Tonight I’m over at Whitwick Methodist church (LE67 5FD ///first.critic.hosts) with my double bass as part of a small jazz combo supporting the Broom Leys Choral Society (7pm, tickets £12 on the door and including refreshments). We had a rehearsal with the choir last Tuesday and it is sounding wonderful, with quite a varied program in the first half and, after the interval, most of the time on John Rutter’s Feel the Spirit setting of several spirituals, including “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” and “When the Saints Go Marching In”.

It should be a lovely concert on what is looking to be a much more summery evening than yesterday.