Construction industry gossip: All that jazz

By Joseph Aloysius Hansom2023-05-22T06:13:00

Cornets, carbuncles, coronets and more

Just one cornetto

A recent jazz night at Gleeds’ Fitzrovia office and the wonderfully named Ray Gelato was the star of the show. The tenor sax belted out the tunes and for my scribe, who knows nothing about jazz, what a great bunch they were. Gelato is a bit of a noise in the jazz world and a quick trawl on Wikipedia shows why: a regular at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, he has played for Paul McCartney and the late Queen Elizabeth. Still, my hack can’t help but feel a little disappointed after discovering Gelato’s real name is Ray Irwin. Let’s hope Wikipedia is wrong.

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