What a lovely review, thank you Peter.
I’ll take it as a compliment that you thought my tenor sax was an alto in Cornbread Peas and Black molasses… There were a few high notes, right enough 😉
Great review – especially for those fans who live too far away to go to live concerts. Good to hear that the band will continue.
A traditional jazz band SHOULD have a banjo and those bands who dumped it (economies?) lost a lot in my opinion. Joe is a fine player as have been many of his predecessors.
It would have been great to keep on keeping on but along came Covid19 and wrecked Chris’s wish for the band to carry on. This particular concert was the fourth at Cadogan Hall, as far as I recall, but having followed the band since October 1955 from a teenager to Great Grandmother, and raised my kids on Chris’s music, I still mourned the man himself. The concert was superb as always but for me the spirit of the band had left.. The great times like clearing upper class on the BA inaugural flight to New Orleans and playing as we flew over the pond, Then seeing Chris’s standing ovation for Sweet Sue. Seeing Dr John and Chris at Professor Longhair’s Club. The whole trip, with all the concerts at the festival, was filmed by the BBC for a documentary. Hard to say goodbye to a good man, a greatly admired musician, and a thoughtful friend. RIP
What a lovely review, thank you Peter.
I’ll take it as a compliment that you thought my tenor sax was an alto in Cornbread Peas and Black molasses… There were a few high notes, right enough 😉
Great review – especially for those fans who live too far away to go to live concerts. Good to hear that the band will continue.
A traditional jazz band SHOULD have a banjo and those bands who dumped it (economies?) lost a lot in my opinion. Joe is a fine player as have been many of his predecessors.
Keep on keeping on – we need you
It would have been great to keep on keeping on but along came Covid19 and wrecked Chris’s wish for the band to carry on. This particular concert was the fourth at Cadogan Hall, as far as I recall, but having followed the band since October 1955 from a teenager to Great Grandmother, and raised my kids on Chris’s music, I still mourned the man himself. The concert was superb as always but for me the spirit of the band had left.. The great times like clearing upper class on the BA inaugural flight to New Orleans and playing as we flew over the pond, Then seeing Chris’s standing ovation for Sweet Sue. Seeing Dr John and Chris at Professor Longhair’s Club. The whole trip, with all the concerts at the festival, was filmed by the BBC for a documentary. Hard to say goodbye to a good man, a greatly admired musician, and a thoughtful friend. RIP