Myrtle might change her mind

Jam session review for Sunday 14th April 2024

Well, girls will do that... so, what sort of a jam was it? 26 musicians, and a bunch of others packed the joint, and it fairly popped from go to whoa. Not only were there musicians (and I use the term as loosely as ever), but most of Elly's friends and family, and a fair few locals who stayed all arvo, possibly a sign that the denizens of Lower Coo have absolutely no taste in music, but more probably because it was an entertaining sort of arvo all round.

Mr Clark, fit as ever, the obligatory bounder, dropped by, threw out a coupla bebop tunes, and sensibly left before things deteriorated, which they didn't. Which left it to the likes of Ivan and Ari, both fine bassists, Martin and Paul at the opposite ends of the spectrum  (pp/ff) on drums, Mike, Roger, Fermin and Neville on guitar, and a bunch of others on, variously, pianos, saxophones, recorder (just the one) and tonsils -

Pick of the day? Rose, whose singing now gets better with every outing. That should fix it for a while... 

Humorist of the day? Jeff, who can sometimes play the sax,  not take things too seriously, and take the p*** out of himself all at once.

Save of the day? Marion, who started visibly anxious to know which key first timer Annie was proposing, which we couldn't tell her because Annie didn't know, and we hadn't worked it out yet,  then settled to the task and played Wave, unrehearsed, pretty damn well.

Chord of the day? C dominant seventh, played by the Good Captain to signal the end of the session. We wuz tired, but really, this was as good a jam as I can remember. Even Myrtle would have been well jazzed.