09-May-2008

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Keep checking back here for jokes, cartoons and silly pictures of the band!

    

 
 

A jazz musician dies and goes to heaven. To his delight, he learns when he gets there that he will be joining the big band. The saxophones are Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Harry Carney. The trumpets include Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge. The trombones are equally great. Papa Jo Jones is on drums, Oscar Pettiford on bass and Art Tatum is on piano.

But when he gets to the first rehearsal Gil Evans, the arranger-conductor, pulls him aside and says: "Listen, I just have to warn you about one thing. God has this girlfriend who sings..."

     

A letter, addressed "To the world's greatest drummer", arrives at the home of Louie Bellson. He takes one look at it, and says, "well, this is obviously not for me", and forwards it to Gene Krupa. Krupa also takes one look at it, and also says, "well, this is obviously not for me", and he forwards it as well. The letter makes the rounds of famous drummers' homes, until it finally winds up at the home of Buddy Rich. He takes one look at it, and says, "well, this is obviously for me", rips it open, and reads "Dear Ringo...."

 

In the late 1950's, it was rumored that a famous jazz saxophonist was undergoing a sex change operation. The rumor soon proved entirely false, as it was based on a misprint in "Down Beat" magazine referring to "Sonnys Titt".

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A Jazz musician dies and goes to heaven. Once in heaven, he is invited by St. Peter to the monthly heaven Jam session with other Jazz Musicians. Once he attends he notices that the players include Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Frank Sinatra, George Shearing, Trane, Bing and many more. They start the session of with a amazing take on Oleo, and continue on with Giant Steps, Donna Lee, Body & Soul and finish with East St. Louis Toodle-oo. The musician is very happy, but then spots a black trumpet player in the corner on his own. "Who's that?" Asks the Musician to St. Peter. "Oh never mind him" Replies St. Peter,

"It's just God, he thinks he's Miles Davis."

       

       To add to all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which went unnoticed recently. Larry la Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Cokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.

 

Then from a little book called

"Disorder in the Court"  things people actually said in court, word for word.

Q: What is your date of birth?

A: July fifteenth.

Q: What year?

A: Every year.

Q: Did you blow your horn before the accident.?

A: Sure, I played for many years. I learnt to play in school.

 
     

 

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