(Review
by Ann Alex/photo by Mike Tilley).
There was a full house
for this unusual gig from Gabi and Steve, including people from Germany and Brazil . The material covered jazz standards, Gabi
originals in cabaret style, a bit of blues, and numbers written by Sting,
Billie Holiday, and others. The general
theme was ‘The City’, well illustrated by adventurous use of electronics, with
sirens and people rushing about. And the
percussion made an effective appearance even in the first song, about not being
able to get out of the city, when Gabi made a defiant ‘chock, chock’ sound by
hitting a bar with a stick. (What is
this called, BSH readers?) Steve showed his considerable talents throughout
the whole set, many long solos, up and down scales, chords galore, guitar
wizardry, but always fitting to the song being sung.