My European geography is scant, so I had to look it up myself. Wikipedia states, “Sassenheim . . . is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. . . . The name Sassenheim consists of two parts; the first (Sassen) means Saxons, and the second portion (heim) is Old Frankish for “home”. And here’s a pretty postcard:
Class dismissed! Now for some music.
It was a delightful surprise to learn that there was The Classic Jazzclub in Sassenheim, and that they featured the Unaccounted Four (Menno Daams, cornet; David Lukacs, clarinet and tenor; Martien Oster, guitar; Joep Lumeij, string bass) on October 26, 2014. Even better: the CJC has created high-quality videos and they are being shared on YouTube: here is the treat of the day / week / month / year, Menno’s nifty Art Deco arrangement of ROYAL GARDEN BLUES (where Basie and the Miles Davis nonet are the best of friends) performed in front of a perfectly attentive audience — with one, only one, cough-rimshot at about :47:
The Classic Jazz Concert Club has created fifteen videos, featuring Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi, Martin Seck, Leroy Jones, Robert Veen, and an intriguing band called TWO HONEYMOONS AND A CANDLE — which looks very much like a cousin of the Jazzicots or Les Red Hot Reedwarmers, with Aurelie Tropez and Stephane Gillot (details, anyone, especially of an etymological kind?). I subscribed to this YouTube channel immediately, and suggest you might want to click here too.
And if you are saying, “Wow! Who is or are The Unaccounted Four?” then I have good news for you.
May your happiness increase!
JAZZ LIVES 
Gosh that’s a surprise to me, Sassenheim is just a few short miles (or rather kilometres) from Noordwijk where my mother is from and where I go on holiday every summer! Fingers crossed that the club is active during July / August!
I wonder if the club knows about the fine swing you create, as well? Send dispatches!
I’d love to hear Louis say, “Hello Sassenheim!”
Dave
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