Lance said:"Might not be all jazz but it will get the adrenalin circulating..."
How right he was! The concert was FANTASTIC! It wasn't all jazz: we had reggae, ska, 80's pop, Muddy Waters / John Lee Hooker blues and, of course, lots of boogie-woogie all done at a break-neck pace and at dizzying volume (with lots of amplification a 20 piece orchestra really lifts the roof)!
Not counting Jools himself, who sang more than he does on TV, there were 5 vocalists including Alison Moyet (wow! - what a blast from the past) and the amazing Ruby Turner. Everyone got to solo - some very fine musicians there - and I still find his piano technique amazing, if not exhausting to watch (a close-up on the keyboard being projected on a giant screen at the back of the stage).
The audience spent much of the evening standing, clapping, cheering and even (quite un-British, really!) dancing in the aisles. I would love to think I'll be doing the same at the SoL tomorrow, but it would need Steve Bruce to have his mojo working and Bent and Welbeck to boom, boom, boom, boom!
Jerry E.
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