Bill Smith, second from right, drove all the way from Cornwall so that he could perform at this gig. He loves it. He’s nearly 80.
Today the band was joined by comparatively youthful John Spall, on clarinet. He performed a masterful version of Acker Bilk’s ‘Stranger on the Shore’. I think it’s that piece that first attracted me to jazz music, when I was 12 and we lived at Meads Cottage, Ryton. I don’t think my parents had the record, but the tune was played incessantly on the radio at that time. It has stood the test of time, like many jazz numbers.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen this band…
Monday 19 June 2017 – The Harlem Hot Stompers at Eagley Jazz Club
Monday 16 October 2017 – The Harlem Hot Stompers at Eagley Jazz Club
… two name but twice. Other reporting has been scant or non existent.
Where were you, Paul and Julie?
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