JJJ Blog

Great session last night with ten of us turning up to play some fun jazz.  First off a big welcome to a new jammer. Rick has just moved to the area and came along last night to join in on the piano.  Good job Rick! come back and jam with us anytime.  Rich took the piano to start with and we got underway with a blues to warm us all up which I think was based loosely on Billie's Bounce?. We worked our way through lot of the JJJ staples, When your smiling, Bye Bye Blackbird etc.  (These "sing-a-long" tunes are always very popular with the JH residents a number of who were listening to us last night.) We tried a few different numbers including a lot of songs with Aaron singing vocals one of which "Hello young lovers" ?) We stopped and started trying to work out whether it was in 3/4 or 4/4!  A darn good session overall with lots of good musicians. Thanks to all of you who came along and enjoyed themselves.

Remember that this Wednesday, May 19th is our monthly Dixieland jam session, 7pm at Jefferson Heights. These are always great fun and thoroughly enjoyed by all who attend whether to play or listen.  Come along this Wednesday and play some of the Jazz that started it all!

Next regular session is on Thursday May 27th see you at both of them.

Larry