All
credit to those of us who were present: there weren’t a lot of people, because
of holidays and other events, but we all managed to make interesting music and
have a good time. It would have been ideal to have more jazz instrumentalists,
so all ye jazzers out there, why not come along to the next Jazz Meets Folk, on
Thursday September 3, 8pm?
Ian Forbes, when he wasn’t drumming for other
people’s songs, became a pop singer for the night, singing along to his own
backing tracks, songs such as Hi Ho
Silver Lining. Minnie Fraser did
sterling stuff with her fiddle (NB it’s never called a violin in folk music)
with Ashokan Farewell and pleasing
renditions of songs including John
Anderson and Green Grow The Rushes O. That last song is from a Robert Burns poem. Bill
played spoons (ie ordinary household spoons used as percussion) and did Irish
songs; Eva sang Every Time You Say Goodbye and other jazz sings; Sheila did 2 connected songs about the
moon, Blue Moon and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. I seem to
remember singing a couple of blues numbers myself, and everyone joining in an
Americana song with drums, spoons, fiddle and a tambourine which just happened
to be lying around on the piano.
Ann Alex
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