EPSOM & EWELL JAZZ NEWSLETTER

April 2018 We usually meet on the Second Tuesday afternoon monthly at All Saints, Fulford Road, West Ewell, KT19 9QY

Despite the heavy snow on 2nd March our coach reached The Royal Academy of Music to witness another masterpiece concert with Keith Nichols conducting the Academy Big Band in “Duke Ellington’s Fabulous 1941 Band”. These young musicians surpass our expectations every year. The concert concluded with the drum duo playing practically every piece of furniture and fire extinguisher throughout Dukes Hall – fabulous indeed! Lost & Found – a pair of ladies gloves left on the coach – phone me on 07913655458 to claim.

The Age of Jazz in Britain- this excellent exhibition at 2 Temple Place on the Embankment WC2R 3BC closes on 22 April. Many of our members have already attended – Monday to Sunday, excluding Tuesdays see www.twotempleplace.org – Free entry see images below

Jazz Quotes - taken from the “The Best of Jazz Score” compiled by Roy Pellett from the BBC Radio 2 show of that name, which

was often recorded at London’s 100 Club - A show full of unique jazz humour. “Roses are red, and violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic, and so are you”. Benny Green “Do you know the difference between a banjo and a trampoline? You take your shoes off before you jump on a trampoline”. Acker Bilk “Bruce Turner always refers to clarinet players Jimmy Noone and Omer Simeon as Jimmy No one and Omer Someone” Humphrey Lyttleton

2018 U3A Jazz Diary

Tuesday 10 April 2018, JAZZ ON SCREEN presented by Mike Pointon (With Buddy Bolden?)

£5

Mike will be presenting a selection of extracts from his collection of jazz on film from the earliest talkies in the late 20s to 60s television. Many key figures are featured including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, rare footage of Jimmie Noone and George Lewis, Kid Ory ,Red Allen, Benny Carter, Anita O’Day and what may be the only on-screen appearance of the legendary Buddy Bolden.

Tuesday 8 May 2018 Whiskey Moon Face, £10 - live concert, An

alternative trio based around double bass, accordion and clarinet led by the stunning vocals and hallucinatory lyrics of singer Louisa Jones ‘’ A beautifully realised and wonderfully entertaining sound - a hugely original and sparklingly talented band”. Louisa Jones- vocals, accordion, bass, cornet –, Ewan Bleach- clarinet, saxophone, piano,- Dakota Jim (USA)- piano accordion, bass, vocals. The band has played St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, The 100 Club, and now West Ewell! The musicians are all members of the outstanding “Ewan Bleach’s Cable Street Rag Band”.

Tuesday 12 June 2018 - Brian Goggin – '”Jazz Arrangers - The Brains Of The

Operation” £5

10 July 2018, Hugh Crozier/ Sarah Spencer live concert £5 -

14 August & 11 September - yet to be booked

9 October Jean-Marie Fagon’s Man Overboard Quintet £10 "Just want to thank you and the rest of Man

Overboard for the wonderful... - Such excellent musicianship and such fun. It was hugely enjoyed by our audience, as

you must have realised. We have had lots of compliments."

13 November Geoff Hiscott Entertains – bandleader, comedy, vocals, piano, guitar, bass, and tuba & dancing teacher.

Tuesday 11 December 2018 Keith Nichols Hot Five Christmas Concert- £15 We look forward to

welcoming Keith back with his merry jazzmen including Enrico Tomasso-trumpet, Michael McQuaid-reeds from Australia, Tom ‘Spats’ Langham-banjo, ukulele, guitar & vocals and Malcolm Sked -double bass, tuba. These are Five of the UKs most accomplished and popular jazz performers.

ABOUT Epsom & Ewell U3A Jazz: Many U3As have jazz appreciation and discussion groups, but while we certainly appreciate jazz, but just a discussion group we are not! We like the pre-war jazz styles and we are more akin to a wide ranging jazz club with jazz concerts, talks by leading professional jazz speakers, jazz movies, coach outings and audio/ visual explorations of traditional, swing and classic jazz. The U3A national jazz organiser talking about U3A jazz appreciation groups described us as one of the 2 or 3 jazz groups which are “something else”.

