Encore for 8 in a bar
GRAMMAR SCHOOL jazz band 8 In A Bar will play on with the release of a CD.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL jazz band 8 In A Bar will play on with the release of a CD.
The band have kindly allowed This is Guernsey users to listen to a sample track,American Patrol. Click the link, and if you have an MP3 player installed the music should start playing after a short delay.
If you have problems playing the audio file you can save it to disk first: right click the link and select 'save target as' (PC) or 'download linked file' (Mac OSX) before selecting a destination on your hard drive.
The file is about 2Mb and should work with Apple iTunes, Windows Media Player or any program able to play MP3 audio files.
8 in A Bar disbanded in September after two and a half years, when seven of its members left for university.
'We had been fairly successful in that time and as we were splitting up, we decided we'd like to leave something which people could remember us by,' said trombonist Matt Bowditch, 17.
The CD was recorded in a single day at Danny Joyce's Electric Index studio in September and the 14 tracks on the disc are representative of the band's live performance.
'It was unrelenting,' said trumpeter Matt Sharp, 18 of the recording. 'To get it right we had to play each track an average of three times and that's a lot of playing.'
The band said Mr Joyce had done a good job producing the CD, which sounded 'polished' and very professional.
'It was pretty much recorded live and the editing is very subtle,' said bass guitarist Phil Stevens, 18.
Tom Claxton, Emma Shires, Matt Nichols, Seb Grand and Josh Cottam complete the line up. School friend Josh Fletcher designed the cover.
The CD costs £7.99 and is available at Sound City on The Bridge or by calling Matt Bowditch on 237024 after 5pm.
More than 200 people attended a farewell concert at St Martin's Community Centre in September.
However, the public have a chance to see them again.
On Tuesday 19 December they will perform outside Sound City for late night shoppers between 7 and 9pm. On 21 December they will be playing outside Next in the Pollet. CDs will not be sold at the Town show, but orders can be taken.
