Dean Stockdale (piano)
(Review
by Russell)
The third and final day of the Sunderland
International Air Show. The forecast suggested the flying machines could be
grounded. In the event they just about got away with it. The first spots of
rain landed in Newcastle city centre ‘round four o’clock.
The Vermont Hotel’s late-Sunday afternoon
piano jazz set had, without fanfare/publicity, been brought forward a couple of
hours to two o’clock. Thankfully Dean Stockdale knew about the change and
arrived on time!
The Redwood Bar does Sunday afternoon teas. As Stockdale sat at the piano, guests nibbled at scones, iced slices of whatever, stacked three stories high on multi-story silver plates. An afternoon treat for the gluttonous, the jazz an afternoon treat for the listening few (one).
The Redwood Bar does Sunday afternoon teas. As Stockdale sat at the piano, guests nibbled at scones, iced slices of whatever, stacked three stories high on multi-story silver plates. An afternoon treat for the gluttonous, the jazz an afternoon treat for the listening few (one).
Have
You Met Miss Jones? (the Redwood Bar the perfect
rendezvous should one seek an out-of-the-way place for that quiet/illicit
meeting), I Get a Kick Out of You,
Stockdale did the job, played first class material, the audience, had it
materialised, would have loved it.
As one guest left the hotel, the headlights
of his Mini shone brightly against the charcoal-grey sky. The rain came
tumblin’ down, hotel staff cleared tables, Dean Stockdale played Tenderly. Job done.
Russell.
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