Swingin’ at The Skakespearience
The big band gig I did last week was a really good one. The audience seemed to love it as the evening was filled with copious applause, 2 standing ovations and 2 encores. The only thing they seemed a little…
Transcriptions and All That
A short post today as I’ve got to head off to Stratford for a Big Band gig, check my Dep for Fiddler on the Roof, clarify details for a wedding on Sunday and do 2 monster transcriptions for an MD…
Fiddler On The Roof
Slightly more interesting to play than Oklahoma but slightly longer to : ) It’s an ok show to play but not as exciting from a trumpet point of view as a Chess or Copa. Still there’s more to do in…
Sit In On Dr Dolittle
As you know yesterday I sat in with Dr Dolittle. What a great laugh!! I met Graham Justin (who was deping on 1st) and Chris. It was a bit of a squeeze in the pit of the Grand Theatre but…
Date With Doctor DoLittle
I’m afraid I’ll have to leave you with a short post today as I’m traveling to Blackpool to sit in with the Doctor DoLittle guys. It should be a great experience if nothing else and it’s thanks to the friends…
Sweet Charity’s on Fire!!!!!
Like yesterdays post this too came from chatting with Mark about previous shows. It was actually less than a year ago that we were playing Sweet Charity. We were just starting to play The Rhythm Of Life when the fire…
Sitting in with Dr DoLittle
I’ve spoken with a friend and great contact that I’ve made since being in Liverpool; Matt Loughran, who is currently playing keys on the show Dr DoLittile. (From the people I’ve spoken to he’s apparently a bit of an MD…
Finger Lickin’ Good
This is the name of the group I’m going along to play with for the first time tonight. It’s an 11-member eclectic dance band playing show stuff, pop and soul. It sounds like a laugh and they’ve got a…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 1 (Part 3)
Continuing… 6) When the guys eventually turned up we headed back to the gig venue – their reason for leaving us was that they had bumped into someone from Eastenders and gone with them for an autograph?!? Weird! 7) So we…
Top 5 Worst Gigs: No 1 (Part 2)
Continuing… 3) Once we got to London these clowns would actually stop halfway across zebra crossings to stop girls walking across and heckle them – most likely because they were sleazy creeps! 4) When we did get to where we…