Dom Pipkin (piano/vocals).
Dom's regular Wednesday night spot never fails to please and tonight was no exception.
I turned up slightly late for the recital (all the best people do - I'm the exception) but the 45 minutes that I did hear made me wish I'd been on time.
The beauty of Dom's playing is in the variety that he offers. I could say, not a lot of jazz and I would be totally wrong. There is often more jazz played in blues and rock & roll than there is in some of the things that pass for jazz these days!
However, I'm not going down that road - that is a discussion for another day - instead, I'm going to reflect upon the ambiance of this man's playing which first impressed me at Hoochie with his Ikos and later at a solo gig in Darlo with a couple of CDs in between.
When I arrived on Facebook, which, tonight, was behaving itself, Hallelujah I Just Love Her So was in full flight. Great number whether by Basie (w. Joe Williams), Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra or Dom Pipkin.
George Michael's Careless Whisper was given some extra Wham! when it segued into I Will Wait for You and what could be a more appropriate song for today than Make a Better World?
A jaunty Happy Birthday, James Booker's Pixie and a cameo appearance by one of Dom's cats - a black and white beauty!
Ain't Misbehavin' was given the Fats' treatment whilst Tutti Frutti was for the late Little Richard.
Our 88er put the baby grand through its paces on Rockin' Pneumonia before moving back to the 1930s and Just One More Chance.
A Stevie Wonder tune, that I didn't recognise, followed. Suffice to say it was rather beautiful.
Jambalaya, made me want to put crawfish pie and filé gumbo on my shopping list for tomorrow.
The cat returned, or was it a different one? I always say a house is not a home without a cat or two. On the Sunny Side of the Street was followed by What a Wonderful World ...
Dom's back next Wednesday.
Lance.
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