The Jazz Repertory Company Blog

The Jazz Repertory Company Blog
The Jazz Repertory Company Blog

Thursday 21 September 2017

Educating Archie: The Kitten On The keys

As you can see the Educating Archie project continues.  A few months back we reported on how the Jazz Repertory Company cat was being primed for his stage debut at Cadogan Hall for our September 23rd Jazz at Carnegie Hall concert which includes Zez Confrey’s art deco piano frippery “Kitten on the Keys”. 

Then we were hit by a double whammy; Cadogan Hall’s Health and Safety directive Z/174GH/PTL7892/B prohibiting all cats from performing jazz and also Archie’s determination to do nothing we had painstakingly trained him to do.

Then a massive stroke of luck when I discovered this article  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/music-for-cats-these-songs-are-scientifically-proven-to-be-your-cats-jam-10082029.html     Archie has never been happier and I’ve discovered I too much prefer cat music to that designed for humans.  So one of our 2018 projects now is a live version of this feline-centric music.  We’re in talks with Catford Town Hall – watch this space!!