Keith
Stephen (guitar), Roly Veitch (guitar & vocals), Bruce Rollo (double bass),
Caroline Irwin (vocals) & Steve Andrews (clarinet & tenor saxophone) + Colin Aitchison (trumpet & vocals)
(Review by Russell).
Coquette, Exactly Like You (showcasing Caroline Irwin’s expressive
vocal style), great tunes to start
with, bandleader Keith Stephen and bassist Bruce Rollo first to step up. The
latter number bright and breezy with reedsman Steve Andrews doubling on clarinet,
then tenor. Irwin sang Walking After Midnight (Andrews featured once again).
Hot clarinet covered the Andrews Sisters’ hit Bei Mir Bist du Schon, followed by Roly Veitch telling us What a Little Moonlight Can Do. Steve
Andrews’ clarinet accompanied vocalist Irwin on I Get the Blues When it Rains (no chance!) and Wild Child Irwin ran
amok on Running Wild concluding an
excellent first set.
The interval. A Deuchars’ refill,
a raffle ticket and in walked Hong Kong-based ex-pat trumpeter Colin Aitchison.
The beer fine, raffle ticket a dud, CA in good form. Second set and Irwin set
about Autumn Leaves in French. I ask
you! What a girl! Miles playing it in
The boys in the band took a spell
(they went to the bar) leaving the stage to Steve Andrews and Blaydon Jazz
Club’s Main Man Roly Veitch to craft a beautiful take on Skylark. The rhythm boys – slap bass maestro Bruce Rollo and
six-string Hot Club kings Keith Stephen and Roly.Veitch - whisked us off to ‘30s Left Bank Paris on China Boy, Cumbrian-based reedsman
Andrews in the back seat of the Peugeot, as they careered along the Champs Elysées,
Gallic-style. Irwin’s seductive French brought to life La Vie en Rose, then she went Cuckoo
before regaining her sanity in time to hear Aitchison’s top trumpet (and
convincing Satchmo vocals) calling Dr
Jazz. Great stuff.
Next month – Sunday 18 August –
don’t miss the incomparable Ruth Lambert with Giles Strong and Mick Shoulder
and special guest, ace trumpeter Graham Hardy. Oh, by the way, take the chance
to hear Colin at the Crescent Club this week, possibly Jesmond Legion and maybe
the Marquis of Granby.
Russell.
1 comment :
Russell, they couldn't be careering down the Champs Elysèes on Sunday night as Le Tour de France was taking place at that very moment in time.
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