Bob Barter Berrylands Bash

Bob Barter

30th November 2025 
The Berrylands Hotel, Surbiton

Jenny Howe (vocals)
Bob Barter (piano)
Paul Stiles (saxophone/clarinet/flute)
Simon Gardner (trumpet)
Richard Sadler (bass)
Eric Ford (drums)

Simon Gardner 

It was a packed house in the backroom of the Berrylands Hotel for the annual Bob Barter bash just before Christmas. To compensate for the sad loss of saxophonist Jimmy Hastings, who died in 2024, Bob had arranged a special Sax Quintet with the added firepower of Robert Tagg, Simon Clarke, Jonathan Hoad and Derrick Coonghe. 

Richard Sadler 

1st half

Title You Look Good to Me (Wells)
Hayburner (Nestico)
Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington)
Time After Time (Jule Styne)
Soul Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Zawinul)
The Christmas Song (Torme/Wells)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ellington)
So What (Miles Davis)
The Girl From Ipanema (A Carlos Jobim)
I Thought About You (Van Heusen/Mercer Arr BB)
Let's Go (Derek Nash)

2nd Half  

Lullaby in Rhythm (Hirsch, Profit, Sampson & Benny Goodman.)
Smiffy (Derek Nash)
Bob's November Blues (BB)
One Note Samba (A Carlos Jobim)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Martin/Blane)
My Baby Just Cares (W Donaldson/N Simone)
Nothing But the Truth (Al Grey)
Horace (Horace Silver)
All Blues (Miles Davis)
Look Of Love (B Bacharach)
Route 66 (Bobby Troop) 

Paul Stiles

Eric Ford