We enjoy listening to and delving into the history of the pre WW2 jazz styles. Our kind of jazz is about entertainment and enjoying good music in good company. We lay on tea and cakes for our tea break giving a chance to chat with members, musicians and speakers about jazz, the weather, or whatever you fancy. We are an informal group who love the pre-war hot jazz styles from New Orleans through to Swing. New members are always welcome in our well equipped church hall, with live jazz concerts usually held in the church itself. Tickets are usually £5, but sometimes more to pay musicians for live concerts. Refreshments are included and often a free raffle as well. Just come along to see if you enjoy our presentations of hot jazz music. If you like cool or progressive jazz, please give us a try but if you find our jazz too hot, other U3As have groups who are cooler than us.

We usually meet monthly on ther second Tuesday at All Saints Church, West Ewell from 1.30 to 4.15 pm. There is no commitment on members to organise meetings, but help with setting up chairs and tables and putting away afterwards and all important catering and administration is always appreciated. Come and enjoy our friendly group with a common interest in the pre-war jazz styles of music, from the very beginning through to big band swing and the new younger bands playing our style of jazz. After two trial visits you will need to join the U3A (£15 pa is the annual sub for Epsom & Ewell U3A, but membership of your local U3A is equally acceptable). Being a U3A educational group enables us to use much copyrighted film and music - and we get other benefits of being U3A members with lots of interesting groups to join and essential public liability insurance cover - so please join the U3A, and bring your membership card with you, after your first two visits!

Mike Leader - contact me at 31 Wallace Fields, KT17 3AX, Phone or Text me on 0791 3655 458 or email Michael@mcstevens.co.uk

We meet at: All Saints Community Hall, Fulford Road, West Ewell, KT19 9QY from 1.30pm to 4.15pm, on the 1st or 2nd

Tuesday each month. The Church is north of the shops along the Chessington Road (B2220) in West Ewell. From Chessington Road,

turn into Fulford Road and you will find the hall beside All Saints Church , at the far end of the road, with a large car park. (No vehicle access to the car park from the almost parallel Plough Road)

LOCAL JAZZ GIGS Please phone to confirm time and date before setting off.

Monday 1. Epsom Playhouse Studio Jazz Club – 01372 742555-£10.50 April 9th No Jazz April 23rd Andy Woon’s Vintage Hot Five

2. Chipstead Jazz Club- Chipstead FC, High Road CR5 6SF April 16th & 30th Brian White’s Just So Jazz Band with guests Tuesday 1. U3A Jazz @ All Saints Church/Hall, Fulford Road, West Ewell 0208 3932497 April 10th 1.45pm Mike Pointon’s “Jazz on Screen”

2. Banstead - The Woolpack 186 High St.0208 6472114 (Good food & drinks), Jazz from 2.30pm 4th April John Goddard’s OKeh All Stars. Free – with kitty collection.

Wednesday– Spice of Life Jazz Club, Cambridge Circus WD1 0208 647 2114 - 12.30pm £7. April 4th Polo Sticks Sextet w. Alan Barnes & Martin

Litton 11th & 25th Jack Honeyborne & guests, 25th Neil Drinkwater’s Red Stripe Band Thursday Surbiton, The Berrylands, 107 Chiltern Drive, Surbiton, KT5 8LS 0208 949 0776 (by Berrylands rail station) – Brian White’s Magna

Jazz Band Every Thursday 8-10.30pm good venue and great band often with guest musicians Friday The Tattershall Castle – Jazz on the River – Victoria Embankment SW1A 2HR – 12.30-2.30 Brian Rutland Band: 30th Mar & 27th April

with Al Nichols, Roy Williams, Ted Beaumont, Manuel Alvarez & Denis Smith + Ron Drake

