Cheese

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.Gilbert K. Chesterton
Baz has observed that while the cream rises to the top, the cheese generally sinks to the bottom. Here, then, is a selection of sediments ranging from the kitsch to the perverse, from the subprime to the reticulous, from the Cheddar to the Stinking Bishop. Fromage, with love.
cheese image

Dash

Here's a track Barry composed for a dance show created by famed hoofer Wayne Sleep. The words are by famed lyricist Don Black. I think you'll agree it belongs in the 'C - dash-dash-dash-dash -E' section. By the way, nice vocals Baz!

Dash
Dash
W---e S---p

Yesteryear

An excerpt from Friday Night is Music Night, the long running Radio 2 series featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra with which Baz occasionally performs as guest pianist. Here, the presenter is Robin Boyle, now sadly deceased.

Yesteryear
Yesteryear
FNIMN

Talks for 6th Forms

Believe it or not, these incomplete fragments were taken from a genuine broadcast. For all you budding composers out there, here's an excellent lecture on how to write a best selling foxtrot. One has to be 'friendly' with a publisher, apparently...

Talks For 6th Forms
Talks for 6th Forms
Slow, slow, quick quick, slow

Old Man Ravver

An example of the dangers of singing in a language other than your own. A frenchman has a crack at Old Man River. He must be in Seine.

Old Man Ravver
Old Man Ravver
Paul Robeson lifting a bale

Gorgonzola

No cheese page could be complete without this anthem to the green, white and blue, recorded by The Jack Hilton Orchestra and vocalist Leslie Sarony on 27/10/1930.

Gorgonzola


Other great cheese songs
Gorgonzola
Leslie Sarony with a cheesy grin

Cheese

Fancy some cheese? Get some here!

Hamish Johnston Fine Cheeses
48, Northcote Road
Battersea
London SW11
www.hamishjohnston.com


Cryer and Stott Cheesemongers
27, Market Hall
Brook Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
www.cryerandstott.co.uk
Cheese
Cheese

Lie to Me

Baz was commissioned by a Saudi princess to compose the music for this fine and cheesy item, a setting of absurd lyrics from her own pen.

It proved to be a most lucrative venture for Baz. However, the dream harboured by the princess, of becoming a recording artiste, remains unrealised.
Lie to Me
Not to be confused with a camel

Postcards from the Edge

Baz collects unusually boring postcards, often depicting places he has never visited. The following series of views of Primrose Valley is a typical selection. Click on a thumb to see the full postcard.

Postcards from the Edge
Panorama, Primrose Valley