Friday 28th June 2024 - The Clarence Jazzmen
The Clarence Jazzmen are an institution of good time jazz on the north coast. Originally called The Graftonians, they have decades of playing great music with gigs up and down the coast and Tablelands.
Sadly, Warren ‘Clarence’ Byrnes who has been the long term drummer, vocalist and band leader of this great trad and mainstream jazz outfit, passed away recently.
When he was a lad he met Louis Armstrong who was playing locally. Louis was invited back to Warren’s family house for dinner. The 10 year old played with Satchmo in the family lounge room.
However, the show will go on and Warren will be replaced by Nicholas Churkin on the drum stool. Nick is a seasoned performer from the Sydney blues circuit leading bands as lead singer as well as drummer.
Pietro Fine on clarinet and piano leads the band with Dave Harry Stephenson on trumpet, trombone and vocals. Lucas Zorzo is on guitar and Bob Dooley is on bass and vocals.
Their repertoire draws from the songbooks that Australian jazz bands were once expected to cover. The repertoire includes popular show songs and jazz classics from Buddy Bolden's Blues of the 1920s to Mercy, Mercy, Mercy from the 60s.
This will be a great celebration of Warren Byrnes legacy.
Sadly, Warren ‘Clarence’ Byrnes who has been the long term drummer, vocalist and band leader of this great trad and mainstream jazz outfit, passed away recently.
When he was a lad he met Louis Armstrong who was playing locally. Louis was invited back to Warren’s family house for dinner. The 10 year old played with Satchmo in the family lounge room.
However, the show will go on and Warren will be replaced by Nicholas Churkin on the drum stool. Nick is a seasoned performer from the Sydney blues circuit leading bands as lead singer as well as drummer.
Pietro Fine on clarinet and piano leads the band with Dave Harry Stephenson on trumpet, trombone and vocals. Lucas Zorzo is on guitar and Bob Dooley is on bass and vocals.
Their repertoire draws from the songbooks that Australian jazz bands were once expected to cover. The repertoire includes popular show songs and jazz classics from Buddy Bolden's Blues of the 1920s to Mercy, Mercy, Mercy from the 60s.
This will be a great celebration of Warren Byrnes legacy.
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