Last night’s jazz jam at the Red Lion was a quieter affair than the previous ones I have been to; only one horn player rather than more than you could shake a stick at. We covered a range of material though, with opportunities for both busking from charts and playing entirely by ear, as well as not too many witnesses to the songs that didn’t quite manage to fly!

My personal highlight was getting a chance to play ‘Round Midnight, one of my favourite tunes from the pen of Thelonius Monk. Thanks to the fantastic Chris on keys, who knew the song by heart and thus enabled us to run it even though I didn’t have any additional copies of the music to hand.