Mike Carnie Band

The Mike Carnie Band is an exciting line up that we are sure will build a good following at Hyde Cricket & Squash Club. Band leader Mike will take a regular first Wednesday in the month slot at the Club, and bring in special guests to play alongside members of his band. A regular special guest will be pianist Tom Kincaid. Both Tom the Band's bass player, Reg Kenworthy, are no strangers to audiences on the Low. What we will do here is provide pen pictures of the band members and the guests you are likely to see from time to time with the band. Specific line-ups will be publicised before each gig.

Band Members

Mike Hayler - clarinet/saxes

During the trad boom in the 50s, Mike was playing gigs with the Crawley New City Jazzmen and the Delta Jazzband in the Surrey/Sussex area
For many years had his own dance band playing in Dixieland style
Mike's business brought a move north to Cheshire and a lenghty absence from playing
His re-introduction to the jazz scene saw him playing at the Malt Shovels jazz pub in Altrincham
Joined the Wabash Jazzmen in 1994, and currently enjoying himself with the Mike Carnie Band

Tom Kincaid - piano

Tom has been playing the piano since the age age of 5 and is largley self-taught
He has developed a rolling piano style evocative of the great pianists from the golden jazz era
Has a diverse repertoire ranging from New Orleans and gospel to mainstream swing and jazz standards
Now lives lives in the north of England where he regularly thrilled jazz audiences
Enjoying great success and is sought after by musicians throughout the country for his swinging piano style

Mike Carnie - drums

At an early age, Mike was professional with the North Stars
The band toured internationally, and were Philips recording artists
He later became well known on the jazz circuit
Has played with many bands, including The Tony Smith Jazzmen, The Saints, Joe Silmon Dixielanders, the Alan Pendlebury Band, Smoky City, Keith and Marcia Pendlebury and the Red River Jazzmen
Has played in New Orleans, and backed Harry Connick Senior
Special occasions go back to the 1960s, playing at the Liverpool Cavern alongside the Beatles (just before they shot to fame), with Humphrey Lyttleton and with the Bruce Turner Band

Reg Kenworthy – bass

Reg learned to play the piano as a boy and later achieved an AVCM
He formed his first dance band at the age of 15
During his 20s he learned to play the double bass
Played with Saints Jazz Band – mid 50’s to late 70’s
In the years following his Saint’s spell, he guested with many of the local bands before, joining Smoky City in the early 1990’s, recording several CDs with them
Has backed big American names; had Trummy Yound and Red Allen among his many friends in the jazz world
Now enjoying his bass playing with the Mike Carnie Band