Fred
Rowe (trumpet & vocals), Barry Soulsby (clarinet & vocals), Lawrence
(Review by Russell)
Trumpeter Fred Rowe apologised
for the absence of Brian Bennett, informing the crowd that their bandleader was
in Moscow negotiating with President Putin over
the threatened use of banjos in the Crimea .
When the cat’s away…these cats
played, feeling Black and Blue (Fred
Thompson, vocals, Barry Soulsby, clarinet). Fred Rowe sang about a Glad Rag Doll and Thompson told us: I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I’m
Loving You (snappy title). Back in
Your Own Back Yard rattled along and hot jazz topped the menu in China Town (Dave Rae, banjo, Maitre D).
The interval found Bill Colledge
telling a thousand stories of a life in jazz (note to BSH editor – Mr Colledge
should be encouraged to put pen to paper), raffle prizes went elsewhere and
another pint of Consett Brewery’s Steel
Town went down a treat (especially at a bargain £2.70,). At the bar one of
the regulars was heard saying to the barmaid: Put it on Mr Bennett’s tab. When the cat’s away…
Second set, drummer Thompson took
us to the Darktown Strutters’ Ball,
the frontline having a grand old time. Soulsby sang Button Up Your Overcoat, Thompson Old Rocking Chair (Soulsby, top clarinet). Derek Fleck joined the
party (he too having taken advantage of Mr Bennett’s bar tab), accompanying
Theresa Armstrong on Red Sails in the
Sunset. The clarinets of Soulsby and Fleck took us out on The Weary Blues, Fred Rowe protesting: I’m sick and tired of this one!
Russell.
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