Top jazz at leagues club

Bob Henderson

The Bob Henderson Band will have people dancing in the Parkview Room at Central Coast Leagues Club from 2-5pm on Sunday, March 3.

The band comprises top Central Coast musicians with Henderson on trumpet, Ed Wilson on trombone and top reeds man Paul Furniss.

They will be backed-up by Dave MacRae on piano, David Seidel on double bass and the always popular Lawrie Thompson on drums.

The musicians have a wealth of experience playing all eras of jazz, and collectively have worked with Graeme Bell, Bob Barnard, Don Burrows, Warren Daly, Tom Baker and Galapagos Duck, to name a few.

The band presents familiar tunes, acknowledging Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Harry James, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, Van Morrison, Harry Connick Jnr, and the compositions of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Hoagy Carmichael, and many more.

There is plenty of room on the large dance floor and all are welcome.