It was a great night at the Cairns Tropic Jazz Club last
night.
A
very full program was organized by Gerry Miers and opened at 7.00 pm
with the Smithfield High Stage Band. The Reeds front line was
supplemented by 3 Baritone Saxs. Wow.. The two young students swapping
on the keybord were impressive, lets face it the whole group was
electric! The band was under the direction of Jason Fox the musical
Director at Smithfield High.
The second on stage was the Music Teachers Big
Band and that was awesome. Jack Dale – Trombone player with the Barrier Reef
Jazz Band and a player for some 50 years was full of praise for the talent of
the players.
Out Of The Blue carried on
with Julie and Jim showing why they rate as International Artists.
The Barrier
Reef Jazz Band turned in its polished performance,
Cool Change followed with
changes in the tempo, and genre.
The new Vegas Band did well and was followed
up with Take 5 and the magic of Wilma Reading.
All this for $5 entry and the
chance to win the Christmas Hamper and many minor prizes of bottles of wine.
I
invited the students and teachers to keep playing and bring their talents to
the Jazz Club. Students should never give up their music because the Western
world needs them. Think about who backs vocalists like Kylie Minogue, Michael
Buble, Johnny Farnham, they are musicians who started in school bands or picked
up an instrument and started playing in a Jazz Band somewhere.
The general
public, disadvantaged, disabled, people in rest homes, kids in dire straits
won't ever hear our music if you put your instruments in a cupboard.
I say to every
player again. Don’t waste your talents, establish a conduit between yourselves
and the musicians in the Jazz Club, we need you and the emotional benefits are
enormous.
The parents and members of the
Jazz Club make up an important part of our organization. They are the ones who
give support and encouragement and in turn feel the emotional experience of
seeing and hearing their children and other experienced musicians perform for
them.
Cairns Region and the Cairns Tropic Jazz Club Inc. is the envy of
virtually every other Jazz Club in Australia and whilst I and my
excellent committee together with our Patron, Val Schier, frost a mirror, we intend
to keep it growing.
I am applying for Grants to stage a Jazz Festival in
November 2010. Every able bodied musician will be needed to perform form now till then. Workshops will be organized.
Saturday, 04 February 2012
