Tony Eales, big band aficionado
and friend of Bebop Spoken Here, reports that the Durham Alumni Big Band did themselves proud
at the Forum’s end-of-season jazz session. The Borough Road venue in Darlington
welcomed the young Leeds-based composer James Hamilton who put the band through
its paces in performing several challenging pieces including a recent
commission, The Yorkshire Suite.
The Forum’s main hall
accommodated a good number of supporters and many of the band’s big hitters
impressed with cracking solos. Alex Baker took on the tenor parts, veteran
‘bone man Terry O’Hern (catch him at the Cluny, first Sunday in the month,
knocking out top class rhythm and blues with the Smokin’ Spitfires) did the
business, likewise Steve McGarvie (alto) and Dean Stockdale (keyboards)
immersed himself in reams of Hamilton’s headache-inducing black dots.
The Forum’s jazz club reconvenes
on Sunday 11 January (5:30pm) with the return of the Jazz Tones. Two weeks later (Jan 25) be
prepared to be impressed with the award-winning Durham University Big
Band.
Russell/Tony Eales.
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