Full house

We now have a drummer for Sunday 6th, so put the Aebersold CDs away for a night and come to play with a real live rhythm section in front of real live people.

Jazz, no traps.

We are lucky that Brian Throup has agreed to play bass again for the next Jam at the Red Lion, unless he gets a paying gig in the meantime. There are usually traps. But not this time, even for the wary. You probably know that traps are a jazzman’s term for a drum set. It’s probably a contraction of “contraption”, or possibly of “trappings”. Anyway at time of writing we have no drummer. Only once in three years of this peripatetic jam have we failed to provide percussion, so all hope is not lost. Searches are in progress. No stone will be left unturned. (This is simply a saying, it is not an indication that we think drummers share habitat with insects and gastropods). Meanwhile please remember to come on July 6th for an 8pm start. As usual, please post titles you want to play. It helps get us to assemble the right changes in advance, and enables a prompt start.

Reading Jazz Jam

News about the Reading Jam on Wednesday 11th June on www.jazzjam.wordpress.com/ Also check www.myspace.com/syncopait where I believe Paul Jefferies has fixed the revised date for the jack Russell Jam. We are back at the Red Lion on 6th July