{"id":8337,"date":"2026-05-31T08:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8337"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:06:47","slug":"june-2026-gigs-reviews-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/?page_id=8337","title":{"rendered":"June 2026 Gigs – Reviews and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3rd<\/sup> \u2013 Tony Scriven\u2019s Sunshine Jazz Band<\/span><\/a>.  See Scriven<\/a><\/span> on the Band Blurbs page.<\/p>\n

Reviews<\/strong>:
Tony & Jenny B: \u201cWe enjoyed the Sousaphone, Gospel songs the soprano sax and Tony Scriven\u2019s double time driving base drum, and his great drumming his right foot must ache!\u201d
John C and Vic P: \u201cThis ever popular band playing all the old standards , gospels, marches and blues, as featured by Monty Sunshine and before him Sydney Bechet, featured here, very ably by Trevor Whiting.\u201d
Gwyn, Gill & John: \u201cWe all loved this band, very strong rhythm section, in a set full of old favourites.  Hope they can come back soon.\u201d
Barry R & Rick P: \u201cVery good start and got even better as the evening went on!  Whistling Rufus <\/em>was brilliant!\u201d
<\/em>Jan, Veronica & Paul: \u201cThank you for an entertaining evening with an excellent band . Full of variety & great musicians.\u201d
Malcolm: \u201dA Great evening\u2019s entertainment by six great musical talents. Lots of trad standards. I liked the spirituals and particularly A Closer Walk with Thee<\/em>.  Book \u2019em agin!\u201d
Tim & Andrew: \u201cExcellent blend of music from a great band.  The many classic standard numbers went down very well.\u201d
Lesley & Roger: \u201cA great evening\u2019s entertainment with all trad favourite tunes played with great energy, by six talented musicians.  Particularly liked \u201cWhistling Rufus<\/em>\u201d played on the Sousaphone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tony Scriven Sunshine Jazz Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Busby (Sousaphone), Tony Scriven (Leader, Drums, Washboard & Vocal) and Bill Stagg (Banjo & Vocal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rob Pearce (Trombone), Pete Leonard (Cornet & Vocal) and Trevor Whiting (Reeds)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

REVIEWS:<\/strong>
Gary W, Jan A, Bob P, Veronica W, Paul B: \u201cA fantastic band, all players included, playing a great repertoire of tunes, with the wonderful voice of Marlene Hill. Wow!!\u201d
Gill, Gwyn & John: \u201cReally enjoyed this band. Excellent rhythm section. Especially enjoyed Honeysuckle Rose.\u201c
Phil, Joan, Tony & Christa: \u201d very enjoyable evening, great musicians with a lovely sound.\u201d
Lesley & Roger: \u201dA very enjoyable evening with Harry Strutters hot 7. Talented musicians playing a great variety of tunes, with Marlene looking a vision in scarlet in great voice as always. Lets hope they can come back again soon.\u201d
Nick & Heather & Carole: \u201cThey Band played with full focus, succeeding with every number and the fabulous Marlene. Wonderful\u201d
John C & Vic P: \u201cThe usual excellent performance from this ever popular band plus the even more popular singing of Marlene.\u201d
Ron Norman: \u201cGreat band and a great vocalist. Hope to see them back any time.\u201d
Jim & Margaret B: \u201dLovely evening, good musicians and vocalist. We especially enjoyed the wonderful voice of Marlene Hill – she is a great asset to the band.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 Harry Strutters Hot Seven, featuring Marlene Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maurice Dennis (Leader, Banjo & Guitar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marlene Hill (Vocal), Megs Etherington (Vocal, Trumpet & Valve Trombone) & Martin Nickless (Reeds)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Megs Etherington (Vocal, Trumpet & Valve Trombone), Graham Collicott (Drums) & Martin Nickless (Reeds)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew Clancy ( Piano)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peter McCurrie (Double Bass)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright<\/strong> \u00a9 of these photographs is owned by Malcolm Swire, Roger Lygoe, Jim Bevington, David Filmer or Jan Almond and they may not be reproduced or copied without their express permission. \u00a0To request permission, please go to the\u00a0 Contact<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page. \u00a0To discourage unauthorised use, the quality of the photos has been reduced from the originals, but the originals are still available. \u00a0The photos were not necessarily taken at the gig mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3rd \u2013 Tony Scriven\u2019s Sunshine Jazz Band.  See Scriven on the Band Blurbs page. Reviews:Tony & Jenny B: \u201cWe enjoyed the Sousaphone, Gospel songs the soprano sax and Tony Scriven\u2019s double time driving base drum, and his great drumming his right foot must ache!\u201dJohn C and Vic P: \u201cThis ever popular band playing all the old standards […]<\/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-8337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8337","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=8337"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8337\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gosportjazz.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}