Jeremy McMurray (piano); Richie Emmerson (tenor sax); Kevin
Eland (trumpet/flugel); Ron Smith (bass); Mark Hawkins (drums).
Due to holiday arrangements this was the second guest band of the month. However, this led to the formation of some of the best jazz musicians who have regularly played here.
An
excellent choice of materiel played with great enthusiasm and skill to an
appreciative audience with an age range from 16 (James) to 92 (Frank) made for
a first class night of Jazz.
Starting the night with an impressive version of the Nat Adderley
classic Work Song with full band intro before a fine trumpet solo from Kevin, sax from Richie and piano from Jeremy
backed by driving drums and bass from Mark and Ron set the style and the standard
for the night.