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Bedfordshire, where our Jazz Quartet performsTowns, cities and regions have an influence on the style of music, whether it is the 'English Countryside' feel of Vaughan Williams, the strength of Elgar's Victorian Malvern, or the skirl of Northumbrian Pipe tune. Of Bedfordshire, has been said:- " Bedfordshire does not spring to mind as the county you should seek out for that well earned walking holiday. However, the county is not all motorways and brick works and there are many great areas where you will find quiet peaceful countryside offering excellent walking. So, if you find yourself in Bedfordshire don't despair; you can spend many happy hours discovering it's many charms.The Great Ouse river meanders through the county, seemingly undecided as to its best course, and the meadows and pastures along its banks can be peaceful places to spend a few hours. Near Bedford the attractive village of Odell and the adjacent Harrold and Odell Country Park provide riverside access and there are lakes and a wildlife reserve between the villages. " Francis Davis ~ 'I used to believe that what scared most people away from jazz was their suspicion that they would be bored by it. In the case of much latter-day bebop, with its lineup of soloists running down the chords to no apparent purpose after stating a sketchy theme not to be heard again until the end, boredom is a reasonable response. The solution, I always thought, was to expose people to kinds of jazz in which composition and improvisation overlap, and in which something is going on in every measure. It wouldn't have to be Muhal Richard Abrams or Sun Ra or anything too far out; it could be Ellington or Charles Mingus or even Marsalis's score for the 1990 movie Tune In Tomorrow. But if new audiences are flocking to jazz on the heels of a generation of musicians who were themselves receptive to Marsalis's ideology at an impressionable age, I must be wrong. People who have never really listened to jazz want it to go on sounding the way they've been led to believe it should, so that they'll be able to recognize it in case they ever chance to hear any. Click to Enter database [Jazz Quartets in Bedfordshire for your wedding] [About Jazz Quartets] [Ensembles in Bedfordshire wedding music repertoire] [About Bedfordshire] [About music in Bedfordshire] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About kinds of music such as classical, jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page] | | |