11th – The Andrew Clancy Jazz Quartet & Friends
REVIEWS:
Malcolm & Gary: “Three generations of the Clancy family plus Antony Cox. Peter, father & grandfather on electric bass, Brothers Andrew (piano), David (drums) and Stephen (clarinet) plus grandson Peter (Jnr, tenor ukulele & concert banjolele). The first time at GJC for David, Stephen, Peter (Jnr) & Antony. All made it a great evening of musicianship and entertainment. Please book ’em again soon.”
John C: “A six-piece band, five of them called Clancy, playing a selection of jazz standards from Dixieland and New Orleans. Excellent entertainment!”
Juliette & Yvonne: “What a talented family! Mrs Clancy must be very proud! We very much enjoyed the vocals. Good to see such a young and talented member of the band.”
Tim & Andrew: “Nice lively band with some great tunes.”
Phil, Linda plus Haslar group: “Excellent night of good tunes, from a lovely family band. The Clancy clan done Good!”
Anon: “Very entertaining band. Excellent musicians and a great choice of numbers. Come again soon!”
Trish & Barry: “Very entertaining, good musicians and lively numbers.”
Lesley & Roger: “A very entertaining evening of New Orleans jazz played by a talented group of musicians. A family very much in tune and with talented string players.”
John, Gill & Gwyn: “We thoroughly enjoyed this family band plus one. Especially liked Shine, many other numbers were brilliant. Hope they can come again soon.”
25th – The Otis B Driftwood Showband.
REVIEWS:
Julia Hubery & Mark Willis: “Thanks to the band for a fun evening – especially enjoyed the fabulous singing from the bass player, the ‘shuffle’ arrangements and Sweet Georgia Brown.”
Gwyn, Gill & John: “We all loved this fantastic group of musicians. Very entertaining. Blown away by the accordion – never heard it played that way.”
Juliette Hewitt & Yvonne Flory: “A really lively and fun evening with some really excellent musicians. Lovely to see the warm relationship between the young Ukrainian and the rest of the group.”
Mary S-C & Dean Alder: “All excellent musicians, including Volodymyr’s accordion playing and Tim Eyles on trumpet and vocal, of course.”
Veronica, Gary & Malcolm “Very entertaining evening. Special welcome to Dave Doel on double bass and great vocals for his first time at GJC. Lovely to see the return of Volodymyr with his distinctive and superb accordion. Please get ‘em back.”
Trish Hurman & Colin Terry: “They’re welcome anytime. The comments in the calling notice were so right.”
Hugh Emsley & Tian: “Brilliant night. What a delight to have a band that was so obviously having fun. Fantastic accordion.”
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