[Dixielandjazz] Evan Christopher at Lockerbie Jazz Festival

[Marek Boym]

I've heard Evan Christopher a fw times.  He played at the Caesarea
festival and was great!
I was very excited when he was scheduled to play at the Opera house,
and long in advance bought tickets for two shows.  Most of my friends
came, too, with great expectations.  What a disappointment!  Evans
himself played well enough, but the accompanying band was awful!
These people didn't even know St James Infirmary!  apparently
assembled by the organizer, himself a modernist, they were the mosr
unsypathetic bunch insofar as Evans' music was concerned.  The second
show was a little better - he must have had a few words with them -
but still far from good!
In any event, a friend and I are going to hear him again when he comes
(January or February) with Django a la Creole.  But I am not sure that
my other friends will!
Cheers

On 7 October 2012 17:24, ROBERT R. CALDER <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have several times heard Evan Christopher in person, and the impressive Dave Blenkhorn on guitar
>
> But it was so long ago, Evan had hair on top of his head
>
> R.
>
>> From: Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
>>T hank you, Robert!
>> How lovely!  I'm forwarding your email to my Israeli jazz friends.
>> I understand that you have not heard them in person.