Cattin’ It at the Wild Pig- Gig Report for the Chicago Swing Katz 10th November 2019

Sunday the 10th November marked a rare Sunday evening off for me so I was able to dash across town and catch the Chicago Swing Katz gig at the Wild Pig in Meole Brace, the audience was a little thinner on the ground then I expected, but the inclement weather probably didn’t offer much encouragement, …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018- Sunday Part Three

Read the previous entry here I arrived at the bridge venue and was greeted by quite a contrast to the Zauto Stompers, the band were of mostly younger orientation and the layout of instruments indicated that this was something very different... there was not a sousaphone in sight. My initial thought was that the band …

Upton Upon Severn Jazz Festival 2018: Sunday Part Two

Read the previous entry here Now I quickly got myself a bite to eat from one of the many stalls which were on the river front and headed to the Star Hotel venue which was the courtyard and had the benefit of an outside bar, which at least could act an alternative to the beer …

Jazz at the Harp

This video was taken by myself at the Harp in Albrighton, Nr Wolverhampton. This was way back i. 2013 before the pub was bought out by the SOBs who kicked out all the music. https://youtu.be/hfb_hWiKhMo My good friend Mike Yorke is on the sax which may well actually be *my* sax, the vocals are provided …

Bark for Barksdale

Let's kick off with a look at some of my recent musical purchases: Two of these albums are 'lost' albums, namely "Blue World" by John Coltrane and "Rubberband" by Miles Davis. "Rubberband" is quite a famous lost album having being mentioned in several liner notes for later Miles albums and some of the trumpet work …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: Sunday Part One

Read the previous entry here I woke at a good time and had a nice cooked breakfast and had a nice gentle walk up to the town and arrived under the bridge just after the gig began, I made a mental note that aside from the Friday night incident I would decline to stay at …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: Saturday Part Three

Read the previous entry here   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2O5tvfCdcQ I sat myself down at the left hand middle front row of the marquee and got myself a good view of the band, upon arrival I was slightly concerned that the band was called the Millington Legacy Band which to me implied a death in the band but …

Gig Report: Chris Pearce’s Frenchmen Street Jazzmen 15th September 2019

Chris Pearce was hired by Jazz Club 90 fill a gap in the schedule and he decided to revive the Frenchmen Street Jazz band for occasion, the players here were somewhat older than those of Jukes Jazz Society but there were a few similarities between the two... well two of the band also came from …

Gig Report: Chicago Swing Katz 8th September 2019

It has been well over six months since I last attended a Chicago Swing Katz gig at the Wild Pig, so I was looking forward to seeing the band once again, and as expecting they did not disappoint. I did notice that Roy Sainsbury was not in the band for this occasion, I don’t know …

Gig Report: Jukes Jazz Society 8th September 2019

Jukes Jazz Society, previously Second Line Jazz Band, is a young seven piece band from around the Worcestershire and a number of the members are alumni of the WYJO and Best of Young Jazz program. Being a young band, the repertoire is slightly different to the usual bands that play at Jazz Club 90 with …