Roger Myerscough (bar/clt/vcl), Barry Soulsby (clt/alt/vcl), Peter Wright (tpt), Lawrence McBriarty (tmb), Brian Bennett (bjo), Brian Sibbald (bs), Fred Thompson (dms/vcl).A pleasant session with reedman Roger Myerscough guesting with the band. He blew some fine baritone reminiscent in places of Adrian Rollini's bass sax he also played clarinet and had an impressive duet with Barry Soulsby on "Apex Blues". It has to be said that Barry lost nothing by comparision.
However, perhaps the outstanding number of the night was "St. James Infirmary" sung by Fred Thompson with a restructured lyric. "I went down to Saint James Park - saw Alan Shearer there etc. It proved a hit with the decent sized crowd and had an excellent plunger solo from Lawrence.
On trumpet tonight was Peter Wright whose forceful lead put the decibels on overtime. On "Smiles", after a Barry vocal, he proved he also had a sensitive side with a nicely constructed solo.
All in all a good night with the usual sumptuous buffet served during the intermission.
Lance.
Hi Lance
ReplyDeleteI was unavoidably detained elsewhere and arrived at the Corner House to catch the last twenty minutes or so. From what I heard I agree that Barry Soulsby was more than a match for the guest for the evening Roger Myerscough. One big disappointment... I missed the buffet.
Russell