A review by Julie Chiswick
Wow! This is the word that springs to mind after attending the charity concert given by four young jazz musicians on Sunday 22nd November. From 2.30-4.30 a full Shustoke Village Hall reverberated with their thrilling sounds.
What an exceedingly talented group and so prepared to give their time and energy to raising money for Leukaemia Reasearch.
On powerful piano was Max Woolf – also a member of the Birmingham Schools Jazz Ensemble and studying music for ‘A’ level.
Wow! This is the word that springs to mind after attending the charity concert given by four young jazz musicians on Sunday 22nd November. From 2.30-4.30 a full Shustoke Village Hall reverberated with their thrilling sounds.
What an exceedingly talented group and so prepared to give their time and energy to raising money for Leukaemia Reasearch.
On powerful piano was Max Woolf – also a member of the Birmingham Schools Jazz Ensemble and studying music for ‘A’ level.
Keeping the heat of the beat on drums was John Campbell – who plays in various other bands and is studying at Stratford College. He hopes to carry on to do a degree in Music Technology.
Fast and exciting fretwork was displayed by Jon Brown - he intends to continue performing and possibly to teach music in the future.
Fast and exciting fretwork was displayed by Jon Brown - he intends to continue performing and possibly to teach music in the future.
Last but not least, Alicia Gardener-Trejo played with style and panache on saxophone and flute – now studying at Solihull Sixth Form College and auditioning for music college next year.
The programme of music was a good mixture of well-known jazz and blues which certainly had everyone’s feet tapping to the beat. It was definitely an entertaining way to spend a very wet and cold Sunday afternoon.
Alicia, with the help of her mum, Lindy, was the organiser of the concert, which many friends, relatives and local people attended. We were plied with delicious sponge cakes, scones and numerous cups of tea served by a willing team in the kitchen.
A raffle was held and by the end of the afternoon a cheque for £460 was accepted with great pleasure by Julie Douglas from the Sutton Coldfield branch of Leukemia Research. She told some heart-warming stories of how the charity had helped many young people in the years it has been running.
The concert ended with the blues number Now’s the Time and Alicia thanked everyone for attending. The band did their bowing out and suddenly it was time to leave the warm atmosphere and battle the elements once more.
Well done to all of you! We look forward to hearing you again.
Julie Chiswick
For further information regarding the band, please contact Alicia Gardener-Trejo by email at a_gardenertrejo@hotmail.com
The programme of music was a good mixture of well-known jazz and blues which certainly had everyone’s feet tapping to the beat. It was definitely an entertaining way to spend a very wet and cold Sunday afternoon.
Alicia, with the help of her mum, Lindy, was the organiser of the concert, which many friends, relatives and local people attended. We were plied with delicious sponge cakes, scones and numerous cups of tea served by a willing team in the kitchen.
A raffle was held and by the end of the afternoon a cheque for £460 was accepted with great pleasure by Julie Douglas from the Sutton Coldfield branch of Leukemia Research. She told some heart-warming stories of how the charity had helped many young people in the years it has been running.
The concert ended with the blues number Now’s the Time and Alicia thanked everyone for attending. The band did their bowing out and suddenly it was time to leave the warm atmosphere and battle the elements once more.
Well done to all of you! We look forward to hearing you again.
Julie Chiswick
For further information regarding the band, please contact Alicia Gardener-Trejo by email at a_gardenertrejo@hotmail.com
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