1950 by Johnny Mercer)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Bugle Boy March\u2019 \u2013 Francis Meyers ((1907)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Christopher Columbus\u2019 – Glen Miller, Joe Garland & Andy Razaf (1959)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Darktown Strutters Ball\u2019 \u2013 Shelton Brooks (1917)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Nobody Knows You When You\u2019re Down and Out\u2019\u2019 \u2013 Jimmy Cox (1923)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Some of These Days\u2019 \u2013 Shelton Brooks (1909)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Something Stupid\u2019 \u2013 Clarence Carson Parks II (1966)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Tiger Rag\u2019 \u2013 written & played by Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917) (many others claim!)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Washington & Lee Swing\u2019 \u2013 (m) Mark W Sheafe (1905), Thorton W Allen (wrote notes 1909), (l) Clarence A (Tod) Robbins (1910)<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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