Archive for the 'gigs' Category

The Annual Descarga Sweepstake

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

We’re at a gig at a hotel in Wilmslow, near Manchester. We’re having what is becoming an increasingly regular occurence at our gigs; a sweepstake over what time Atholl, the sax player, arrives. We’ve been here since 4.15pm and he’s “just coming into Piccadilly now”!! He’s often late…
For posterity, here are the times we bet [...]

The Impossible… Fun in Hull!!

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

I’m just back from a splendid evening’s fun playing with my Quartet at HullJazz. We had a really good time with a receptive audience, as it always is over there in East Yorkshire.
My thanks go to the club promoter; Ken Ford, and the guys in the band; Rob Barron (Piano), Tony Faulkner (Drums) and, particularly, [...]

The Thessaloniki Trip

Friday, October 21st, 2005

For posterity, I thought I should finally sit down and document the bizarre happenings of our recent trip to do a Rat Pack Corporate gig in Thessaloniki, Greece. I’d obviously like to say it was a Greek tragedy but shambles would be closer to the mark….

Bryan Davis Quintet to play gigs!!!

Monday, September 5th, 2005

Just to put the word out that I’m playing a couple of gigs with my Jazz Quintet this week! I rarely get to dust off this pad and it’ll be fun to get out to the stage with it again. We’re playing 2 gigs and I’m really pleased with the guys we have in the [...]

Lunchtime Jazz Cartoon

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Lunchtime Jazz Cartoon
Thanks to Greivsy for passing this one on. It certainly raised a chuckle…
Uploaded by tptboy on 29th July, 2005.