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The Grovefield House Hotel

BURNHAM, BUCKS

Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th April 2010 A Great time was had by all

A Springtime Jazz Party - The Grovefield House Hotel

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From £234 per person, half board.

 

14:30 Tailgate Ramble – A Salute to Kid Ory

Edouard  ‘Kid’ Ory,  (1886 – 1973) was the most famous of the early jazz trombonists. Born in La Place, Louisiana, he became a revered bandleader in New Orleans in the second decade of the twentieth century. By the early ‘20s he had reached the West Coast, where he recorded the first jazz session by a Black New Orleans Jazz Band. ‘Ory’s Creole Trombone’influenced countless musicians.

By 1925 he was in Chicago, recording with Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. The depression forced Ory out of the music business until 1944 when Orson Welles invited Ory to put a band together for his radio show.  The Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band went on to become one of the premier jazzbands of the revival period.  Famed trombonist, writer and BBC presenter, Mike Pointon will tell the Ory  story in words and music accompanied by Allen Beechey, cornet, Trevor Whiting, clarinet, Martin Litton, piano, Keith Donald, bass & John Petters, drums.

16:45 The Jazz Lecture:  Eddie Condon and the Chicagoans. John Petters discusses the life and music of this exceptional ambassador of jazz.

18:00     Dinner

20:15     Simply Swingin’ - Trevor Whiting Quartet with Martin Litton, Keith Donald & John Petters

21:30     A Night at Eddie Condon’s

Expect a fiery session of hot Chicago jazz in the Condon style. Cornetist Allen Beechey has studied the work of Wild Bill Davison, Condon’s hot cornet man. Trevor Whiting, Mike Pointon, Martin Litton, Keith Donald and John Petters worked with Wild Bill in the 1980s and therefore have a direct, personal connection to the Condon style.

Saturday 20th March

10:30     The Jazz Forum

12:15     The Special Magic of Benny Goodman with Trevor Whiting, clarinet, Martin Litton, piano & John Petters, drums. This great trio recreates the chamber jazz of the classic 30’s line-up of BG, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa.

18:00 Dinner

20:30     Louis & The American Songbook (insert graphic of Louis Armstrong)

Louis Armstrong recorded definitive versions of nearly all the classic songs of the ‘20s. ‘30s and ‘40s. The band revisit a selection of these evergreens, including Hoagy’s ‘Stardust’,  Waller’s ‘Honeysuckle Rose’ and W C Handy’s ‘ St Louis Blues’.

21:45     Mood Indigo – the Magic of Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy Ellington 1899-1974, better known as The Duke, is arguably the greatest American composer. Popular songs, jazz classics, Blues, Religious Music and Suites are among the Ellington achievements. This final session explores many of the unique Ellington originals including ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing’, ‘Creole Love Call’, ‘Just Squeeze Me’, ‘Take The A Train’, etc.

Hosted by Ace Drummin’ Man, John Petters

“…England’s Finest Traditional Jazz Drummer”…Mississippi Rag, USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Grovefield House Hotel