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JazzMouse Productions Limited
34 Springfield Road
Colnbrook
Berkshire
SL3 8QL
Tel: 07850 973469
Fax: 01753 680251
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34 Springfield Road
Colnbrook
Berkshire
SL3 8QL
Tel: 07850 973469
Fax: 01753 680251
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Gordon Campbell Big Band present ‘Tommy Dorsey – A Tribute’
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What a great afternoon’s entertainment this concert turned out to be – a fine big band, vocalists Jeff Hooper and Eleanor Keenan and guest presenter Sheila Tracy. It was a sellout performance which was enthusiastically received and deservedly so.
Gordon Campbell is lead trombone with the BBC Big Band and, as we know is a world class trombone player. For this afternoon concert he had gathered together an all-star lineup to play the music of Tommy Dorsey. Lots of well known numbers, and a few less familiar, all perfectly played, Gordon was an urbane leader, and we were also fortunate to have Sheila Tracy doing her usual knowledgeable introductions. Jeff Hooper was the featured vocalist in the first half, unusually for him sitting on-stage during his part of the show. I particularly enjoyed Gordon’s mellifluous accompaniment to Jeff’s ’Stardust’. There were solos from Mike Lovatt with some terrific Bunny Berigan high notes, lovely piano accompaniment from Bunny Thompson and Claire McInerney delighted with several solos on saxophone, clarinet and piccolo! The second half was just as good, with Eleanor Keenan doing the vocal honours and Gordon showed another side of his talents as he joined in on vocals, with duets on some of the numbers, including ‘For You’ This event was so successful that Gordon told us that his Band has been booked to return to the Hawth on 27th February 2011 for another afternoon concert. This will be a tribute to the Great Big Bands, with the music of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Les Brown, Ray Anthony and Billy May. A must for Big Band lovers with tickets are already on sale. Get there if you can, you certainly won’t be disappointed! Music Director: Gordon Campbell Vocalists: Eleanor Keenan, Jeff Hooper Presenter: Sheila Tracy Trumpets Simon Gardner Mike Lovatt Tom Walsh Paul Eshelby Trombones Pat Hartley Mike Feltham Cliff Hardie Mark Nightingale Saxes Colin Skinner Mark Crooks Robert Fowler Ollie Wilby Claire McInerney Piano Bunny Thompson Guitar Max Brittane Bass Paul Morgan Drums Matt Skelton Review by Marion Fry
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Jazzmouse Studios write and record music for TV and film as well as corporate promotional material. Our music featururing guitarist David Jaggs was just featured on BBC 2's "Open Gardens" gardening show.
