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MP3 Hot Club Sandwich - Live At Old St Paul's
14 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, BLUES: Rhythm & Blues
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For the last 12 months... we''ve been playing monthly Friday night gigs at Wellington''s Old St Paul''s Church. Built in 1866 and serving the local parish for 98 years, she was saved from demolition in the 1960s by a small but obviously persistent group of locals and vested in the Historic Places Trust.
In the fickle and ever-changing entertainment scene, it is a privilege to be allowed, once a month, to experience the overwhelming sense of history, tradition and solidity that this magnificent old Lady generates.
We were joined for these sessions by a bunch of terrific musicians - Johnny Lippiett on sax, Bob Heinz on guitar, and the incorrigible James Cameron on bass and velvet vocals. Terry played masterfully on the newly restored Steinway, relishing every opportunity to worry a not-quite-settled-in ‘G’ string.
My Dad loved this music. When we were kids he would often get out his battered old LPs - maybe on a Friday night - and have what he called "jam sessions" (he knew that was a term jazz musicians used). He''d say: "Listen to this! Listen to this!" and his eyes would light up with joy at the sound of Louis'' piercing trumpet, Nat King Cole''s effortless piano, or a dirty little Edmond Hall clarinet solo; and he would make a trumpet out of his hands, blow into his thumb and mime every single note with the excitement of a
little boy.
In these tracks you''ll hear echoes of Nat, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many others, some of whose grandfathers were freed from slavery the same year Old St Paul''s was built. Some of this music hasn’t changed much over the last 100 years, and neither has Old St Paul’s. Long may it continue.
My Dad died just a couple of months ago while we were making this record, but I know what he would have said if he could have heard it; "Well played, chaps!"
Dedicated to the memory of Peter London, author, philosopher, jazz fanatic and bloody good Dad.
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