The 'Boxwell Heath Archery Club' make an appearence on The Jazz Club. Also 'Dr How' from Cuba performing their track 'Retardis', until the Archery Club put a halt to it. Copyright BBC.
The great Latin percussionist Candido used to do a party-piece solo where he used his elbows and his chin to play the congas. I've little doubt that's where Paul got the idea from.
Trivia time: The Finnish song John Thomson mentions is an actual song called "Vanhoja poikia viiksekkäitä" (=moustached old bachelors) by a prolific Finnish songwriter, Juha Vainio. The song tells a sad tale about an old man and a seal, both bachelors who have lost their loved ones and are the last of their kind. Also this skit is nice.
This character jazz man louie has to have been based not just on whispering bob harris but the guy who introduces the bands that come on in the manchester jazz festival pavilion tent who's called steve mead! Me thinks that john thomson frequented this festival more than once and it amused him no end! I just feel sorry for poor steve mead, i bet he was ripped into mercilessly during the festivals late 90's period!!!!
imagine if the archery club appeared on jools holland hootenanny or later with jools holland or the top of the pops xmas specials and fired arrows at the acts on those shows
It's the details that put the cherry on the cake. The contrabass player hiding behind his instrument and the guitar player that just doesn't give a fuck.
I would lay money on that being Mark Williams' archery club! They all look like they know what they're doing with those bows, and as a five times county champion, I think I would notice if they didn't.
I love everything the fast show did. However, I have never been able to find out who actually played the stuff on Jazz Club. When this kicks into the trombone solo it is brilliant! I would like to know who played it so I could hear more!
That is a good point. I'm an acid jazz fan and I've seen quite a lot of the top musicians who knock around in London's clubs but I don't honestly recognise any of these guys. I would presume they were hired session musicians.
Arrows are deceitful. I hate archers, the Archers, and Geoffrey Archer - they're all deceitful cowards. Although to be fair, the Archers are a mixed bunch.
The presenter character is the butt of the joke - the musicians are mostly meant to be straight-guy characters booked to to play the TV show of a smug muso..
