Ken Colyer today, featuring some of the tunes on the cornetist's 1956 Club Session recording. Preacher Adrian Cox thought it apt that he was in Lowestoft not that far from Colyer's birth place, Great Yarmouth. Our host wove a potted history of his subject's life and career at the forefront of the British revivalist movement between playing numbers from Club Session.
As Cox opened with Uptown Bumps many of our man's loyal followers had already taken a pew (logged on). Throughout this afternoon's sermon Cox name checked the many, very many, British musicians Colyer worked with down the years. And then there were the Americans...
Walking with the King and The Old Rugged Cross figured, spirituals are never far from a New Orleans' session. Working professionally from a very young age - fifteen or so - Cox has worked with a who's who of the British 'classic jazz' or 'early jazz' scene and has played today's numbers countless times. It's clearly evident that once played, Cox has the ability to store a tune in his head and summon it at will.
To close today's Ken Colyer sermon, our clarinet maestro opted for a tune not on the Club Session album - Goin' Home. Breathy clarinet, superb vocals, the Sunday Service is required viewing. Log on next week at one o'clock.
Set list: Uptown Bumps; Blame it on the Blues; Creole Song; Walking with the King; Chrysanthemum Rag; The Old Rugged Cross; The Thriller Rag; Black Cat on the Fence; Goin' Home.
Russell
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