(Review by Russell).
The ‘Student
Performances’ hour, late afternoon, Thursdays, throws up unexpected delights.
The jazz content today featured drummer Lewis West and a trio playing a well-received set of three tunes. Add
classical clarinet, folk guitar and a West End (London
Annabel Warnock
sang three numbers including Maybe This
Time (excellent piano accompaniment from Matthew Ryan). Clarinettist James
Insalaco offered Weber’s Grand Duo
Concetant for clarinet and piano and the first and third pieces from Igor
Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Solo
Clarinet (Insalaco is an accomplished player) and guitarist Dan Morgan
played two pieces, one of them John Renbourn’s The Lady and the Unicorn. He played the Renbourn piece very well,
just as well given that the man himself had earlier been in the department to
conduct a guitar workshop!
The jazz trio –
Jamie Lawson, piano, Ed Addo, trumpet and vocals and drummer Dan Egdell –
played three numbers. Ain’t No Sunshine,
Misty and Outkast’s Roses. It was
the trumpet and vocals of Addo that stole the show. Soulful singing, bold
trumpet (the mute in use on Misty).
Addo should get to a jam session! The Lewis West programme – a one number
affair – won great applause. Max Roach’s For
Big Sid sounded great. No doubt hours of practice (examination time looms)
helped West perform with calm authority. More of the same in two week time (Dec
11).
Russell.
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