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GAMBIT JAZZMEN RISING RIVER JAZZMEN THE DUMAINE STREET JAZZBAND GODOONER JAZZ BAND
VILLAGE GREEN STOMPERS BLUE
RHYTHM KINGS
The Blue Rhythm Kings
taken in the Croydon area 1990 picture from the Eric Webster collection
Band members: Malcolm Walton tpt/ldr, Brian Hills clt/alto, Edwin 'Boots' Baker tbn, Eric Webster bnj,
Colin Martin piano, Ron Goulding tuba and Geoff Collins drms.
A rather posed picture of th BRK's
L/R : Robin Beames drms, Malcolm Walton crnt/ldr, John Morphew sousa, Kenny Pyrke tmb
Eric Webster bnj and Alan Robinson clt. taken around the 80's/90's.
THE DUMAINE STREET
NEW ORLEANS JAZZBAND
About 15 years ago Ted Smith and I were
working through some chords in my front room in Sydenham
to try to get
a band together with a New Orleans sound. Walking by Dave Clennell heard us
and knocked
on the door.
From then on his help and encouragement were vital in putting the band on
the scene. This
This
cassette, in a round about way, brings us back to those beginnings. At the
Rutland Arms, a fine jazz
venue in Catford
we recorded the band with Dave on trumpet. (Special thanks to Trevor Baker
the pub's
musician-friendly landlord ). The band aims to keep true to the New Orleans
revival, with an extensive
reportoire of tunes, many of them little-known, and we've tried to achieve a
relaxed and swinging sound
with echoes of the old masters. The band has two recent recruits; Roy
Brown's exciting clarinet playing,
and Mick Burn's trombone and fine vocals have both been a big bonus for the
band. On this recording Mick
also got his wish to play tuba on the lyrical spiritual Lily of the Valley.
Chris Marchant will be familiar to
many jazzers as one of the finest exponents of New Orleans-style drumming in
the country, and 'Captain'
Ted Smith is fast acquiring a reputation for his rock-steady banjo playing.
Any bass player would relish
playing with these two as I have for the last 15 years. Hope you enjoy the
tape and hopefully this will be
made into a CD - if you do remember the band can be contacted by calling me
on 0208 858 2344
George Bridges
The band members:
Dave Clennell tpt/voc, Roy Brown clt, Mick Burns tmb/voc,
Ted Smith bnj, Chris Marchant drms and George Bridges bass/leader
recorded at: The Rutland Arms, Catford, London, October 5th 1997 by P.E.K.
Sound.
so click on the titles below to hear what the lads sound like:
Absolutely Positively Dave/voc Why Should I Cry Over You Mick/voc My Life Will Be Sweeter Ted/voc
Baby Have You Got A Little Love To Spare Dave/voc
Here are the lads at the "North Pole" Greenwich, London in the '80's
band members:
Roy Maskell tmb, George Bridges bass, Ted Smith bnj, Ken Coulbeck tpt, Bob
Thurgood clt and John Cottis drums
The Godooner Jazz Band
Band memners: Geoff Rosewell tpt, Bob Kitson clt, Doug Waring tmb, Roy
Neville bnj, Mike Godfrey bass and Derek Hawkes drms
and later Rod Burkin tmb and Bob (Sos) Sears drms
The Godooners. A recallection by Geoff Rowswell.
The date that it all started was around 1955. I had been studying at the
Medway College of Art for a year and found myself in the same
student group as Bill Stotesbury and Mick Lauder. In that year Bill taught
himself to play the banjo while Mick and I bought second hand
guitars and a book of chords. Chris Barber's jazzband had recently played at
the college rag ball, and everyone was keen to jump on the
skiffle bandwagon, which was spearheaded by his banjo player, Lonnie
Donnegan. We practiced hard every lunchtime and within a few
weeks had mastered many of the three chord standards.
At that time I was living with my parents on the Isle of Sheppey, and
attended one of the local youth clubs at weekends. I took my guitar
along one evening and discovered a fellow enthusiast who played the banjo.
His name was Roy Neville and he worked in the Sheerness
dockyard with Geoff Dootson, who was learning to play the guitar, and Mike
Godfrey, who rigged up a teachest base. The name Godooners
derived from the first letters of our surnames. Mike knew a lad called Len
Eels who played the washboard, and from that moment we were
up and running, playing in pubs and clubs up and down the
Island. We
had a regular weekly spot, too, at The Royal Hotel in Sheerness.
During this period I visited Ken Colyer's club in
London, and
immediately decided that I was going to play the trumpet like Ken! Bill,
too,
was keen to play trad jazz so we spent our lunchtimes listening to records
and mimicking jazz standards. Within six months we were both
sitting in with bands around the Medway towns. Oh, the arrogance of youth!
