Kinsella/Noble/Batchelor (left): Lauren
Kinsella (voice); Chris Batchelor (trumpet); Liam Noble (piano)
(Review by Steve H/
photos courtesy of Ken Drew.)
Due to the late arrival of the first band who had
been taken suddenly hungry in a local restaurant we were treated to an
impromptu solo performance from free piano jazz wunderkid Veryan Weston.
A suitably replete Kinsella, Noble and Batchelor trio
returned from their gastronomic adventure to take the stage for the first half
of the scheduled programme. Kinsella is a vocal virtuoso using the full
range of her voice to improvise extensively.
At times it felt like she was
performing scenes from a one woman play although the dialogue appeared to
be ‘speaking in tongues’ rather than recognizable words. Noble played his
piano literally inside and out whilst Batchelor was not only outstanding on
trumpet but with the assorted tubes and plungers he brought along to mutate his
sound there was the added bonus that should the need arise he would have all
the equipment necessary to unblock any drains. The band completed their set to
a great ovation and were persuaded by a more than reasonably sized audience to
perform an encore.
I am unable to name any of the tunes they played
because as with the headline act there was zero communication with the
audience. Neither of the bands introduced its members let alone the pieces they
were playing. Maybe as artists they feel their music speaks for itself.
Personally I feel a little interaction between the band and
the audience enhances the live experience but as Ronnie Scott once said ‘Quiet
please you’re not here to enjoy yourselves’.
After the interval Haste performed one long piece of
‘Chamber Jazz’ with all three members displaying great virtuosity and
inventiveness on their respective instruments Marshall plucking her Cello at
times to great aplomb whilst Laubrock produced an array of interesting and exotic
sound effects from her tenor. The trio seemed to combine transcendentally and I
was quite swept away as I surfed along the improvisational wave. At the end of
the show I was left pontificating as to just how they managed to
create such as a complex interactive piece of work. To conclude I will
improvise on that old English proverb – ‘Music with Haste, Recital a
Pleasure’.
Steve H.
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