[Dixielandjazz] Classic Jazz Orchestra

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Alicia,

Many thanks for the kind words. We all remember that gig as being a gig to forget (if that's not a bit Irish-sounding), so I'll check it out myself later tonight as this is my only night in all week. Maybe the automatic pilot saw us safely through while we were thinking everything was going wrong!

Cheers,

Ken Mathieson
www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alicia Fullbright 
  To: Ken Mathieson 
  Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:32 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Classic Jazz Orchestra


        Dear Ken,
         I sure enjoyed that group of songs. The performance was excellent to hear.
        Alicia Fullbright

        " The thing about performance, even if it's only illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."
        Sydney Smith

        --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:


          From: Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>
          Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Classic Jazz Orchestra
          To: "Alicia Fullbright" <alicia_f2002 at yahoo.com>
          Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
          Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 4:52 PM


          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
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