Bill Watson (trumpet) and Josh Bentham (tenor sax)
featured on I've Found a New Baby, all sections firing, including
the trombones, shorn of it's bass 'bone man who happened to be stationary
somewhere on the A19 thanks to an earlier accident further down the road. Jan
was to have a busy afternoon, returning to the stage to sing Too
Marvelous for Words. Our vocalist could be heard loud and clear, no mean
feat standing in front of a swinging big band with the trumpet section blowing
into your left ear!
The MU ensemble had some fun on Más Que Nada before Jan stepped up once more singing What a Difference a Day Makes, later knocking out Sway, Our Love is Here to Stay, He's a Tramp and a surprise, a pleasant one at that, the Stealers Wheel chart hit Stuck in the Middle with You. The band, still without the base 'bone, mixed it up with Lullaby of Broadway (veteran Ray Dales, alto sax, showing he's still got it), Sammy Nestico's Switch in Time, On a Clear Day (Bill Watson, flugelhorn, and tenor man Josh Bentham producing two of the afternoon's many highlights) and the closer, Jim Martin's arrangement of Sweet Georgia Brown. Russell
Mick Donnelly (MD); ?, ?, Kevin Eland, Bill Watson (trumpets); ?, John Day, ?, (trombones); Ray Dales, Kim Skerritt (alto sax); Josh Bentham, Barbara Fagan (tenor sax); Jill Nelson (baritone sax); Ian Bosworth (guitar); Gary Hadfield (piano); Ron Smith (bass guitar); John Bradford (drums); Jan Spencelayh (vocals)
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