(Review
by Kath Jobes).
After a few weeks of absence from the Salsa Café
Saturday nights, I once again ventured forth.
On arrival about 2/3rd of the tables were taken by diners,
but my usual table had been kept free for me and I was soon joined by a couple
of jazz enthusiast friends Oliver from Blue Jazz Voices and Elton from the Pink
Lane Co-Op Jazz workshops, so it turned out to be a convivial night of Jazz and
nachos.
To start, Stevie Glendinning played a beautiful and
gentle Unrequited that segued into Hermitage. A trio of delights in the form of an upbeat All the things you are, Moonlight in Vermont and
My Favourite Things, with superb solos from the lightning fast fingers of Stevie,
complemented from the electric bass of Mike Clarke, who also demonstrated his
skills with some intricate bass solos and the supportive and ever steady drums
of the talented Mark Robertson… this really is a superb combination. We were then taken on a lovely Midnight Voyage, and the night-time
theme continued with a favourite of Stevie’s, Stella by Starlight, and the set was brought to an end with Questions and Answers.
As the evening progressed several of the Jazz stalwarts turned up and
filled a few more tables before the second set commenced with a lively Four on Six.
This was followed by the gentle guitar introduction that unfolded
the Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers
growing into an energetic and expressive account. An animated bossa came next in the form of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s – Triste and God Bless the Child brought the beautiful and
haunting addition of a harmonica solo from Ray Burns. A buoyant Beautiful
Love led on ‘beautifully’ to a dreamy and melodic But Beautiful.
We were then treated to a lively funk tune – Big Schlepp, an animated A Foggy Day and the set ended on Pat Metheny’s Bright Size Life. All in all a very enjoyable evening and it seems that several of the diners stayed on to listen to the Jazz… and a couple even popped over to say a heartfelt thank you to Stevie and his trio for the great music… a few more jazz converts!
Kath J.
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