SOUVENIRS OF A.B. - ARTHUR BRIGGS & AL BOWLLY @ Mike Durham's International Classic Jazz Party, 2023

Theme SOUVENIRS OF A.B. - ARTHUR BRIGGS & AL BOWLLY @ Mike Durham's International Classic Jazz Party, Whitley Bay, UK, November 4th, 2023. Reading the Programme: "Trumpeter Arthur Briggs broke ground independently in Europe, leading his own band from 1922 while Al Bowlly was performing in Africa and Asia. Bowlly had joined Briggs in Berlin by 1927. Claus Jacobi presents a selection of numbers from their collaboration. Malo Mazurié ( trumpet); Alistair Allan (trombone); Claus Jacobi, Richard Exall (reeds); Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano); Spats Langham (banjo, guitar, vocals); Phil Rutherford (tuba); Nick Ward (drums)." The music does start - at 4:57. Captured with a hand-held SONY HandyCam FDR-AX100 in FX High Quality Mode.