Stu Collingwood (piano); Paul
Grainger (double bass); Paul Wight (drums) + Harry Keeble (tenor sax); Stax
Brothers' Jeff (tenor sax); Abbie Finn (drums); Ray Burns (harmonica, vocals)
(Review by
Russell)
It has been something of a lean time
of it recently with the region's jam sessions experiencing a dip in audience
numbers and, for long periods, sitters-in thin on the ground. The quality of
the sessions hasn't been in question, rather the lack of support for what can
be, and often is, the greatest free show in town.
The latest session - the first
Wednesday in the month meeting in Brandling Park - did little to buck the
trend. The Dun Cow's pool table moved aside, Stu Collingwood, piano, Paul
Grainger, bass and drummer Paul Wight set up in their own time as an audience
slowly materialised. You and the Night and the Music for
openers. Collingwood's thorough workout on This Masquerade upped
matters as Harry Keeble handed out some homemade fudge which went very nicely
with a pint of Jaipur IPA. Keeble swapped hospitality duties for something more
familar - blowing great tenor sax. The tune? Always and Forever.
A
new face from the r 'n' b scene - Jeff of Stax Brothers' fame - blew with a
full bodied tone on Stardust then bootin' tenor on Nat
Adderley's Work Song. He didn't hang around, let's hope he puts in
another appearance before long.
When Abbie met Harry - actually, they
arrived together! - the mood picked up with Abbie spelling Paul behind the
traps and Harry blowing on St Thomas.
A long serving supporter of the jam
session scene popped in. Ray Burns skirted round the edges looking for an
opening which came his way on Sweet Lorraine and again
on Ain't Misbehavin' (harmonica and vocals on each one).
One Note Samba paired Keeble
with Burns and at around ten bassist and MC Paul Grainger called time. The Dun
Cow's next jam session night - put it in the diary - is on Wednesday December 4.
Russell
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