Sunday Gt. Bookham, Old Barn Hall 55 Church Road - Enquiries Tel:01444 243745 Usually a jazz band for dancing to every Sunday lunch/afternoon. £12. April 8

th Freetime Dixie Jass Band (Holland), April 15

th Jazzaholics, 29

th John Maddocks Jazzmen, May 6

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Yerba Buena Celebration Band

Dinner with Jazz

Epsom, The Canopy Restaurant, 143 High Street, Bookings & prices 01372 745330: www.143thecanopy.com/ Fantastic dining in the heart of Epsom. Winner of ‘Epsom & Ewell Business Excellence Award – Best Restaurant. Gluten and Vegan friendly

Battersea, Le QuecumBar 42-44 Battersea High Street SW11 3HX Tel: 0207 787227 Free before 8pm then £6

Top UK Jazz Festivals in 2018 May 10-13 Keswick Jazz & Blues https://keswickjazzandbluesfestival.co.uk/with Marla Dixon

(USA), Keith Nichols, Sarah Spencer, Martin Wheatley, Spats Langham, Enrico Tomasso and many more. June 21-24, Upton Festival, uptonjazz.co.uk August 17-19 Pershore Festival www.pershorejazz.org.uk/November 2-4 Mike Durham Classic

Jazz Party, (Former Whitley Bay Jazz Fest), Newcastle http://www.whitleybayjazzfest.org/ ---------------------------

More details each month in The Jazz Guide "The Jazzer's Bible"- only £10 for 12 issues with details of almost all UK jazz venues, festivals and jazz weekends 01908 542595 You can often usually get a free copy at most jazz venues.

Live Jazz on TV from Sweden – Every Sunday 7pm – Gunhild Carling Live from Savoy Studio, Stockholm on YouTube, subscribe to Gunhild Carling on YouTube for reminders and previous shows.

Just Jazz Magazine - The Traditional Jazz magazine. The Jan 2018 issue had another article about our U3A Jazz Group. Now in its 19th year, subscriptions are available on 0208 317 3837 £25 for 6 issues inc. postage. A really interesting read!

Online Jazz Radio: If you want to listen to 1920s/30s jazz 24 hours a day, 7 days a week tune into Radio Dismuke from Fort Worth, Texas, which includes British jazz & dance bands from the 1930s. http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Dismuke-s54028/

UK 1940's Radio Station www.1940sukradio.co.uk/

They play music from the 1920s, 30s & 40s, and some programs have interesting commentaries - not just non-stop music.

Websites – Our U3A site: u3asites.org.uk/epsom-ewell/page/34697 Sandy Brown Jazz www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/whatsnew.html

Jazz Guide Website Have a look at www.thejazzguide.co.uk/ where you will find lots about "Our Kind of Jazz".

1920s Hot Hot Hot Dance - made by our U3A group three years ago, and viewed over 2.1 million times on YouTube. Watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUfVnrdn1ps

& Cakewalk to Jazz in 40 Years - A 20 minute version of our February 2017 presentation can be viewed on

YouTube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT0oSbI-yk4 “Rhythm & Reaction -The Age Of Jazz” Exhibition at Two Temple Place

“Night” 1926 by T C Dugdale Carlton Ware “Jazz” Nat Gonella 1934 Louis in London 1933 “Dancing” 1929

The exhibition closes Sunday 22 April 2018. See jazz paintings, ceramics, instruments, photos, newsreels, books, prints, cartoons in a wonderful

setting at Two Temple Place. The fabulously rich Lord Astor built this as his London Office – he built Cliveden as his country residence.

A final quote in tribute to Sir Ken Dodd, the last of the Vaudeville comedians, who died on March 11, age 90: “What a

beautiful day!” he would cry, “A wonderful day to beat a big drum, in true trouper style, in a shaggy red greatcoat or a mustard-yellow suite.

(My tailor is colour blind)” Repairman: “On Friday there was a tap on the door - Funny sense of humour, that plumber”.