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SUNDAY JAZZ @ ROADE JAZZ CLUB – 12-2.30pm
ROADE EX-SERVICEMANS CLUB, ROADE, SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN7 2NL
Great venue, one mile from J15 on M1.. free parking, real ales, hot food and bar snacks, stage, dance floor, national and international bands. Admission £6[unless stated] 01604858549
2010 Fixtures
The Roade Jazz Club is currently on summer break, but….
DO NOT FORGET………………………………
ROADE JAZZ CLUB SUMMER SPECIAL !!!
SUNDAY JULY 18th 12-2.30pm
GREG ABATE [sensational USA sax star]
with
Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends
Admission £10…don’t miss!!
CLUB REOPENS ON SUNDAY SEPT. 5TH
Sep 5th – Jeremy Huggett’s Band of Gold and Jim Fryer [USA trombone star] £7…
Bands to follow include…Laurie Chescoe’s Goodtime Jazz, Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends, Terry Lightfoot Band, Limehouse Jazz Band [Holland], Dart Valley Stompers, Savoy Jazz Band…and more…
JAZZ @ THE CASTLE,WELLINGBOROUGH
BOX OFFICE 01933270007. 8-10.30pm
Thurs. June 17th – Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends with Trevor Whiting BOOK HERE
Thurs. July 22nd – The Zenith Hot Stompers BOOK HERE
JAZZ WITH TAD NEWTON’S JAZZFRIENDS
“SUMMER JAZZ SESSIONS with Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends”
Sun. June 6th – The Lansdowne Club,70 New Bedford Rd,Luton LU131BS 12.15-2.45pm..give it a try..great venue..real ales, hot food tickets 01582702553
Thur. June 17th – The Castle,Wellingborough, 8pm 01933270007 BOOK HERE
Sat. July 3rd – “Jazz on the Green” Leckhampstead nr MK 7pm 01280860499
With special guest MELLOW AVSTRIEH.. Bring your own booze and picnic..a lovely village setting
Sun. July 4th – The Walnut Tree, Blisworth 1-2.30pm “Nutstock Festival”- lots of other bands and styles and real ales….01604859551
Sun. July 18th – Roade Jazz Club,with USA sax star GREG ABATE
12-2.30pm. Admission £10 [01604858549]
Frid. Aug.6th – Blisworth Chapel.. jazz at vespers..7.30pm 01604858549
Sun. Aug. 29th – Abington Park,Northampton..jazz in the park..features Janusz Carmello [trumpet, former European jazz musician of the year]…..bring a picnic. 2-5pm
TEL. TAD NEWTON 01604858549 LIVE JAZZ…USE IT OR LOSE IT
Matt Palmer’s Millennium Eagle Jazz Band
Matt Palmer’s Millennium Eagle Jazz Band is always one of the most sought after and highly appreciated here at Roade, but today was going to be something different altogether. This was no ordinary Sunday, but one of the most significant anniversaries in the history of jazz. Hoagy Carmichael, the great jazz composer responsible for such classics as “Stardust”, “Georgia” and “Lazy River” would have been 110 years old today, had he lived to see it. The great man’s music remains as popular as ever, and is often featured at Roade during these Sunday lunchtime sessions.
This is a band which sets out to please even on an ordinary occasion, so they were never going to miss out on today. Right at the end of the first half, Mr. Palmer himself treated us to a wonderful rendition of “Georgia”, complete with improvisations and a vocal, which lasted around seven minutes. Not a bad embellishment of a very simple Eb Major melody which has stood the test of time for nearly seventy years. Following that, we were in for another treat, thanks to an unexpected special guest. Dave Morwood, of “Boiled Owl” fame, was guesting on banjo and guitar, and he couldn’t have chosen a better day to come to the party.
Mr. Morwood provided the vocal on Hoagy’s first ever composition, “Riverboat Shuffle”. There can scarcely have been a finer tribute to one of the genre’s greatest contributors. This was a wonderful effort from Matt Palmer’s Millennium Eagle Jazz Band, and no-one who was here today will ever forget it. Of course, there was plenty of fine music throughout the rest of the event, but there could never be any doubt as to what would stick in the memory. On a dull, dreary, wet and miserable day in an English November, we were transported to the sunshine and high spirits of the American South, and on the finest occasion possible. Those of us who were here today certainly owe much gratitude to Matt Palmer’s Millennium Eagle Jazz Band.