Thanksgiving was early this year, on the 22nd.  Pre-Thanksgiving traffic was really difficult for fans coming from the main highways.  Unfortunately, this is Boston's rush hour traffic hitting the intersection of Routes 16 and 27 – right at the Sherborn Inn.   Trumpet player Jeff Stout was one of them. 

Primed and ready for any emergency, Ross Petot kept the fans occupied with his sophisticated rendition of Lynn’s favorite, All of Me.

Oh, Oh, Oh, What A Little Moonlight Can Do, trumpet took the lead, sax harmonizing.

Stan had the vocal on Irving Berlin’s When I Leave The World Behind, and many others.

I Would Do Most Anything For You,  Stan McDonald on fine low register clarinet.

What made this evening even more special was New York's  Matt Chauvin, creator of the 20's Jazz  and  30's Jazz websites – who was video-taping the evening.

Matt is trying to reach the  ‘general public’, hoping they will hear the melodic jazz and dance music that reverberated from those years.   Commercial Media won’t play it.  Maybe between Matt’s sites and Vince Giordano’s Boardwalk Empire, it will survive.   It has survived Tuesday nights at the Sherborn Inn, now in its 18^th year.

I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me  - Video by by Matt Chauvin http://www.20sjazz.com/videos/tradition-lives-on/i-cant-believe.html.

A couple enjoying their 30^th anniversary asked for Making Whoopie.  Stan gave it to Ross who played it in his inimitable stride.  Jolson would have approved.

There were several songs from Stan’s early days with the New Black Eagle Jazz Band.  That’s A Plenty and Wild Man Blues set sparks flying!

"We played both Bechet's Fantasy (tpt/clar/sop duet -- no tb) and Blues In The Air.  In the latter, besides my soprano solo on the bridge, the first solo (or after piano) is mine on clarinet: I take 3 choruses in which I interpolate Bechet's clarinet solo/compostion, called Blue Horizon -- the inspiration for Blue Horizon Jazz Band.

This is note-for-note replication of the first 3 of Bechet's total of 6 or 8 choruses. They are in the same key, with the same chords, so it blends seamlesslly with the structure of Blues In The Air. " 

Stan's solo on Sidney Bechet’s Song of Songs, was backed by Ross on piano, Al Ehrenfried on string bass, and Dave Bragdon drums,  Beautiful!

There’ll Be Some Changes Made – we hope not!

They wrapped it up with Stan's vocal on a New Orleans tune, Farewell to Storyville, AKA Good Time Flat Blues.

The band will not be playing their regular gig in December because Ellen has put together 15 musicians (so far) for another Holiday Jazz Spectacular at the Sherborn Inn on SUNDAY, December 16^th, 2-5 pm.

Jeff Hughes, Jeff Stout, Craig Ball, John Clark, Stan McDonald, Ross Petot, Robin Verdier, Gerry Gagnon, John Kafalas,  Jimmy Mazzy, Dan Weiner, Al Ehrenfried, Gerry Gagnon, Dave Bragdon, Debby Larkin. FLYER

See you there!!

Reservations please (508) 655-9521 or info@sherborninn.com. 

Marce