Tomorrow night (Friday, October 25)
sees the return of Vasilis Xenopoulos to Opus 4 Jazz Club in Darlington. The
Traveller's Rest gig is the first of three in the region for the Greek born,
London resident tenor saxophonist. Year after year the 'house full' signs go up
at the Cockerton roadhouse pub and it'll be no different this weekend. Expect a
set of standards with the focus on Xenopoulos' new Dexter Gordon-inspired
album Dexterity.
Working with Xenopoulos on all three
dates will be the Paul Edis Trio. A superb trio in its own right (Edis, piano,
Andy Champion, bass, Russ Morgan, drums), the addition of the still young (!)
but wonderfully 'old school' tenor player promises to make any one of the three
performances a contender for 'Gig of the Year'. Friday's action begins at
8:00pm (doors 7:30, £12 at the door) - start queuing now!
Saturday (October 26) finds Vasilis
and the boys at St Cuthbert's Centre in Crook. Same as Friday, a large turn out
is anticipated, 7:30pm start, seven quid (includes a slice of pizza!) at the
door, and on Sunday don't be caught out by the one o'clock start at the Black
Bull, Blaydon. Pay on the door £10. All three gigs come with the highest
recommendation. If you've heard Vasilis Xenopoulos you won't want to miss out
this time round and if you're yet to hear him you really shouldn't miss
out!
Russell
1 comment :
Yeah! Russell's right about not missing the 1pm start for Vasi's Black Bull Sunday gig. Jazzers need to remember that the clocks go back late Saturday/Sunday early morning - by one hour!
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