I couldn’t resist the title.��� Nor could I resist the music.���

Readers who have been following my Whitley Bay videos will���gather that I am delighted by Swedish trumpeter / cornetist Bent Persson and by clarinet virtuoso Aurelie Tropez.��� What could be better than to find them sharing a bandstand — Bent sitting in with the Red Hot Reedwarmers (including���Stephane Gillot, alto, Martin Seck, piano)��� on July 11, 2009.��� It’s a natural blend: the Reedwarmers are inspired by the misic of Jimmie Noone, particularly of his Apex Club Orchestra, which used a similar blend of instruments.��� And Bent’s hero (mine, too) — Louis — recorded with Noone a few times in the early Twenties, although Noone’s trumpet partners were usually lesser-known players, my favorite among them being Guy Kelly.���

First, the Reedwarmers���perform the very sweet FOREVERMORE, wistful tremolos all over the place: