Today it was my turn to serve on
the Jazz Co-op stand for a couple of hours, an activity which allows you to
hear the Concourse music, people watch, chat to all sorts and conditions of men
(and women), besides of course drumming up support for the Jazz Co-op gigs. (And
folks, remember, you’ll get tax relief if you invest in the Co-op). Anyway, talking of chatting to women, Joan
Parker and I met Marianne, a music student from Tynemouth who is studying in
Edinburgh, and we had an in depth discussion about women’s singing and the
differences in singing classically, pop music and jazz singing. This is why I love doing stands, you never
know what you’ll get to talk about.
The varied range of Concourse
music continued delightfully with You and
The Night and The Music from The Ruth Lambert Trio, followed by other jazz
standards. The Mark Cray Band had an exciting sound of saxes, trumpets, tuba,
trombone, and of course drums, with Latin rhythms, repeated riffs. Then came Alex Saxon and Jack Forster on
guitar and flute, the latter reminding me a bit of Jethro Tull of
yesteryear. Their tunes included Moondance and Mr Bojangles.
I’d heard of King Bee but this
was the first time I’d actually seen them, not to be the last, I say. Vibes, two guitars, horns, flute drums,
another exciting sound, funky fusion, insistent riffs and even songs. What’s not to like on the Concourse, never
mind the gigs in the Sage Halls?
Ann Alex
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