[Dixielandjazz] Classic Jazz Orchestra

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Gang,

Unknown to us, when my band was playing at this year's Whitley Bay Jazz Festival, we were being filmed, presumably by the Music Police. The results (for the strong of stomach) can be seen at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCe1q_OuD1w

The clarinet battle is called Are You Stickin' on the YouTube website, but how the author arrived at that from the original title is a matter of some wonder. Obviously I know what it is actually called, but does anyone else know its proper title? It wasn't our best-ever performance by some distance, but at least somebody had the decency to give it a 5-star rating! Our tenor-player, Konrad Wiszniewski, caught between the duelling clarinettists clearly can't believe his ears. For those of you who need to know, the clarinettist to the left is Martin Foster and the other is Dick Lee, both fine players, but prone to moments of musical mayhem if given the chance, as you can hear. The other bemused gentleman in the background is bassist Roy Percy. I suspect it's only a matter of time until there's a knock at the door from the Music Police!

Cheers,

Ken Mathieson
www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk