Zoë Gilby (voice); Mark Williams (guitar); Andy
Champion (bass); Russ Morgan (drums)
Zoë said it was great to be doing a live
gig again and she meant it. This was a stellar performance, much appreciated
judging by the comments made by the 39 or so households who were attending. I'd
forgotten how good this quartet is, well together and with superb solos all
round. And we have friendly chat from Zoë, and some songs with her own lyrics,
which are impressive and interesting.
In fact the 2 songs I enjoyed the most had
lyrics by Zoë. Red Headed Girl From The North East was a beautiful,
moving tribute to Zoë's mother, who enjoyed life in London before settling
down. Angela, set to a Tom Harrell tune, concerned a very seductive
woman, which gave Zoë the chance to show the full range of her voice in a long,
intense, wordless coda, which was quite eerie at times.
This was quickly and wisely followed by a
regular jazz standard, You Turned the Tables On Me. Then came April
Mist, a Harrell tune with Zoë lyrics, all about making the most of life in
Springtime, with a fine solo from Mark which wasn't just for show but fitted
the song; a good bass solo and then 4s from drum and bass.
Caravan featured Russ, firstly drums with a good 'clanky' sound, then
very 'busy' with continuous light drums and cymbals, morphing into a drum solo
with hands, sticks, cymbals. It's easy to overlook bass players, whose job is
to be dependable, but Andy shone during his solos as well. The other songs
played were: Leap to the Limelight (about a dancer); Midnight Bell (based
on a novel concerning a London pub); In Walked Bud; Your Words (sad love
song); and finally a blues, Centrepiece.
I look forward to many more of these
livestream gigs. There were some problems with jerkiness on the video which was
a bit out of sync. I wasn't too troubled by this as the sound is the most
important thing and besides, I was busy admiring Zoë's lovely blue dress, made
up of many small layers, delightful. Oh, and the men sported beards, a sign of
Corvid times.
Ann
Alex
4 comments :
Ann! You go into glowing details about the dress but don't attach a photo!
Sorry about that Blogmaster but I was leaving the photos up to you which is irresponsible of me. I'm not sure about my technical abilities to do this but I'll try next time! Promise!
Photo now added from Facebook. The girl and the dress are as stunning as you have described them.
For future reference Ann, What you do is point your phone (mobile) at the screen, go into camera mode, then click.
Blogmaster, you make it sound so simple but these things often don't come out right for me!
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