Don Forbes put together
a few musicians to play a short set at this event.
Don Forbes - Trumpet; John Rowlands - Tenor;
Rachel Richmond - Alto; Jude Murphy - Alto and Vocals; Dave Parker - Bass;
Peter Ninnim - Drums.
This was one of the most unusual gigs the writer had ever
attended! The Band set up on the pavement, (pleased I remembered the drum mat)
there was no electricity so no mikes, and the happy noise of the trains
thundering overhead as they came out of Manors reminded me of the old pictures
of street bands in Chicago! The crowd eventually got into the music and the
applause was really building by the end.
The band started with Alfie's
Theme by Sonny Rollins and included amongst other things a great
version of Scotch and Water
written for the Cannonball Adderley Sextet by Joe Zawinul; Nostalgia on Times Square by Charles
Mingus; Billy Taylor's I Wish I Knew How
it Would Feel to be Free and Benny Golson's Are You Real? recorded notably by the Jazz Messengers'.
The sound was surprisingly good bouncing off the
underside of the bridge and the two man rhythm section worked well together and
could hear the horns well; here's to next year!
Peter Ninnim.
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