Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band introduced Traditional Jazz to the Sherborn Inn in 1995.  Sixteen years later, they are still going strong on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. 

Jeff Stout trumpet, Stan MacDonald soprano sax and clarinet, Gerry Gagnon, trombone, Peter Gerler guitar, Ross Petot piano, Al Ehrenfried string bass, Dave Bragdon drums.   A proper band arrangement for the Traditional Jazz that they play so well.

It was a fine June Night, an appropriate beginning for an evening of great jazz.

Four or Five Times, sounded like the Bechet-Spanier Big Four, with Muggsy Spanier trumpet, Sidney Bechet soprano sax, Carmen Mastren guitar and Wellman Braud bass.   I believe they would have approved.

Honky Tonk Town, Billy Holiday's I'll Never Be The Same, Rosetta, Running Wild.  Gagnon's trombone complementing the front line, filling in at just the right time, and playing fine tail-gate trombone.  Al Enrenfried's string bass keeping the beat, lifting the band, synchronizing with Dave Bragdon's drumming.  Ross sounding like Earl Hines.  Fine polyphonic work, but each musician retains his own personality.

Stan did many of the vocals, Some Of These Days, switching to clarinet.  Nice solo on Blues In The Air, which has the same chords as Blue Horizon.  MacDonald can get very emotional at times, baring sensitive, poignant feelings on When I Leave The World Behind; In sync with the trumpet on Roaming, then abruptly changing into a hot swinging version of Swing That Music. 

Lastique, Wild Man Blues, introducing a Spanish tinge with Marie Helena.

One lady drove 50 miles from Ipswich to hear some Sidney Bechet. She requested Si Tu Vois Ma Mere, or I Remember When.  They saved it for the end, with Jeff's trumpet coming in from the back, echoing the soprano sax.  Nice effect!