Another local outpouring – Rotherhithe Voices – took place at the blessèd Deli Felice last month. Here we have a picture of some trombonist trying to remember Schubert’s Der Lindenbaum, given the evening’s arboreal theme. Note the peeping heads.
The following Friday, down in Botley, a contagion, no, a contingent of Harry Strutters musicians, former and current, played at the wake for the much-missed Tony Carter. Swinging At The Cotton Club will never be the same.
The gigs stagger on, with the inevitable visits to the little chainstores of the unwanted. Here’s a recent find:
Tubby Hayes! Ronnie Ross!
In the coat pocket now, pursuing last month’s theme, is this import:
Here are Buñuel’s writings from the 1920s, in a new dual-language edition to lift us out of this glum winter.
We just need the Buñueloni martinis to go with it.
GIGS
Merch available at all these events!
Wednesday 12th February, 19:00 start
improvising ensemble:
Gabriel Keen : keyboard
Paul Taylor : trombone
Mike Walter : saxes, synthesizer
Lu Edmonds : cumbus
13 Pearson St., London E2 8JD
near Hoxton Station
Thursday 13th February, 19:30
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
SWINGING AT THE COTTON CLUB
The Wash, Hertford SG14 1PS
Thursday 20th February, 13:00-15:30
Sugarfoot Strut : traditional jazz
The Morden Arms
1 Brand St, London SE10 8SP
near Greenwich Station
Friday 21st February, 19:30
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
SWINGING AT THE COTTON CLUB
5 Sloane Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1X 9DQ
Thursday 27th February, 13:00-15:30
Sugarfoot Strut : traditional jazz
The Morden Arms
1 Brand St, London SE10 8SP
near Greenwich Station