Monday 8 April 2024 There were many requests to invite this young band back, so it was a joy to welcome the Windy City Weatherbirds to Griffin Park Jazz Club again in April. The three brothers, Magnus, Daniel and Joe grew up in Orkney and were encouraged by their parents to play music, their mum played clarinet and piano and their granddad trombone and bagpipes, and they specialise in Swing and Dixieland music. Sol, their rhythm guitarist is currently on a sabbatical in Australia and so Cornelius, from Yorkshire, was standing in, just as magnificently, breaking out melodically from the rhythm when the tune allowed. Favourites included The Tin Roof Blues, 1923, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Some of These Days, 1957, Louis Armstrong; At the Jazz Band Ball, 1917, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band; and That Da Da Strain, 1939, Muggsy Spanie and His Ragtime Band.
The band recorded their first album last October, at Light Ship 95, a 550-tonne ship that was moored on the Goodwin Sands and is now docked near Canning Town. The album is called The Lightship Session and will be available to order soon.
Magnus Pickering – Cornet and vocals
Daniel Pickering – Trombone
Joe Pickering – Clarinet and Tenor Sax
Cornelius Corkery – Rhythm Guitar
You can listen again to some of the tunes here on Paul Robigo’s YouTube channel.
Join us every 2nd Monday of the month. Next time will be Monday 13 May with Max Emmons. Everyone is welcome. £10 on the door, 8pm – 10.30pm at Brentford Community Sports Trust. Bring your own drink, there is also free tea and soft drinks available.
Griffin Park Jazz Club 