Rosie Malone's The Maine Street Jazzmen.

Olive Rudd (vcl), Ray Harley (tpt), Jim McBriarty (clt/vcl), Malcolm Armstrong (pno), Alan Rudd (bs), Mike Humble (dms).

I'm giving prime space this week to Katherine - barmaid par excellence. She serves pints of real ale and other brews with a welcoming smile that doesn't even falter when she says, "Two pounds eighty five please."

They have a good team behind the pumps at Rosie's.

Music-wise, Herbie was absent from the trenches. Sick leave to enable him to recover in time to return to the fray to defend their recently won far flung outpost of their empire at Sunniside tonight.

In his absence Ray Harley had some extended solos and Jim shared the vocal chores with Olive.

Out on the floor, Alan Glen and May dropped by as did Ian Parkinson of Cool Breeze.

Olive sang Blue Skies, Jim sang Avalon and Ray blew as hot as they come. The audience danced. It was one of those days that felt good all round and isn't that what jazz or indeed any music is all about?

Lance.