The death of Pat Crumly on Sept 28, whilst on holiday in Italy, is particularly poignant for those of us who knew him through his connection with Newcastle Big Band. He played tenor on some of the tracks on the Big Band's first (and only) LP as well as playing with them at Pau Jazz Festival in France.Pat came up to the Baltic in 2006 for the Sting/Big Band Reunion and can be seen in the white shirt to the left of the picture.
A fine saxophone player, the Pat Crumly Quartet can be heard to advantage playing "Three Little "Words" on the Spotlite CD 'Flamingo'. On the same label, on the CD entitled 'Behind The Mask', they play an emotive version of "This Heart of Mine".
I'm going to treasure those tracks.
Click here for Independent obituary by Steve Voce.
2 comments :
As always, I'm grateful to Russell for drawing this sad event to my attention.
I saw Pat with his quartet at the much lamented Blue Jay Jazz in Shephedrs Bush. A tour de force set, including some laconically delivered jokes, and a stunning version of Good Morning Heartache. A superb musician.
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