(Review
by Kath Jobes).
Saturday night
and I’m in a dilemma… which café to go to… Pink Lane Jazz Café or Salsa Café
and Tapas Bar, both had good gigs going on, but we opted for Pink Lane and Zoe
Gilby, as my mate Kathryn hadn’t heard her sing before… and boy can Zoe sing!
The café was well
attended, with a growing audience of jazz appreciation and a few of the Jazz
regulars in the audience. Tonight was to
be a mix of Jazz Standards with a few originals thrown in for good measure… and
what a lovely evening of music and memories.
Is It Me? Told a tale of
angst and woe at things that go wrong in everyday life and as ever Zoe’s superb
diction and phrasing left the audience in no doubt that this evening would be
one of superb Jazz. Zoe, accompanied by
her talented and adoring husband on Bass and the skilful Mark Williams on
Guitar went on to sing A song for you. A
trip down memory lane for me with the standard Deep Purple, I remember Donny and Marie Osmond singing this years
ago… yes Donny was a heart throb in my youth.
A lovely soft ballad followed in the form of How Insensitive… it’s a tune I know well but have rarely heard
sung, beautiful lyrics…. One for my repertoire I think. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To led on to another original, the
song written by Zoe about her Mother’s earlier life and featured on her recent
CD, Twelve Stories… it is of course Red
Headed Girl. Beginning To See The Light/When Lights Are Low and Some Cats Know rounded off the set
‘purrrfectly’.
The second set
commenced with Nice Work If You Can Get
It, this trio certainly know how to portray tunes in their own unique way,
I love the combination of guitar and bass, they seem to complement each other
perfectly. Another original tune written
by Andy when his daughter was born and later Zoe put words to the lovely tune, Eleanor.
Next we were asked to Find A
Secret, and I think the secret ingredient here were the fabulous fingers of
Mark and Andy who certainly shone brightly like the stars they are this evening
and then Zoe went on to sing, You Turned
The Tables On Me. A haunting and
lovely tale of The Midnight Bell, led on to a bit of That Old
Black Magic, and then the guys were In
It Together, telling a tale of love before finally heading off to The Red City for the honeymoon… same
as Zoe and Andy did 3 years ago… and you can see the light in their eyes as
they remember a lovely time… and indeed I shall remember this evening as a
lovely time too.
Kath J.
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