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Ready for Fun Time! | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. Ready for Fun Time! On May 21, 2015. Tomorrow evening we’re playing with trombonist Mark Bassey’s Quintet. In our joint celebration of the great Count Basie Orchestra. We’ve called this concert “Fun Time” because it’s going to be fun! Hopefully, you already know about the concert and already have your ticket because what you may not know we’re close to a sell out! Rehearsing with Mark Bassey. We hope to see you tomorrow 7:30, Brighton Unitarian Church. Straight Back in ...
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SNC at Rockinghorse Charity Charleston Evening | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. SNC at Rockinghorse Charity Charleston Evening. On June 25, 2015. Straight No Chaser are proud to have joined the Rockinghorse Children’s Charity. Charleston Event last Saturday night at the Hilton Brighton Metropole hotel. This was a private function for which we played dance music late into the wee hours. I’ve not yet managed to get a picture of us playing, but this blurred image I took shows us moment before the curtain came up. Before curtain up at The Metropole.
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docmacari | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. All posts by docmacari. Steve Waterman with SNC in Brighton Fringe. On April 25, 2016. Straight No Chaser Big Band. Book your tickets without delay to hear jazz trumpet ace Steve Waterman. Again join Straight No Chaser in an extra special concert on the opening night of Brighton Festival on Friday, 6 May (that’s next week! We’re playing at the Brighton Unitarian Church. We are delighted that Steve is joining us. Hopefully, you joined us last year for Fun Time. I’m...
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Festival “Fun Time” delivered! | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. Festival “Fun Time” delivered! On May 23, 2015. The band had terrific fun last night and we hope you did too. Thank you for the electric atmosphere at the Brighton Unitarian Church for our Brighton Fringe Concert made all the more special by our collaboration with the incomparable #Mark Bassey. Straight No Chaser and the Mark Bassey Quintet. Our homage to Count Basie, the “Kid from the Red Bank” (“somewhere near Hassocks? The Mark Bassey Quintet. Trumpet star to guest w...
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Back by popular demand: Singers’ Night! | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. Back by popular demand: Singers’ Night! On April 23, 2014. Straight No Chaser Big Band. This Sunday (27 April), 8 pm onwards the Straight No Chaser Big Band presents again “Singers’ Night”! An evening of singers (note the plural) backed by us. Sounds too good to miss right! We’ll see you there. A quick word to our friends (new and old) from our last gig at The Emporium, London Road great to see you all and thanks for your kind words! Want maps for these venues? Trumpete...
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Love Supreme Jazz Festival | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. Love Supreme Jazz Festival. On July 7, 2015. We had an amazing bit of luck at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival. Sunday morning’s downpour stopped just before we played and not even the tailbacked traffic on the A27 could keep our band from arriving on time. Many thanks again to Susanna Alce for singing with us. Larr; SNC at Rockinghorse Charity Charleston Evening. Straight Back in the Swing of Things. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are commenting...
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Vocal Night in Hassocks tonight | Straight No Chaser
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The big band, music and musicians. Vocal Night in Hassocks tonight. On April 12, 2015. Straight No Chaser Big Band. Tonight we’re joined by singers Richard Ratcliffe, Abi Flynn and Dave Williams in our celebration of big band vocal music mixed with some of our favourite band numbers. This all kicks off at 7:30 tonight at our usual residency at The Hassocks Hotel. Conveniently located across from Hassocks train station. We hope to see you there. The Vocal Night has become a popular feature. Fill in your d...
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Facts About Improvisation | The Daily Improvisation
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Handel wrote one treatise on performance – and half of it was devoted to improvising dances and fugues. Schubert was almost completely unknown as a composer in his day – but he was renowned as an improviser, playing in taverns all night improvising waltzes, dances, character pieces, and drinking songs. Rahms made money as a child playing the piano in bars, improvising and playing by ear waltzes and dances that were in Viennese fashion. He came to public prominence when Schumann attended a performance...