[Dixielandjazz] Cleethorpes Jazz Festival

[Marek Boym]

Doesn't seem terribly exciting for the mouldies amond us, does it?
Cheers


On 3 July 2013 00:42, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> My Classic Jazz Orchestra made the long trip south from Scotland on Sunday
> to play at the Cleethorpes Jazz Festival. Cleethorpes is a small town right
> next to Grimsby at the mouth of the River Humber on the English East Coast
> and its jazz festival has now been running for 5 years to packed audiences.
> In addition to a number of excellent regionally-based bands and singers,
> headliners this year included internationally-acclaimed artists like
> guitarist Jim Mullen's Organ Trio, singers Claire Martin and Tina May,
> pianist Dave Newton, bassist Dave Green and the wonderful saxophonist, Alan
> Barnes.
>
> We were working with Alan in a programme of Benny Carter's music. It's
> demanding music to play - full of subtle complexities - and even his
> potboilers have an elegance about them. Alan, as usual, played like a
> dream, but so did the guys of the CJO. Two of our regulars, tenorist Konrad
> Wiszniewski and trombonist Phil O'Malley were touring in USA and Canada
> with Tommy Smith's Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, so we had 2 deps
> (subs) on board: the highly experienced Stewart Forbes on tenor and the
> hugely talented 24 year-old trombonist Kevin Garrity. Both did their jobs
> excellently and Kevin's glorious tone was remarked on by numerous audience
> members at the end. He is a name to watch out for.
>
> It always surprises me that hardly anybody seems to play Benny's music
> nowadays and that I have to explain to audiences, even jazz audiences, who
> he was, what he achieved and how he was regarded with near-reverence by
> jazz musicians everywhere. It seems astonishing that a man whose name was
> synonymous with top quality as a player of several instruments, as a
> bandleader and as a composer/arranger is now largely overlooked a mere 10
> years after his death.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
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