Pianist Edward Hardy played in a jazz quartet for almost 40 years but had no one to play with after being moved into a care home following the onset of dementia. Care home worker Sam Kinsella helped him post an online advert to bring in bandmates to jam with the talented war veteran. The home in Wookey, Somerset, was inundated with more than 80 requests from across the UK, and Mr Hardy has already played with a saxophonist and a double bassist. But he was even more astonished when the advert prompted three former band mates who he hadn’t seen for 35 years to get in touch. The elderly four-piece original jazz band are now in rehearsals for a reunion show at Mellifont Abbey care home next year! See a video of them playing: