Last year I had the pleasure of playing double bass with a small jazz combo supporting Broom Leys Choral Society at what I think is an annual gig at Whitwick Methodist church and I’m back again this year (17th May). Our first rehearsal is tonight so hopefully the preparations I have made will stand me in good stead. A lot of the music is in choral arrangement with piano part form and, listening to some recordings, I can’t always just play the bottom part of the piano line. It is going to be a bit of reading, a bit of listening and lot of relying on experience to make the right notes appear at the right time!

And, of course, a recording so that I can listen back and learn all the bits I miss tonight.