{"id":3813,"date":"2021-10-07T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=3813"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:35:08","slug":"october-2021-gigs-reviews-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=3813","title":{"rendered":"October 2021 Gigs – Reviews & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

6 October – Ron Rumbol’s Excelsior Vintage Jazz<\/strong><\/p>\n

REVIEWS:
<\/strong>Norman March & Barbara Bell: \u201cGreat, great, great!  What more can I say and the band was good too.\u201d
John Killian & Jean Petty: \u201cBrilliant!  Just like the old times (pre-lockdown).\u201d
Jill Bater & Petrea Foster: \u201cAll the band are excellent musicians and the quality of the music they produce together is exceptional.  It was my first time here and I thoroughly enjoyed it.\u201d
Roger & Margaret Standen: \u201cGood band and great to see Cuff and John Wiseman.\u201d
Jan Almond & Veronica Walker: \u201cWhat a brilliant band, especially the clarinettist & trumpeter.  Book them again.\u201d
Malcolm: \u201cGreat evening with Ron and the Excelsior.  Very entertaining with a great front row ably supported by Ray, John & Tim.\u201d
Roger & Lesley: \u201cGreat to hear Cuff Billett again.  Great selection of early jazz tunes.  Excellent evening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ron Rumbol (Leader & Reeds), Tim Wake (Banjo) and the bell end of Cuff\u2019s trumpet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ray Gould (Double Bass), John Wiseman (Trombone) and John Hall (Drums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Wiseman (Trombone), John Hall (Drums), Cuff Billett (Trumpet & Vocal) and Tim Wake (Banjo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Wiseman (Trombone), John Hall (Drums) and Cuff Billett (Trumpet & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Band (note Cuff\u2019s yellow socks!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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20 October – Kevin Grenfell’s Giants of Jazz<\/strong><\/p>\n

REVIEWS:
<\/strong>Roger & Lesley: \u201cAn electric evening!\u00a0 So much energy channelled into great tunes from fabulous musicians!\u00a0 Great Jazz & Jokes.\u201d
Nick & Heather Anderson, Carole Mort: \u201cOne of the most professional and best bands on the circuit.\u00a0 A great performance.\u00a0 Very, very brilliant [and Chris!).\u201d
Jeanette, John & Gill: \u201cVery entertaining \u2013 also very high standard.\u00a0 Well done.\u201d
Malcolm & Juliette: \u201cGreat band and very entertaining plus a varied repertoire.\u00a0 Repeat the booking.\u00a0 Some of the jokes weren\u2019t bad either!\u201d
Bob Pringle: \u201cAn excellent band which blended together well with a variety of music that made for a very good evening.\u201d
Jan & Veronica: \u201cAnother very good jazz band.\u00a0 Excellent musicians.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Newman (Keyboard), Kevin Grenfell: (Leader, Trumpet, Trombone & Vocal) and Simon Smith (Double Bass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Simon Smith (Double Bass) and Jeremy Huggett (Reeds & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Newman \u2013 Keyboard

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Jules Aldridge – Drums<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Simon Smith – Double Bass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin Grenfell (Leader, Trumpet & Trombone) enjoying a joke, with Chris Newman (Keyboard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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6 October – Ron Rumbol’s Excelsior Vintage Jazz REVIEWS:Norman March & Barbara Bell: \u201cGreat, great, great!  What more can I say and the band was good too.\u201dJohn Killian & Jean Petty: \u201cBrilliant!  Just like the old times (pre-lockdown).\u201dJill Bater & Petrea Foster: \u201cAll the band are excellent musicians and the quality of the music they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3813","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5174,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3813\/revisions\/5174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}