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The Tuxedo Jazz Band at the Oaks Community School, Sittingbourne, Kent
Christmas at Donnington Manor 24th Dec - 27th Dec 2006
Double Jazz Evening 14th October 2006 Jazz Pilgrims and the Bill Barnacle Band
Double Jazz Evening 2nd June 2007
Jazz Pilgrims and the Bill Barnacle Band
Jazz in Prague with Burtie and Eileens four day visit - wonderful
stuff
Crowborough Christmas Lights switch on with Bob Cox's Dixieland Serenaders
Oaks Community Infant School, Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Old Friends of Burtie's from years ago Dave Hill's Tuxedo Jazz Band playing for the youngsters at the
Oaks Community Infant School, Gore Court, Sittingbourne, Kent. 16th March 2007 It is the youngsters'
music week. Band members are Dave Hill tpt/leader, Chris Rumsey reeds, John Finch trombone, Burtie
Butler banjo, Gerry Birch sousaphone and John Cottis drums.
So click on the pictures to hear the videos they are a bit blurry, but the sound is fine
Bill Bailey
Mama don't allow no jazz in here
When I first stood in front of this sea of faces of over 300 youngsters, I
found it more unnerving than
playing to our generation at a concert,
thoughts were going through me, what are these youngsters
thinking - like they are all older than my
dad and some are older than my grandfather and probably my
great grandfather. I liked some of their comments
in their letters - some of the instruments were funny
looking , must have been the banjo and the
sousaphone. Below are some of the wonderful letters and
drawings that Dave had back from the school - fan
mail and fame at last -
Burtie
Dear Mr Hill
Dear Mr Hill
Dear Mr Hill
Thank you for coming to our school I enjoyed
Thank you for coming to our School I really like
I really like the marvellous concert. Even I
the concert. I liked all the instruments and the
the Tuxedo Jazz and My favourite instrument was
loved the trumpet and the drums. Thank you
Music. I loved listening to it it was lovely. Thank
the clarinet and the trombone. Some of the instrument
for coming to are School and playing the
you very much. I liked it so much I wish you
Made funny sounds and some looked funny as well.
instrument for us and I hope you come again.
could come again.
please come again.
And you were really good. But some of it was
really funny and great.
from Amy
from Eleanor
from Erin
Dear Mr Hill and the Tuxedo Jazz Band
Dear Mr Hill.
Dear Tuxedo Jazz Band
I extremely loved it and want to come again
I loved it The Band was brilliant did you know
I like it was excellent. I like the trumpet best.
because it was absolutely good. I loved all the
that my dad used to be in a Band. Thank you
I hope you can come again. because your band
instruments especially the drums because I
I loved the drums because the drums is my
is great. Thank you for coming.
play the drums.
favourite instrument.
from Jordan
from Nick
from Rosieseth
Dear Mr Hill
The concert was really awesome. It
really was enjoyed. I think it was
fascinating. I like the trumpet.
from Ryan
from Erin
from James
from Reece from Ryan
Wonderful stuff from the youngsters of Oaks Community Infant School, Sittingbourne, Kent. Keep up the good work.
Christmas at Donnington Manor,
Dunton Green. Kent.
24th Dec - 27th Dec 2006
Donnington Manor, Dunton Green, Kent.
Christmas at Donnington Manor is a must for all ardent
Jazz fans, with mine hosts Dick and Sheila Waterhouse,
without whose hard work
and dedication, we would all probably be sitting at home and watching Cliff
Richard and
Cilla Black, so for
those who left it too late to book, have a listen to the musicians who were
there, and the stripper
gram that was hired
at great expense for our host's birthday surprise. So have a listen to some
of the entertainment.
musicians in alphabetical order:
George Bridges
Burtie Butler
Chez Chesterman
Geoff Cole
John Collinson
Bob Cox
Peter
Elliot
Dave Hopkins Pete Lay Chris Marchant
George Murray Barry Palser
George Webb
Brian White
Mary Wilkinson
Mick Wilkinson
Yvonne Wilkshire Tom Wilkshire
sadly Tom is no longer
with us
24th September 1937 -
3rd March 2008
our Jimbo sound engineer / vicar and cross dresser
The band on Christmas Eve - what a line up The restaurant area, sumptuous food I might add
Getting the daggers from Connie George Webb and Jimbo into the community singing
The lounge and bar area
video clips to watch - a little blurry, but the sound is
not too sad. But you will get the gist of the action
it takes about 2 minutes for each video to download - am experimenting on
flash movies - so be patient
or : right click > save to target > make sure
its to your documents > give it a name > and press save.
Video a The band on Christmas eve with a little dancing
Video b more of band - different personnel, Christmas eve
Video d Christmas day singalong with George and Jimbo
Video e
Christmas day - Bob - Dave - Tom - Yvonne - John - and dancing
featuring Bob Cox on 'It Had to be You'
Video f Christmas day, George Murray giving a great washboard break
Video g Brolly parade around the tables - great fun
Video h Brian vocalising on It's a Sin to tell a lie - great stuff
Video j
Boxing Day, Dick's worst nightmare - at great expense
the stripper gram for his birthday
Video l
Boxing day John Collinson piano - Chez - Geoff - Mick - Chris - Tom
and finishing off with dancing - how it should be done.
