Pete Gilligan
(keys); Paul Grainger (bass); Michael Howard (drums); Stuart McKie (guitar)
And Many
Others to be mentioned…
(Review
by Ann Alex).
Lance appealed for more
horns to come to this session and they certainly did: John Rowland, Stuart
Findon and Fiona Findon, appeared during the afternoon with their tenor saxes,
and also a lad (from London I believe) Sam Newbold, with his alto, who played
some blistering fast sax, a joy for horn lovers and everyone else.
But back to the beginning, which saw me eating
delicious carrot and coriander soup with a fishcake sandwich and salad, (Salsa
Cafe food recommended) and the basic band getting stuck in straight away.
Pete Gilligan has lost
none of his flowing touch, Paul and Michael played well and dependably and
Stuart did his bit with flair. The
atmosphere was suitably informal with non jazzers having drinks and quiet chat. I counted 5 children as well, and 2 of them
were watching the drums intently, catch them young I say. We were treated to
tunes which included Have You Met Miss
Jones; There’ll Never Be Another You; All The Things You Are; Lullaby Of
Birdland; All Of Me and a few tunes I couldn’t identify.
Enter Simon Stephenson
on guitar who featured skilfully on Misty;
Fiona sang well on Green Dolphin Street
but she had to stand at the side of the stage because of the large number of
instrumentalists playing. Then I noticed
another guitarist had entered the scene, sorry I didn’t get his name, and
behold there was Ray Burns blowing well on harmonica. Up steps my jazz-singing colleague Jen
Errington with They Can’t Take That Away
From Me, who looked and sounded professional, Jen gets better each time I hear
her. In comes yours truly with Bye Bye Blackbird, I like to do my bit,
so I hope others enjoyed it. By this
time the clock was beating us, getting towards six, so the musicians rounded
off with Night In Tunisia.
A really good session
with long tunes which allow for plenty enjoyable solos. Sorry if I’ve missed anyone out, but it was a
busy afternoon!
Ann
Alex
2 comments :
And yes, I missed out a drummer who goes by the name of Eric Stutt, as I was informed. Not sure how I could omit such a loud sound as drums, but there you go.
Ann Alex
Eric gave this a "like" on F/b so your oversight hasn't offended him!
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