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Sandy Cameron’s Tribute to Benny Goodman CD Now Available

June 17, 2023

Last September, local musical legend Sandy Cameron led an outstanding show paying tribute to jazz great Benny Goodman. The Salmon Arm Jazz Club decided to pursue a recording of these arrangements at Song Sparrow Hall to honour Sandy's popularity and long-standing contribution to the local jazz scene.

The legacy CD recording, titled Sandy Plays Benny, officially launched at the recent Sandy Cameron and the ShuHorns Swing Dance Party at Song Sparrow Hall. CDs are now available at all Jazz Club shows, as well as at Acorn Music and online through all major streaming services!

LOW TICKET ALERT! Sandy Cameron and the ShuHorns Swing Dance Party

May 20, 2023

This is the last call for tickets to the Sandy Cameron and the ShuHorns Swing Dance Party featuring Andreas Bajova! At last count, only 25 tickets remained for the Friday, June 2 event at Song Sparrow Hall in Salmon Arm. Tickets are available by clicking on the link below or in person, old school style, at Acorn Music in Salmon Arm. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the show begins at 7:00 pm. The event includes a cash bar fundraiser hosted by Women Who Wine, and is sponsored by Acorn Music, the Salmon Arm Jazz Club, and Song Sparrow Hall.

For anyone interested in learning a few swing dance steps for the event, there will be a one-hour Swing Dance Survival Primer on May 29th, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Salmon Arm Recreation Centre led by Jens Goerner (dance instructor with City Dance Vernon). The session will be perfect for anyone who wants a few ideas or a quick refresher on some simple swing dance steps. This drop-in event is open to anyone, with entry by donation.

Salmon Arm Jazz Club members raise funds for Legacy Recording: Sandy Cameron’s Tribute to Benny Goodman

January 16, 2023

We did it! YOU did it!

Salmon Arm Jazz Club members raised $1900 to support Sandy Cameron's Benny Goodman Tribute legacy recording.

Last September, local musical legend Sandy Cameron led an outstanding show paying tribute to jazz great Benny Goodman. The Salmon Arm Jazz Club decided to pursue a recording of these arrangements at Song Sparrow Hall to honour Sandy's popularity and long-standing contribution to the local jazz scene.

Thanks to generous donations to date ($1900) and the extraordinary donation of time from all the musicians (a value of over $2000), recording, production, registration, licensing, online streaming, and CD printing costs have been covered!

Sandy Cameron (clarinet) and a stellar quartet featuring Dan Smith (guitar), Brian Pratt-Johnson (drums), and Jake McIntyre-Paul (bass) spent an incredible two days at Song Sparrow Hall studios in Salmon Arm, with Craig Newnes engineering the recording.

Craig and Jake McIntyre-Paul just finished the sound mixing. All that remains now in terms of production is for Craig to complete the final mastering to render the recordings into a polished set ready for listening. Based on what we have heard so far, the recordings are excellent.

Next, we will navigate the process of licensing, uploading the files for online access and getting CDs printed. We are working through this process for the first time so it may take a couple of months for the licensing request to be finalized. We will keep you posted.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the recording:

Betty Parsons
Cheryl Bawtree
Colin Spence
Dan West
Delores Mori
Dick Mann
Ineke Hughes
Jean-Pierre & Norma Flament
Jim & Kathi Cooperman
Joanne Vivian
John & Nellie Rasmussen
Joyce & John Henderson
Karen & Ric Fetterly
Kathy Yanke
Linda Hirtle
Louis Simard
Louise Nadeau
Lynn Hyland
Maggie Cameron
Marg Parfitt
Phil McIntyre-Paul

Recording donors will be the first to know as soon when the finished products are available and will receive an access code as well as a copy of the CD. Only through your donations has this legacy recording with Sandy been made possible.

And for everyone else – great news – the recording will be available for online streaming as well as purchasing in CD format. Stay tuned!