Video m Dancing feet on the floor
Video o Mary Wilkinson vocalising on Baby won't you please come home
Video q Nobody's Sweetheart Now and the title of the song coming true !
Video r
Mary singing the blues with
Geoff - Chez - Brian - Burt - Dave - Mick - John
Video s Brolly parade again
Video t
Mary singing the session out with the lads
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Saturday 14th October 2006
Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims with Denny Ilett and The Bill Barnacle Jazz Band
The Pilgrims had a great night at the Whitstable
Playhouse, Whitstable, Kent on Sat 14th Oct , with the
Bill Barnacle Band. Denny Ilett with the Pilgrims blew a storm and set the
place alight. Also Tom Brady,
our regular trumpet player, who suffered a minor stroke a few weeks ago with
quite a memory loss, joined
us, to the great delight and admiration of both bands and
teamed up with Denny to finish the first set with
'Mama's gone Goodbye'. It was just great, a brave guy, as
one of our fans commented in an e-mail to me.
So you can hear Tom playing, and also a couple of other
tunes with us and Bill's band and some photos
to look at ------------- so click on to the titles of the
tunes below and enjoy:
Silver Threads among the Gold voc Denny Ilett Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims
Mama's Gone Goodbye
two trumpet lead Tom Brady and Denny Ilett
Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims
a great solo by Tom - wonderful stuff
Bourbon Street Parade voc Colin Hodges and Bill Barnacle Bill Barnacle Jazz Band
Some of these Days voc Colin Hodges
Bill Barnacle Jazz Band
and a great scat chorus from Bill Barnacle, Pete Rose and Colin Hodges
The Saints voc Bill Barnacle, bringing in each member of both bands penultimate no
Indiana
voc Colin Hodges and Tom Brady doing the scat singing, the final number of
the evening with both bands playing it out.
The Bill Barnacle Band
Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims
The Bill Barnacle Band
The two bands together
Our wonderful audience
The Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims
The two bands posing
The Bill Barnacle Jazz Band
left to right: left to right
Roy Mason clt, Tom Brady
tpt, Denny Ilett tpt
Mike Marsh drms, Bill Barnacle tpt
Tony Richards tmb, Bernie
Johnson bass, Sean Maple tmb, Pete Rose clt,
John Cottis drms and Burtie
Butler bnj.
Colin Hodges bass and Ray Perkins piano
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Another double Jazz Evening at the Whitstable
Playhouse, Whitstable, Kent.
Saturday 2nd June 2007
The Pilgrims had a great night at the Playhouse, Whitstable, Kent , with the
Bill Barnacle Band,
this time we have some great video clips, taken by Cloe Maple - of what we
all look like in action!
Band Members of the Bill Barnacle Band:
Bill Barnacle
Pete Rose
Séan Maple
Colin Hodges
Mike Marsh
Ray Perkins
Here are two video clips of the lads that evening so click on the picture / title to view
Dinah
Stan's Dance
Also a dedication to Bills 80th year from Pete
Rose
Band members of Burt Butlers Jazz Pilgrims:
Tom Brady
Roy Mason
Tony Richards
Burtie Butler
Mick Durell
John Cottis
Here are two video clips of the lads that evening so click on the picture / title to view
Royal Garden Blues
Mood Indigo
as always at the end of the evening, we have the two band jam, so click on the picture / title to view
two bands playing - Doctor Jazz
final
sign off with two bands - Shine
So ends another great and well supported evening and
also a special thanks to Cloe for taking all the video footage
Burtie b
Burtie and Eileen had a wonderful trip to Prague, Czech Republic 7th - 11th
November 2006
Here
are some pictures of the band on The Charles Bridge ( Karlův
most ) and the band on the Jazz Boat
and some videos of them, great musicians and some good stuff:
Coming on to the Charles Bridge
The Bridge Band playing some great stuff
so click on below to hear :
Please dont talk about me
These video tracks take a bit of time to Basin Street (a)
Basin Street (b)
down load, it is best to right click the track
and
Indiana
and
“ save target as
” in your documents.
next day a great four piece playing :
Bye Bye Blues and
Blueberry Hill
The Jazz Boat Band playing track
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a great evening one not to miss
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The Crowborough Christmas lights switch on with
the help of Bob Cox's Dixieland Serenaders on the 25th November 2006.
The weather was, well you could say it was raining a little, in reality
it was coming down in buckets, but the Serenaders
are true jazzers entertaining the crowd, as you can see and hear below.
The Serenaders doing the pose
The Marquee the band played in
The kids that were dancing and
our very own MC George
Bob Cox
Peter Leonard Arthur
Gould Pete
Drage
Burtie Butler
Colin Large
clarinet & leader
trumpet
trombone & voc
bass guitar
banjo
drums
Sheik of Araby
Dallas Blue
Jingle Bells
Click on the titles or the picture to hear and watch the video of the band
SADLY BOB PASSED AWAY ON THE 21st MAY 2021
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