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www.thesoulutions.co.uk

Great live band for a wedding, function or party. You are always in for a fun and entertaining night with soulful covers of great classics.

Based in the North East of England and Huddersfield (West Yorkshire) but are available for hire across the UK.]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry120126-002316
My favourite etudes at the moment are: 'Broadway street' a C blues, and 'Cermak Road' a Bossa Nova and from the duets I particularly like 'North Avenue' a medium swing, and 'Harlem Avenue' a great Ballad.

I like the flexibility of playing Alto or Tenor with the etudes and with the duets, two altos, two tenors or Alto and Tenor gives opportunity and variety of playing with different set ups, and the CDs support all set ups.
The backing tracks are brilliant to play with, whether playing round and round the etude or using it for improvising over the chords the rhythm section are great.
The book and CDs are a great resource for some intermediate/advanced Jazz Saxophone practice, with some useful style and analysis tips at the beginning.

I have thoroughly enjoyed getting into these pieces and I'm interested to try the other Etude volumes and using some of them in my Saxophone lessons.]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry120124-010355
Hoping for quicker response when doubling instruments in band situations and resisting too much moisture I think these reeds will be a good option to have available.

I hope not to be throwing any of these out due to mould, and they also look pretty cool with the black covering.]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry120116-000022 A great group of musicians from across the Huddersfield and Leeds area and a great selection of Big band music.

It was really fun to play some music I've never tried before, including 'Four Brothers' by Jimmy Giuffre arranged by Peter Blair and 'Sam's Boogie' by Sammy Nestico to name a few of the great Saxophone pieces.
I think it will take a few runs through in lessons with my students to get 'Four brothers' up to speed but will be a good challenge.

Very much looking forward to the Saxophone Sectional rehearsal on Saturday 28th January.]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry110303-155006
This Sunday 6th March I am putting on a Fundraising Concert @ New North Road Baptist Church in Huddersfield to raise some money towards the cost of the trip.

I will be performing a variety of music on Saxophone, Piano and Tin Whistles.

The Concert starts at 3pm til 4:30pm. It would be a great pleasure to see you there and I'm looking forward to sharing some of my favourite music with all who attend.

Thank you to my Students, friends and family for your support so far.]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry110220-160244
All proceeds raised on the evening are going towards the Kosova Mission Team from New North Road Baptist Church who are going to work with Smile International in Kosova this Summer.

The quartet played a mixture of Traditional Jazz, including 'All of Me' written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, and other tunes including 'Ain't no sunshine' written by Bill Withers.

The line up of the band for the evening was Vocals, Flute, Clarinet, Altos and Tenor Saxophones, Bass and Drums.

It was great fun playing with the group and a pleasure to see some of my Students and Friends in the audience.

We had a wonderful night and really enjoyed the variety of Cocktails made by the Kosova Team.

Thank you to the Kosova team and for all who supported us.

We plan to do another Fundraising gig in April, it would be great to see you there :-)]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry110103-155831
Lets hope this year is full of love, laughter, joy, peace and of course lots of great music

All the best for 2011]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry101104-213412
A good number of my students were able to attend and perform some of the pieces they have been working on. Some classical, jazz and even Abba music was played. I was also able to contribute a few items included a version of Norah Jones's 'The nearness of you'.

Another lovely afternoon to hear some very talented piano students' perform, and also a pleasure to meet their friends and family.

Congratulations to all who took part, well played!
And a big thank you to those who came to support, it was a great afternoon.
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They played a good range of music from mellow easy listening to quite progressive and funky jazz. Their sets included original music written by themselves and original arrangements of Jazz standards.
It was really interesting and refreshing to hear the group, some great Saxophone playing and mesmerizing drumming.

It was a lovely evening, great venue and kind welcome, good company and great music.
I would recommend the Jazz club to my students and anyone looking for a great night out with some good live music.

Check out the links below

http://www.wakefieldjazz.org/]]> http://www.susannahewitt.co.uk/index.php?entry=entry100331-012354
The hard work in lessons and personal practice paid off.

Well done to both students and all the best for their continued piano playing.]]>