Gabriele Heller (voice & electronics)
& Steve Glendinning (guitar).
(Review by Russell/photos
courtesy of Ken Drew).
Arriving near the end of the
first set (delayed train from Darlington ),
this is, effectively, a brief review of Heller and Glendinning’s second set.
Ascending the stairs with a tip-top pint of Schiehallion, Ms Heller could be
heard on stage in blues to bossa mode (guitarist Glendinning seated, fleetingly
recalling Joe Pass
The audience? “Select” isn’t the
word. Downstairs one lone drinker propped up the bar (a quiet night at the
Bridge), upstairs he (the lone drinker below) was outnumbered, but only just.
Interval chatter about cameras (landscape or portrait, camera phones etc) with
house photographer Ken Drew. Heller opened the second set with Queen. Hmmm. Nature Boy (another ubiquitous tune),
then an original piece – True Love –
and Weill’s Speak Low (Heller’s
milleu) heard GH at her best with an intriguing and highly effective use of
two walkie-talkies. Glendinning’s jazz
guitar credentials acted as an effective counterpoint to Heller’s committed
agit-prop approach, exposing the political undertones in tunes written and/or performed
by Billie Holiday, Kurt Weill and others.
Diachronicx was a Splinter at the
Bridge promotion. Note to Tyneside jazz fans…Sunday night, Bridge Hotel, eight
o’clock. Be honest, what was on the telly last night? Nothing is a good
guess.
Russell.
1 comment :
What brilliant photography!
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