Chaps, I just uploaded a new playlist for TJR. To acess it go to my website, www.SeanMoyses.com and click on the link. Loads of rare stuff this month including...
Just discovered this forum. Been listening to jazz since I was 12 in 1944. Started going to jazz clubs when the Graeme Bell Band came to UK and first Lytleton...
Thanks Sean. Will listen tonight. We are in Lafayette and will be in New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival in a few days. Hope to have a few videos up...
... From: Hans en Corrie Koert Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Keep Swinging News Letter This week in the Keep Swinging web log some rather...
Hello Bernard and welcome to our small but perfectly formed group. I'm sure some of the chaps on the list will be able to share memories with you. I was in...
I was evacuated to Bedford durng the war and in 1943/4 it was home to the Glen Miller band, who I occasionally heard rehearsing at the Cornhall. However at...
... don't think they had web site ...this was back in fifties/sixties lol but saw Alex Welsh, Barber, Sandy Brown, Mick Mulligan............ david t...
BIX: A Radio Program From Miami University Interviews of People Who Knew Bix Audio of Interview of Hoagy Carmichael Peter Lesley's Close-up on Bix Beiderbecke ...
Mike Daniels, ... Pioneering trombone(bo====cks) What Mr Barber & Mr Colyer pioneered was introducing New Orleans music- blues and ragtime to the UK. It got to...
What Mr Barber & Mr Colyer pioneered was introducing New Orleans music- blues and ragtime to the UK. It got to be called TRAD & SKIFFLE Did Chris Barber go to...
... colyer....... aka the governor...........jumped ship to come home with the sacred tablets lol ken had the half time skiffle (rent party music) where...
... trombone I would say Barber was the best of the British traditional trombonists, much more polished and aware of the developments in jazz away from the...
I saw Chris Barber last night in Zurich with his big band , a bit different from his earlier bands. Great to See Pat Halcox and John Slaughter again,and of...
Barbara and I just arrived home after nine days in Louisiana. We spent about five days in the southwestern part of the state. We always enjoy the Cajun...
Hi chaps! I spent last week on tour with The Best of British Jazzband, a once yearly consortium of legends. Ian Wheeler, John Crocker, Rod Mason, Roy Williams,...
I have just received the sad news that Dick Charlesworth passed away after a spell in hospital on the 14th April. A great clarinnetist , tenor sax and Nr 1....
Sure Ralf, here is the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BE2Vw9AGk I think a few moments of reflection for Mr.Charlesworth is well in order. Greetings, ...
... There have been so many of these notices in the past year. Tonight we will have a special toast to Mr. Charlesworth, while we listen to him play....
Dick Charlesworth Clarinettist and saxophonist who made his name playing a variety of extrovert Dixieland jazz In the heyday of the British revival of...
The future of the long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is uncertain after its veteran presenter Humphrey Lyttelton was admitted to...
My best wishes and a speedy recovery go out to Humph, 60 years as a band leader is no mean feat, But I'm sure Steve Lane beats that, if not he certainly equals...
Humphrey Lyttelton, broadcaster and jazz musician, dies aged 86 Humphrey Lyttelton, the jazz musician, journalist and radio presenter, has died at the age of...
The Death of Humphrey Lyttelton is very sad news His music and humour will be missed by everyone who appreciated our kind of music. A half page tribute shared...
