Black Swan Jam Session - Feb. 21

(© Lance)

Ben Phillips (keys); Paul Grainger (bass); Mark Robertson (drums) + John Rowlands, Steve Summers, Tom Dixon (tenor sax); Esther Coombes (clarinet); Edgar Bell (trumpet); David Gray (trombone, vocals); Michael Young, Stu Collingwood, Dan Kabakov (keys); Liam Oliver, Laurence Harrison (guitar); Keith Tulip (bass guitar); Bailey Rudd, ? (drums); Cath Stephens, Jan Spencelayh, Martha, Katrina Miller (vocals).

Apologies for not getting all of the names, nor all of the tunes although, at a jam session, you can usually write them in advance. However, whilst we had the staple diet of Stella, Never be Another You, Blue Bossa, Dindi, Well You Needn't, Take the A Train, Caravan, My Funny Valentine and Cry me a River we did have a delightful version of Skylark by Cath Stephens who also did a job on Joni Mitchell's The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines. She even got the pronunciation right - de moin (e as in dress).

David Gray produced a chart for Maceo Parker's Southwark a.k.a. Shake Everything You've Got that had horns-a-plenty funkin' it up.

(© Russell)

As you can see from the line-up which had 4 x pianists, 4 x singers, 3 x drummers, 3 x tenor saxes, 2 x guitarists, 2 x bassists, 1 x trumpet, 1 x clarinet and, possibly, 1 x harmonica* all performing in various permutations it became impossible to write chapter and verse - life's too short! Lance

*Ray Burns, sartorially splendid as always, was present but as I missed the final tear-up I don't know if he received the call.