Liane
Carroll (vocals, keyboard)
Yes, the singing and playing was enjoyable,
but what made this event really good for me was Liane's lovely personality,
friendly, chatty and approachable, if you can say that about an online
performance. Many others enjoyed the evening too, 66 were waiting on YouTube
before the start and the comments box displayed people's eagerness. Numbers
built up to 102 maximum, so imagine the Jazz Coop trying to fit all those into the Globe!
Liane treated us to no less than 11 songs
in the hour, plus a medley and an encore, along with anecdotes about her life
and comments about the songs. And of course her skilled keys playing was full
of enthusiasm and aplomb. No messing around and time-wasting, so I'd better do
the same, and simply list the set.
Almost Like Being In Love: the second chorus was sung as scat with no
accompaniment, clever stuff, a very lively version.
You Don't Know Me: a very impassioned second chorus on this
one
Bring Me Sunshine: from the Seaside album, reminding
Liane of happy childhood memories of watching comedy on TV
Autumn Leaves; Falling In Love With Love and St Louis
Blues (as per Bessie
Smith)
My Baby Just Cares For Me (with the well-known Nina Simone piano
intro and outro) which morphed into Sinner Man
Here's To Life; I Get Along Without You
Very Well - two ballads
sung with feeling, and connected with her mother as she was dying
Untitled, I think Liane forgot to tell us,
but something about walking through raindrops,
No Moon At All done as a tango, great fun
Ever Since I Put Your Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)
The medley included Liane's own song Dublin
Morning; Suzanne (Leonard Cohen); Summertime (sung to a tinkling
piano that even Lance would have enjoyed); My Favorite Things and also
a song about dying which was cheery, which morphed into something lively about California Shoeshine Boys (Laura Nyo),
which sounded like fun.
The evening was beautifully rounded off
with a song for Black Lives Matter, Harvest For The World. Then Liane
wished us 'Peace and Love' and was then, unfortunately, gone.
Soon to return I hope, sometime, some
place.
Ann
Alex
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