{"id":727,"date":"2014-09-08T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=727"},"modified":"2014-09-23T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:10:31","slug":"martyn-brothers-jazz-band-5-september2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farnboroughjazz.co.uk\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Martyn Brothers Jazz Band\u2019, 5 September2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martyn Brothers Jazz Band at Farnborough Jazz Club, Kent on 25th August 2014. Photo by Mike Witt<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018MARTYN BROTHERS JAZZ BAND\u2019 <\/strong>once again,were fabulous when they played for us on Friday, 5th<\/sup> September 2014,<\/strong> here at our Farnborough Jazz Club<\/strong>.\u00a0 As mentioned before, co-leaders, Emile and Ben, are the sons of that wonderfully flamboyant drummer and band leader, Barry Martyn. Barry moved to New Orleans many years ago, so Emile and Ben were brought up there. BEN MARTYN<\/strong> plays double bass and EMILE MARTYN<\/strong> plays drums (both sing). They were joined by JULIAN WEBSTER GREAVES <\/strong>on sax, harmonica & vocals, JEFF WILLIAMS<\/strong> on trombone & vocals, JOHN \u2018radio\u2019 RUSCOE<\/strong> on guitar and HENRI HERBERT<\/strong> on piano (I said last week, Henri is an exciting boogie woogie player and is new to our club).\u00a0 It was a brilliant evening with their unique style of jazz, combining certainly New Orleans, a little bit of 60\u2019s and a little bit of \u2018country\u2019, very entertaining. One of our\u00a0regular visitors,\u00a0Mike Witt, took these wonderful photos, which shows just how they ‘delivered’ (shame the ‘band’ one misses Emile and Henri and only got\u00a0Ben\u2019s head, but thanks a mill\u2019 Mike, for taking the photos). Oh again, how I wished we had filmed some of the evening. I have so much going on in my private life and if things were normal, we would have booked someone regularly to film for us. But there you go, disappointingly we haven\u2019t.\u00a0 So here\u2019s how the evening went, although as usual,\u00a0I\u2019m finding it so difficult to pick out the numbers to tell you about, as all were good.\u00a0 I have by-passed some great numbers (as\u00a0they were played by other bands recently) and move forward to mention they played \u2018Statesboro Blues\u2019. Julian was on harmonica and also sang and what a number. Julian is another extremely talented musician. Henri was to feature next with \u2018Sweet Lorraine\u2019<\/em>. I\u2019m not sure how old he is (he seemed very unassuming), but boy, oh boy, can he play the ivories \u2013 he certainly has a voice there! \u2018Pennies From Heaven\u2019 followed next, with Jeff\u2019s great singing, then Ben joined in singing in a high pitch. I\u2019m sure he has been having lessons from his 10mth-old baby (Lorelai) great fun Ben. The number to come next was a rip roaring number \u2018Oh Marie\u2019, to which Emile lent his vocalisation to (yep, he also has a great voice).\u00a0 The pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance was Julian playing sax, whilst moving\u00a0all around the club, up on the table (see photo for evidence) and then sitting on Susan\u2019 lap (sorry Susan, no photo), definitely one of the highlights of the evening.\u00a0 See photos for evidence!!<\/p>\n

\"Julian<\/a>

Julian Webster Greaves in action at Farnborough Jazz Club, Kent, 5th September 2014, with Martyn Brothers Jazz Band.
Photo by Mike Witt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Julian Webster Greaves in action at Farnborough Jazz Club, Kent, 5th September 2014, with Martyn Brothers Jazz Band.
Photo by Mike Witt<\/p><\/div>\n

Another popular song \u2018St. Louis Blues\u2019 lured the dancers out on the floor (I recall they mixed a bit of Glen Miller\u2019s \u2018Pennsylvania 6500\u2019). Then before the dancers could return to their seats, with Ben singing, they played \u2018You Never Can Tell (C\u2019est La Vie)\u2019 and so were lured back to dance some more. Would you believe it, the same happening with \u2018Honest I do\u2019. I\u2019m sure you were all exhausted, but exhilarated.\u00a0 Ben sang\u00a0again \u2013 he has a marvellous voice and it is obvious from my description, the band played (without a break) as a marathon! What followed sounded like a big band when playing \u2018Lester Leaps In\u2019. Emile performed a marvellous drum solo (although I called out \u2018Keep practising Emile\u2019 \u2013 joking of course). Henri gave us a fabulous exhibition of his own composition \u2018Henri\u2019s Blues\u2019 (see there\u2019s where\u00a0we needed to film), thank you Henri. [Since writing these words, I asked Ben what year did he write it and have just learnt Henri wrote it that evening – now that\u2019s talent.\u00a0We will have to have a copy of the song on our website, when he records it.] \u00a0\u2018Folsom Prison Blues\u2019 (surely chosen, being eleven years to the day of Johnny Cash\u2019s death) came next. I danced with Gordon and am sure I lost a few pounds of fat. An explosive number. Julian played harmonica and sang next. His American lady friend came to hear the band, so they played this one, \u2018Route 66\u2019, to make her feel at home. I don\u2019t think there are many people who dislikes hearing that number either, especially how they perform it. They began the second set with \u2018The Sheik of Arabi\u2019 sung by Ben. We chose to do our line dancing. Marie-Ann and Susan were doing something different to the rest of us and Ben asked me \u2018aren\u2019t you suppose to do the same thing\u2019. I told him they were already on \u2018the advanced course\u2019, ha. Well, I was unable to choose any fewer numbers (sorry boys, to give too much away for your other gigs). What another ‘wow’ session. Cannot lose this club, can we.<\/p>\n

Diane and Keith<\/p>\n

\u2018Folsom Prison Blues\u2019 – Johnny Cash (1955)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Henri\u2019s Blues\u2019 \u2013 Henri Herbert (5thSeptember 2014)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Lester Leaps In\u2019 \u2013 Lester Young (1939)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Oh! Marie\u2019- (m) Eduardo Di Capua, (l) Vincenzo Russo (circa 1890) (l) Louis Prima version (1958)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Pennies From Heaven\u2019 \u2013 (m) Arthur Johnston, (l) Johnny Burke (1936)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Route 66\u2019 \u2013 Bobby Troup (1946)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Saint Louis Blues\u2019 \u2013 W.C. Hanley (1914)\u00a0\u00a0 inspired the Foxtrot<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Statesboro Blues\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Blind\u2019 Willie McTell (1928)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018Sweet Lorraine\u2019 \u2013 (m) Cliff Burwell, (l) Mitchell Parish (1928)<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018You Never Can Tell (C\u2019est La Vie)\u2019 \u2013 Chuck Berry 1964<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u2018You Send Me\u2019 \u2013 Sam Cooke (1959) <\/em><\/h6>\n

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