Paul Edis
(piano) Mick Shoulder (D. Bass) Adam Sinclair (Drums)
(Review/Photo by Kath Jobes)
Valentines night at The Jazz Café… yep I was
there with my mates Emma and Ray… and not a card or flower received by any of
us, so we had to reconcile ourselves with some superb jazz. The Café was tastefully decorated with hearts
and flowers, a lovely pink rose on each table and a bowl of heart treats on the
bar… cakes and decorated marshmallows, and a special cocktail for the couples with a wee box of chocolates to
share… one each! On arrival it seemed a
little quiet, just a group of students and one other couple… my comment to Kay
Tilly was they must all still be having romantic dinners… and so it seemed as
later the place filled up nicely with couples and small groups of happy
patrons, a different crowd than previously seen at the Café but they seemed to
enjoy the music and there was even a request… more of that later.
This talented trio have a residency on the
second Friday of each month and as this month that fell on Valentine’s Night,
it was the perfect opportunity to play some beautiful tunes. My Funny
Valentine set the theme… and a lovely bass solo brought a smile to my face…
a lively Stompin’ at the Savoy was
followed by Whisper Not and then came
a tune we had to guess the name to… it was L.O.V.E.
, Nat King Cole does a lovely version.
The next beautiful tune is a well-known Disney song… When You Wish Upon a Star… with a
conversation about which film it was in… Pinocchio of course… dontcha just love
Jiminy Cricket? The final tune of the
set was again a romantically themed upbeat version of Days of Wine and Roses, and it really wouldn’t have been the same
without the riff of My Funny Valentine.
Set two got off to a joyful start with Clifford
Brown’s Joy Spring and Miles Davis’ Milestones hot on its tail. A soft and gentle Moon River Jordan
Kath J.
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