Une soirée super-sympa avec le PJB

The excellent Pessac Jazz Band was engaged to play at a kind of function-rooms in Pessac. There's quite a big complex of function rooms and a disco, and we were part of a weekend dance school organised by Tap and Swing Co. Bordeaux.We were playing for a dinner-dance.

So we picked up the amplifiers and stuff at 16h45 and took them in our Berlingo and someone's Vito down to the venue and set up. At about 19h we did the balance and got the singers amplified right. Then we were due to play at, I think, 20h15 ? So there was lots of hanging round, orange juice and peanuts.

Befre we played they were putting big band music over the sound system and it was nice watching a dance troupe doing various show dances: jitterbugs, charleston, etc.

Then it was our turn and we ran into our two sets. First half a mix of stuff including some jazz-funk, some swing, etc.. People were up a dancing before you could say knife, and it was very genial playing and watching people dance happily. Second half mostly swing.

In between we ate. A savoury for starter, with a slice of parma-style ham and some nice salad. Then a very nice piece of beef with something that looked suspiciously like gravy but couldn't have been and mixed southern vegetables. Pudding was a slice of baked alaska. All was very nice, and we just got our coffee down before going to play the second half.

While we ate the Jazz Chamber Orchestra played and again folks were up and dancing very expertly.

It all went very well and afterwards we packed up quickly and took everything back to the music school.

Our excellent singers did a good job selling cds and advertising the concert on Thursday evening in a very smart venue in Bordeaux.

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