Benny Goodman: Blue Collar Virtuoso * Live at The Bop Stop

Last Wednesday's tribute to Benny Goodman at Cleveland's Bop Stop nightclub was a blast. Here are some videos...

First, my chorus on a favorite Benny Goodman number, "A Smooth One"

Next,  the ending theme of an original of mine called "(That's Just) The Way It Goes" (captured and shared by Hot Club enthusiast Bill Laufer).

Enjoy, and Keep Swinging!

Eric Seddon, clarinet

Jim Davis, cornet

Kevin Richards, guitar

Gene Epstein, bass

Bill Fuller, drums 

Eric Seddon's Hot Club Live @ The Bop Stop in Cleveland, OH (photo: Bill Laufer)

Eric Seddon's Hot Club live @ The Bop Stop

Last night we continued our six concert Trad Jazz Invasion of one of the finest jazz rooms in Cleveland--The Bop Stop. A fan caught a few choruses of my tune 'Everything's Jake' on her phone and shared it with us--you can check it out below.

Eric Seddon, clarinet
Jim Davis, cornet
Kevin Richards, guitar
Gene Epstein, bass
Bill Fuller, drums

Some Photos from The Cleveland Museum of Art's Jazz Cafe Series

George Foley and I kicked off the Jazz Cafe at the Cleveland Museum of Art yesterday: a musical series to coincide with their exquisite Jazz Age exhibit. I was particularly gratified that they chose Josephine Baker as the symbol of their exhibit. In tribute, George and I lead off with Sidney Bechet's "What a Dream", Bechet having played in her Revue Negre in Paris...

Eric Seddon (& Josephine Baker)

George Foley (piano) & Eric Seddon (clarinet)