We can be heroes just for one day

I love jazz spots in London, even more if it’s a local band playing in a pub. That’s the case of The Fallen Heroes, they are the residents of The Blue Post, a traditional English pub, home cooked food including Sunday roast, good selection of beers including ales, pretty packed when the band is playing every Sunday from 4 to 8pm. Free admission, so no cover, however, as soon as you get to the pub Angie the bouncer will make sure you get a drink if you want to stay to enjoy the music. 

The place

Inside

A 5 piece band as they were playing that night, Sax, Trombone, Guitar, Bass, and Drums. From time to time let guest musicians to perform with them. The Martyn brothers founded the Heroes, they grew up in NOLA and after 10 years playing there they came back to London to play a funky jazz with some ska and blues into the mix giving a unique and characteristic sound. 

Getting ready

Let's Roll

Bar time

The brass section

Grand finale

So be prepared to enjoy good music, have a pint, and if you fancy even jump while the band is playing The Monkey. 

Groupies

Monkey reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Face Painter” 

Kramer: Hey, Jerry? You're a smart guy, right? 

Jerry: No question about it 

Kramer: Alright, you know I'm supposed to go on this special tour today with George's girlfriend 

Jerry: At the zoo? 

Kramer: Yeah, but before I met up with her, I stopped to look at the monkeys, when all of a sudden I am hit in the face with a banana peel. I turn and look and there is this monkey really laughing it up. Then someone tells me that he did it. Well, I pick up the banana peel and I wait for that monkey to turn around. And then I let him have it 

Jerry: Kramer, you threw a banana peel at a monkey? 

Kramer: Well, he started it! 

Jerry: It's a monkey, Kramer! 

Kramer: Well, he pushed my buttons, I couldn't help it, Jerry 

Jerry: Well, I still think it's wrong 

Kramer: Alright, alright, fine. You take the monkey's side, alright, go ahead

The Fallen Heroes

T: 084 5612 9555

Jazz Band

The Blue Posts

T: 020 7437 1415

Pub

Area: Soho

Borough: City of Westminster

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When The Saints Go Marching In

It’s amazing when you are able to discover hidden treasures in the city. An acquaintance recommended visiting the Lamb and Flag pub in Covent Garden. I’d been there before on weekdays but this person specifically told me to go on a Sunday afternoon, the thing is that on that day after seven there is a band playing Dixieland all night long.

Lamb and Flag

This early 20^th century Jazz developed in New Orleans can be enjoyed in this small and cosy pub in central London, nothing better than a Guinness and the sound of a brass section (trumpet, clarinet, saxophone, and trombone) with the rhythm section of a guitar and a bass.

The Band Playing

Apparently this resident band has been playing in this famous public house since 1993. The pub claims to be the oldest one in Covent Garden and to be frequented by Charles Dickens and John Dryden, built in 1623, as soon as you see it you can recognise an old and traditional atmosphere.

The Band Playing

So remember if you want to hear New Orleans Jazz, Hot Jazz, or Early Jazz don’t hesitate to go to the Lamb and Flag (33 Rose Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 9E) on a Sunday night.

You might even bump into the Jazz saxophonist that Elaine was dating in the Seinfeld episode “The Rye”.

Jerry: Hey, you'll never guess who I bumped into. This guy Clyde. He's in your friend John Germaine's band there.

Elaine: So what did he have to say?

Jerry: Nothing. I told him you two were pretty hot and heavy.

Elaine: Hot and heavy? You said hot and heavy?

Jerry: Yeah.

Elaine: What did you do that for?

Jerry: What?

Elaine: What if he tells John? Then John's gonna think that I think that we're hot and heavy. I don't want John thinking that I'm hot and heavy if he's not hot and heavy.

Jerry: Oh

Elaine: I'm trying to get a little squirrel to come over to me here. I don't wanna make any big, sudden movements. I'll frighten him away.