Chaps, fancy popping along for a pint? Sean March 4. Landbeach Old Rectory (Cambridge) 5. Pakefield jazz festival 6. Lyng - Norwich Jazz club 7. Carshalton...
I'm new to the group. My name is Tim Rutter: guitar player with Jazz leanings. I recently started playing a trad-like style with a friend of mine whose a very...
Welcome to the group Tim and i am sure the esteemed company on the group will have some words of wisdom for you. Lots of banjo players lurking 'round here! ...
Just received this interesting email from David Fox via www.jazznorthwest.co.uk and felt it was more suitable here for discussion. :- "The jazz circuit must be...
... Thanks for the welcome! Lots of banjo players ... Yes, I expect that banjo players will make up the bulk of subscribers. I'm not a banjo player, but a...
I was playing banjo of course what else in the '60's and still am. Originally in Manchester, lived in London for a while (played with Dauphin Street 6) went...
Well, I did play a 5-string banjo at one time, but I've been a trumpet player for the last xx years. I discovered this group today via Fred Burnett's website...
Welcome Tony. Actually the group is all about trad.jazz, there is a banjo group already on Yahoo. If you are a player, fan or enthusiast oanyone is most...
Wow! I almost never receive e-mail at this address. My name is Ralph and I live in Chicago. My wife, Barbara and I are trad jazz fans. We feel fortunate to...
HELLO CHAPS & CHAPESESS!!?? I HAVE JUST BEEN ASKED TO "PENCIL IN" THE DOONBEG INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL IN JUNE WITH THE NORTHSIDE JAZZ BAND.IT'S IN COUNTY...
Sean I am puzzled as to why you should find Doonbeg such an odd name. In fact, I think your question was a bit silly and in certain quarters it would be ...
Hi Sean Your not very far from the truth,they are paying for flight and accomadation only,please don't tell the MU as I have not had full details yet. As for...
Dear Robin, There is nothing wrong with my sense of humour, and my message wasn't actually aimed at you. However, I have studied folk cultures and small ...
Hi Folks, I've just received the following message, which I think must have come from John Petters. Whoever it was forgot to sign it. Anyway, I thought I'd...
Sorry folks, it was from my office. And Old Harlow is in Essex about 20 miles north of London. Keep swinging John Petters WWW.Traditional-jazz.com Amateur...
Well done John Petters for a great weekend of jazz in Pakefield.I'm currently on tour in the UK with Rod Mason's Hot Five and will do our last concert after...
Well done Sean and Rod Mason's Hot Five, who held the audience until 00:30 on the Sunday evening, when most jazzers are usually tucked up in bed. I've had some...
Hi Folks, I've just received the following list of British tour dates for Dixi, the incredible, and incredibly young, Norwegian band.If you've never seen them,...
Dear chaps. I had an interesting conversation with a member of the audience on my last tour about amplification which got me thinking. He asked why most bands...
Dear Chaps, Most bands amp up because the have forgotten how to play acoustically. PA doe not enable a band to naturally balance itself. Bass players are the...
Hi Could not agree more I have played at both those venues & you are spot on John, another example I went to hear Paul Lacey`s "Back to Basie" at the Norwich...
Sirs, It's not often that I am in favour of modern developments in music, and I certainly abhor heavily amplified music. However, the ability of musicians ...
Hello Chaps I'm definately an advocate of Without sir, I have a pick-up in my Banjo,but only use it to plug in a tuner. Many years ago when Jack Hutton was...
Fred raises another interesting point. /Analogies can be drawn with the days when we all used to listen to Radio Luxembourg, frequent fade outs and lousy...
Dear chaps. I'm right with John here on recording with compression etc. I am constantly amazed at the quality of the recordings the old guys got from 78s. A...
Yes the sound guys did a great job. CD transfers need to be sensitively handled. The late John R T was a master. Cheers John Petters WWW.Traditional-jazz.com ...
Brings to mind that excellent and (in my honest opinion) one of the best recorded LPs of the "Trad. era", the 1961 recordings of the Temperance Seven. I read...
Hello, I am Jeff Matthews and came across this site via an article published by Martin Butterworth in Cardiff's 'Presevation Jazz Society'. Thank you Martin,...
Hi Jeff, Welcome to the group. My name is Ralph Grasso. I just recently joined this group. My wife and I live in Chicago and are simply big fans of Trad and...
