Jam Sessions run slightly better if there are musos there

Jam Session review of the 15th December

We weren't quite sure where to start with this one: it is axiomatic that Jam Sessions run slightly better if there are musos there, although some weeks, one suspects, it doesn't make that much of a difference. The Good Captain, Roger, Martin, Neville and meself diddled around with a few of Mr Powell's charts for quite a while, and eventually a few peeps wandered in: Philip Ress, the debonair Mr Curtis, Kevin, Ivan, Steve the violin, Ash the harp, Chrissie and Bruce, Michael the peripatetic drummer, and Annabelle Crutchely Smythe's antipodean cousin amongst them.

So... Brazil: where did that come from? Kevin called it, and undoubtedly pick of the day. Originally titled Aquarela do Brasil, popularised by Django Reinhardt, and written by Ary Barroso who was wearing spats at the time. That last bit might not be entirely true, but this was a lively number. Then a return to form for Rose, who seems not to have sung for a while...and Chrissie, who seems to have sung for quite a while, and drew out Want A Little Sugar. We do, indeed...

The session ended a bit past 7.00pm, and was, on reflection, a pretty good effort all round, with a few regulars in the audience. Will this week's Brouhaha surpass even that? Will the following week's infamous debacle (see above) be attended by more or less than three people. Will they be wearing spats?

You will have to be there to find out...