You could go into almost any club and there was a great band and you probably knew the people in it. You had a few drinks with them, heard some really great music, sat down with them and had a really good laugh - and you had a great evening. It was pretty amazing; it was just our fabulous time.

The show ‘Beyond The Fringe’, which featured Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, was running in one of the smaller theatres in the West End. They had a jazz trio, which included Dudley Moore, playing in the orchestra pit, but if Dud didn’t want to do it for a while - because he was also appearing in the show! - he would call different people, and I did it sometimes.

And then they put this club together called The Establishment in Greek Street. This was a brilliant idea, because on the ground level, they had a room which seated about 80 peole where you could eat and it had a drinks licence. It also had a stage and they would bring over American comedians like Lenny Bruce and Professor Irwin Corey, who I’d never heard of but was absolutely unbelievable.

There was a jazz trio playing downstairs. Dudley had a trio down there and I would often play with my band, which was great, because then I’d go upstairs with some of the guys from my band to watch the comedians perform and we would be on the floor, laughing!

All of this stuff was going on in Soho in the Sixties and people were out there every night. I look back and I feel incredibly privileged to have been around at that time and to have played in all of those clubs.

Did you see ‘Beyond The Fringe’ when it was in the West End? Or did you ever visit the Establishment Club? Share your memories here: