Juniper
Gold Member
Went and saw my Uncles band play this afternoon down at the Jazz Cafe in Sandbanks, Bournemouth.
I've mentioned it briefly on here before but my uncle was a very promenade Jazz Drummer from the 1960's onwards and moved to London under his stage name Tony Mann in his late teens, playing with the who's who of English Jazz, some some stints playing abroad, winning some music polls for his drumming, even becoming the resident drummer at Ronnie Scott's for a while.
A partial discography I could find is below
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1380179-Tony-Mann
He was telling me a story today about one of his friends, Jimmy Cobb of all people which he only slipped in at the end, showing him a hi hat foot technique when they were on the same bill at a gig.
Jimmy's gig at the time? Miles Davis of all people.
Finally after all these years I managed to see him play with one of his bands and him at even with his 74th birthday approaching in the coming weeks it didn't disappoint, he was unreal throughout. Very, very musical playing with some very impressive chops when called for. Some impressive brush playing also.
Mrs Juniper managed to record the end of their last song, complete with some drum breaks. I was trying to take in as much as possible for forgot to film anything.
http://youtu.be/gqUXuc4pB34
Always one for tips he today told me to throw my Vic Firth (white handle) brushes in the bin as they are rubbish, haha! Need to invest in some Vater ones apparently.
Can't wait to see him play again now. If I have a drumming 'career' as filled as his I'll be a very happy man.
I've mentioned it briefly on here before but my uncle was a very promenade Jazz Drummer from the 1960's onwards and moved to London under his stage name Tony Mann in his late teens, playing with the who's who of English Jazz, some some stints playing abroad, winning some music polls for his drumming, even becoming the resident drummer at Ronnie Scott's for a while.
A partial discography I could find is below
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1380179-Tony-Mann
He was telling me a story today about one of his friends, Jimmy Cobb of all people which he only slipped in at the end, showing him a hi hat foot technique when they were on the same bill at a gig.
Jimmy's gig at the time? Miles Davis of all people.
Finally after all these years I managed to see him play with one of his bands and him at even with his 74th birthday approaching in the coming weeks it didn't disappoint, he was unreal throughout. Very, very musical playing with some very impressive chops when called for. Some impressive brush playing also.
Mrs Juniper managed to record the end of their last song, complete with some drum breaks. I was trying to take in as much as possible for forgot to film anything.
http://youtu.be/gqUXuc4pB34
Always one for tips he today told me to throw my Vic Firth (white handle) brushes in the bin as they are rubbish, haha! Need to invest in some Vater ones apparently.
Can't wait to see him play again now. If I have a drumming 'career' as filled as his I'll be a very happy man.