So ,very quickly the Godooner Skiffle group developed into the Godooner
Jazzband, with
Roy
on banjo, Mike on teachest, Len on
washboard and myself on trumpet. Asking around, we discovered young Doug
Waring (trombone) and a few would be clarinetists. Somehow
we managed to build up a repetoire and week by week the jazz slowly nudged
aside the skiffle. Full of confidence we left the Royal and
started the Godooner Jazz Club at the old Labour Club off Sheerness High
Street, which was going strong until I was called up for National
Service in 1959. Incidentally, unfortunately I packed up the trumpet but
joined a folk group playing guitar when I was demobbed.
Bill Stotesbury progressed through various bands until he was discovered by
our hero, Ken Colyer, who he played with for eleven years
until Ken's death.
PHOTOS TO FOLLOW
To hear the band from their latest CD My Mama's in
Town, and to purchase this CD or to book the band,
contact Pete or Jill Lay on 01737 822726 or e-mail:
play@gambitjazzmen.freeserve.co.uk
or watch the video of them on U-Tube -
click here
playing "There's a Rainbow Round my Shoulder" at the Enkhuizen
Festival
the lads: Dave Waskett crnt/voc, Johnny Rodgers reeds, Barry Weston tmb,
Chris Marney bnj/voc, Roger Link bass, Pete Lay drms/leader
click on to the titles below to hear the lads:
Left to Right ; Chris Marney
bnj, Roger Link bass, Pete Lay drums/leader, Dave Waskett crnt,
Barry Weston tmb and Johnny Rodgers sax.
Here are the lads on a wonderful portrait by Lyn Horn of the 1066 club of Hastings
when the Gambit Jazzmen were voted the band of the year in 2004
The lads at the Bude Jazz Festival band members:
Barry Weston tbn, Pete Lay drms/ldr, Ben Cohen tpt, Annie Hawkins bass and
Ian Turner clt
and Eric Webster out of site behind Barry.
Pete at the San Diego Jazz Festival 2007 with the 'Katie Cavera and Friends'
sessions
click on to above for Katie's site
John Cocuzzi (vibes), Katie Cavera (guitar), Carl Sonny Leyland (piano)
Johnny D’Artenay (string bass), and Pete Lay (drums)
Playing 'Rose Room' click here to watch - great stuff
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Resident every Tuesday at the Rose and Crown, East
Peckham, Kent.
adm £5 ( couples £9 ) tel 01622 871202
The Rose and Crown, East Peckham, Kent.
Band Members: Pete Curtis clt, Malcolm Walton
tpt, Tony Cardwell tmb, John Finch sousa,
Burtie Butler bnj and George Murray washboard.
23rd January 2007 in the bar
Malcolm and Tony in harmony
John , Pete and George
the engine room - John, George and Burtie
so click on to the two video titles for the real flavour :
video
1
video
2
singing In the Sweet Bye and Bye
The band in full swing with
with Joan our regular Sally Army
Algiers Strut
all photos and videos taken at The Rose and Crown 23rd January 2007
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The Savoy Jazzmen 1967 - 68
memories from Dave Styles of the Savoy
Jazz Band
Tom Brady's first Jazz Band
Canterbury Street, Gillingham, where we ran our one-band club for a few months with guests welcome.
at Novadel Ltd., Pier Rd., Gillingham, the Sergeant's Mess at Brompton Barracks and various weddings where
we tried to play waltzes, and other dance requests, another venue where we played and that was "The Crispin
and Crispianus" at Strood Hill, a lovely old grade II listed pub.
Various other musicians augmented the band at times, of whom a young Alan
Robinson [clarinet] and
Rick Manktelow [guitar and bass guitar] spring to mind. Rick went on to
make two LPs of progressive rock under
the name of Sindelfingen and became a record producer at a Medway Studio [PRS].
Rick and I often swapped
guitar and bass guitar roles. A drummer once sat-in with us who said that
he had played with Humphrey Lyttelton,
cannot remember his name but he was good!
and myself Dave Styles [guitar] [seated].
photo from Dave Styles
The Village Green Stompers
1977 -
Chris Rowley and John Knock formed the TVGS on the Village Green in Leigh, Kent
for the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977
L/Right - a wedding in Leigh, Kent.
John Knock tmb, Chris Rowley piano, Tom Brady tpt, Pete Drage sousa
Dudley Hurrell drms, Richard Brennan reeds and Burtie Butler bnj.
outside St Marys Church Leigh 30th April 2006
here are the lads playing - Indiana click here or pic to play
from a paper cutting band members:
Terry Springate tmb, Bob Jones crnt, Ray Fletcher clt
and Eric Webster bnj.
The Stompers entertaining band members:
Jerry Pond sousa , Joy
Townson, Eric Webster bnj's, Dudley
Hurrell drms, John Knock tmb,
Paul Bonner tpt, Ken Turner clt and Chris Rowley piano/ldr out of sight.
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