Hand to Mouth: Lindsay Hannon (vocal); Bradley Johnston
(guitar)
(Review by Lance)
In
between the concerts in the Main Hall, we had two very satisfying sets in the
Fire Station.
Hand
to Mouth celebrates the recordings made back in the 1970’s by Ella Fitzgerald
and Joe Pass and, in Bradley and Lindsay, they could have no better duo to
bring that music back to life.
Cool
and laid back, they dealt up exquisite versions of The Very Thought of You; ‘Tis Autumn; I Ain’t Got Nothing But the
Blues; One Note Samba with an amazing voice/ guitar take on the middle 8; In My Solitude; I Love Being Here With You
and Some Other Time – I hope so!
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Abbie Finn Trio: Abbie Finn (drums); Harry Keeble (tenor
sax); Paul Grainger (bass).
After
a multi-directional intro emerged Caravan.
Keeble was fully charged with a solo that took us from one end of the Sahara to
the other and back again. This guy has it all, as of course we already knew
from his appearances in local jams. He can blow and so can leader Abbie play
drums who kept the train moving with an explosive solo. Women can make music? –
You betcha!
Swim, a composition by
Paul Grainger, not surprisingly, featured the bass man and Nothing Personal, a tune associated with Michael Brecker featured
the man who, tonight, was Michael
Brecker until the next number when he was Joe Henderson on Recorda Me.
The
clock was ticking down but we still had time for Seven Steps to Heaven and Dexter Gordon’s Cheese Cake. “Third time I’ve heard that number this weekend”
remarked Tony Eales referring to Vasi’s sessions reviewed by Russell.
It’s
been a good weekend for tenor players and there’s more to come.
Lance
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