Get The Blessing

It was twenty years ago today (give or take a year or two) that the key ingredients of the award-winning, internationally touring, musical potage that is Get The Blessing were first gathered together in a deep-sided saucepan in Easton, Bristol to begin the slow process of sweating. Since then, the recipe has been periodically tweaked and adapted, with unexpected spicings and unlikely additions, but the basic sofrito has remained constant: the rhythm section of Jim Barr (bass) and Clive Deamer (drums), and the horns of Jake McMurchie (saxophones) and Pete Judge (trumpet). 

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