Jack Jones

[Marian]

ROBERT PRATT of GLASGOW.

[john]

I hope you enjoy the concerts Marian and Peter, and you too Karl.

[Marian]

Thank you John. I'm sure we will!

[karl]

ROBERT PRATT of GLASGOW.

Is this JJ's agent Marian?

He's living up to his name then ?

[Marian]

Indeed Karl!!

[karl]

Indeed Karl!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079g0y

Aled Jones's programme from yesterday.

Marian I will be in Glasgow on Thursday, maybe I should meet this guy and give him a "Glesca Kiss" (if you know what that is?)

[Marian]

Good idea Karl, he should be there!
I'm scrubbing the link above as it doesn't work

[karl]

Marian there's a wicked streak in you too!!!!

[Marian]

Try this one.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018mls2

Jack's interview is on after 1hr 36mins.

[Terence Lee]

Jack Jones, Bournemouth Pavilion

In a packed Pavilion, Jack Jones immediately drew his audience to him as old friends, which indeed many of them were.

Jack last sung in Bournemouth at the Winter Gardens in 1984 – and most of that audience seemed to be there tonight, one fan even coming from Austria to see him again.

Opening with a medley of hits like Summertime and I Got Plenty of Nothin’, the legendary Jones voice may not have been so much under control as during earlier years, but the power and range were superb and his phrasing and timing immaculate.

Jack is still the technically accomplished singer’s singer and as the voice has aged, the professionalism and emotion has come to the fore.

He showed his versatility with an energetic version of Going to Kansas City, loud, fast and fun, whilst giving his fusion of Imagine with From a Distance, true softness and meaning.

At times Jack went into the audience crooning and reaching out, and in true British fashion, his fans, many of whom he knew by name, politely shook hands with their hero!

In the second half, with his usual humour, Jack thrilled his appreciative audience by taking off his jacket and tie in a semi strip-tease, before treating us to The Man from La Mancha, sung with great command and fervour.

His six-piece band were a great act in themselves, and carried him along when Jack lost the words to The Music of the Night. The audience clapped even more loudly after the 75 year old confessed to having had a senior moment.

There was a lot of nostalgia throughout the show, with poignant and humorous memories of family, friends and past successes, but I don’t think the fans who gave him a standing ovation will allow this to be a farewell tour.

Review by Lesley Dedman

[karl]

Great review, I see him a week today - hopefully! Please don't cancel it Jack. My phone rang twice today and I thought it was the theatre cancelling the show but it was friends - what a relief!!!!

[Eman]

Great review Terrence.
Karl, I hope one of those calls were me!!! It was good to hear you!!

[Terence Lee]

Hi Marian

This is the Jack Jones album I am most curious about.
Has it ever been released on CD?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JACK-JONES-DONT ... 48571cade4

[mariana44]

Hi Terence-I know you do not mean me, but i have never seen that one -either on record or cd--I had no idea that Jack had ever sang with Maureen Mcgovern. But I expect Marian will know more about it than me.

[Terence Lee]

Thanks Mariana. So it's a rare album that slipped under our radar. But I'm sure our Marian is either aware of it or has it.