{"id":691,"date":"2014-08-17T15:25:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T15:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=691"},"modified":"2015-10-05T12:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:22:37","slug":"tony-pitts-all-stars-15th-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"Tony Pitt\u2019s All Stars, 15th August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

TONY PITT\u2019S ALL STARS<\/strong> certainly is a most exciting band and entertained us here \u2018big time\u2019 at the Farnborough Jazz Club <\/strong>on Friday, 15th<\/sup> August 2014<\/strong>. Wherever you see this band advertised, definitely go see them, you won\u2019t regret it. Tony always books some of the top musicians in British Jazz. \u00a0This evening Tony brought with him ALAN GRESTY <\/strong>on trumpet, GRAHAM HUGHES<\/strong> on trombone, AL NICHOLS<\/strong> on soprano and tenor saxes, ANDY LAWRENCE<\/strong> on double bass, JOHN ELMER<\/strong> on drums and of course TONY<\/strong> again \u2018solid as a rock\u2019 on banjo. Tony does a wonderful job of introducing everything, quite a natural on the \u2018mike\u2019. The band began the evening with Graham singing \u2018All of Me\u2019<\/em>, such a great start. My next choice of song was \u2018Tishomingo Blues\u2019<\/em>, with Graham playing harmonica and Al on soprano sax. \u2018Alice Blue Gown\u2019<\/em> gave us the chance to do our line dance (including a few jivers on the floor too). Alan has a wonderful voice and sung to \u2018When I Grow Too Old to Dream\u2019<\/em>. I wrote \u2018fab clarinet\u2019, although I know they were all fabulous (am I gushing too much, sorry can\u2019t help it). \u2018Bourbon Street Parade\u2019<\/em> was certainly a temptation for a brolly parade, so Steve, one of our regulars, got out his collection of \u2018umbrellas\u2019 from the car, which produced another bit of fun. Al (Nichols of course) featured on sax with an Al Jolson hit, \u2018(I met my love in) Avalon\u2019<\/em>, Oh what a performance, just superb. Talented Graham was next to be featured with \u2018Just a Gigolo\u2019<\/em> he played harmonica and also sang. I remember dancing, when John played a magnificent drum solo (you don\u2019t forget drum solos if you are dancing \u2013 and I love to dance to drum solos!), anyhow a lovely number. \u2018Everybody Loves My Baby\u2019<\/em> must be mentioned, with Alan playing flugelhorn (I just love that instrument), plus he also sang. They once again played way past time and finished up with \u2018Dixie (I Wish I was in)\u2019<\/em> intermingled with a rendition of \u2018When the Saints Go Marching In\u2019<\/em>. Oh what an ending. Certainly everyone left with huge smiles of appreciation and plenty of praise, not wanting it to end. That is how we love it, everyone leaving wanting more, so see you next Friday, with \u2018Baby\u2019 Jools\u2019 Jazzaholics.<\/p>\n

Nothing like \u2018live\u2019 music, especially jazz.<\/p>\n

Diane & Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018Alice Blue Gown\u2019 \u2013 (m) Harry Tierney, (l) Joseph McCarthy (1919)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018All of Me\u2019 \u2013 Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons (1931) (Ruth Etting Song) <\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Avalon\u2019 \u2013 (m&l) Al Jolson, Vincent Rose & Buddy DeSylva (1920)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Bourbon Street Parade\u2019 –<\/em><\/h6>\n
*\u2018Dixie (I Wish I was in Dixie)\u2019 \u2013 Daniel Decatur Emmett (circa 1860)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Everybody Loves My Baby\u2019 \u2013 (m) Spencer Williams, (l) Jack Palmer (1924)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Just a Gigolo\u2019 \u2013 Irving Caecar (1929) [adapted from \u2018Sch<\/em>\u0151<\/em>ner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo – (m) Leonello Casucci, (l) Julius Brammer (1928)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Tishomingo Blues\u2019 \u2013 Spencer Williams (1917)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018When I grow too Old to Dream\u2019 \u2013 (m) Sigmund Romberg, (l) Oscar Hammerstein II (1934)<\/em><\/h6>\n
*\u2018When the Saints Go Marching In\u2019 \u2013 origins unknown (derived from (l) Katherine Purvis, (m) James Milton Black 1896) re-publ 1927.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *played together!<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TONY PITT\u2019S ALL STARS certainly is a most exciting band and entertained us here \u2018big time\u2019 at the Farnborough Jazz Club on Friday, 15th August 2014. Wherever you see this band advertised, definitely go see them, you won\u2019t regret it. Tony always books some of the top musicians in British Jazz. \u00a0This evening Tony brought […]<\/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-691","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\/691","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=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2352,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}