BSH arrived late at the gig because a gas leak
had caused metro delays – we’d travelled on the good old 27 bus instead, we
really need a song about this bus, it serves BSH so well. Some of the gas must have seeped into the
Star, as Debra and the lads were doing their stuff with aplomb when we arrived,
‘cooking with gas’ as they say.
At 9.20pm they were playing Coltrane’s Equinox, Steve with his usual adventurous chords and runs, good steady bass from Paul, Rob drumming well, sweet-voiced Debra. This was followed by an original, Stay (lyrics by Debra, tune from Steve), showing these two as an effective song-writing team – they should write more. Other numbers included Have You Met Miss Jones; Senor Blues (with call and response between band and voice); a Betty Carter song with neat staccato chops from the drums; Relax, Debra’s words to the tune of Killer Joe, with a bass solo; Duke Ellington’s Caravan; and a Tom Waits song Temptation, with interesting vocalise from our singer. However the song I liked best had a feel of contemporary folk rather than jazz, a Steve/Debra original called Show Me The Man.
At 9.20pm they were playing Coltrane’s Equinox, Steve with his usual adventurous chords and runs, good steady bass from Paul, Rob drumming well, sweet-voiced Debra. This was followed by an original, Stay (lyrics by Debra, tune from Steve), showing these two as an effective song-writing team – they should write more. Other numbers included Have You Met Miss Jones; Senor Blues (with call and response between band and voice); a Betty Carter song with neat staccato chops from the drums; Relax, Debra’s words to the tune of Killer Joe, with a bass solo; Duke Ellington’s Caravan; and a Tom Waits song Temptation, with interesting vocalise from our singer. However the song I liked best had a feel of contemporary folk rather than jazz, a Steve/Debra original called Show Me The Man.
The
Jam
Ann Alex
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