Matt Anderson (tenor saxophone) & Paul Edis (piano)
(Review by Russell).
This month’s
lunchtime session at the Lit & Phil paired Leeds-based tenor player Matt
Anderson with pianist Paul Edis. A set of standards, the amiable duo
worked comfortably together, the
audience hanging on every note.
A magical aspect
of a jazz gig is the meeting of two accomplished musicians who decide to play a
few tunes and it all sounds like a well-rehearsed occasion. For an unsuspecting audience the belief could
be that Anderson
and Edis were long-time musical associates. The Lit and Phil crowd knew better
and were rightly impressed with the hand-in-glove musicianship of the duo.
Jobim’s Desafinado illustrated the ease with
which the music came together;
The Lit and Phil
session has become one of the jewels of the Newcastle jazz scene – where else could you
hear a top class duo tear up Straight No
Chaser? The final gig in the current
season couldn’t have been better. The first one in 2015 features another fine
pianist – Dean Stockdale – looking at Gershwin
to Gillespie in the company of violinist Lucy Baker (Mrs Stockdale). The
date for your new diary – February 6th.
Tonight Paul
Edis can be heard at the Jazz Café on Pink
Lane at eight o’clock. Note the new, earlier start
time. The bass and drums pairing of Mick Shoulder and Adam Sinclair remains the
same…thankfully. A piano jazz trio par excellence. Tomorrow night at the Jazz
Café sees the return of Matt Anderson. On this gig, another duo, he will be
working with the fine guitarist Jiannis Pavlidis. If jazz guitar is your kind
of jazz, Pavlidis is your man. Nine o’clock start for this one, get there early
to secure a front row seat.
Russell.
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