Last nights Big Band gig was a success. The venue was at the MacDonald Randolph Hotel, Oxford (5 stars).
It was a bit of a shame that the raffle, auction and speeches ran on as this left us with only a fraction of the 2 hours we were booked for.
 
But we gave it hell for the [...]

Quite literally with the clocks changing tonight I’m losing an hour of what little sleep I’d get after a late Big Band gig tonight and a wedding in Coventry first thing in the morning. It’s not the best time for it : ).
I caught up with Chris Lydon last night and discussed the pick up [...]

When I was 15 I played My Fair Lady at the Buxton Opera House. The regular trumpet player had deped the week out to a guy called Adam who encapsulated all the negative stereotypes of trumpet players.
He was supremely arrogant (with no reason to be), played ridiculously loud throughout the show and if I remember [...]

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I was already to crash out last night with a box of Lemsips when I got a call from a mate I play in a Big Band with. He was just calling to ask if I was coming to the rehearsal in Birmingham. I thought it was odd as I only go to the rehearsals [...]