It Don't Mean A Thing … sang Debra, and it didn't, because the screen froze, music ceased, all dead for a few minutes, then all came alive again and the show continued in fine form. The performers are to be congratulated for not being thrown at all by the hazards of technology. Such is life, and all aspects of love and romantic life were then explored via the GASbook.
There Will Never Be Another You, skilfully piano-led, with a solo from Steve on curved soprano sax. An eastern-flavoured, suitably exotic, introduction to Caravan; God Bless The Child sung gently with suitably mournful tenor sax; Too Darn Hot full of typical Cole Porter double entendres; Corcovado, touchingly dedicated by Debra to her husband (aaah!) who is working hard in medical circles.
Debra showed bravery in tackling the classic made famous by Nina Simone, My Baby Just Cares For Me, with its well known introduction and outro, ably played on keys by Stu. If there is such a thing as 'walking keys' (not walking bass) this is it, as the intro sounds to me as if the piano is walking along a street. You Don't Know What Love Is was sung with feeling and a notable tenor sax – the tone of the tenor is so, so good for expressing melancholy.
Lullaby Of Birdland displayed happy scat and an effective keys solo. After another couple of songs an encore was demanded by the chat, giving us Route 66, with skilled, lively, scatted lyrics, one of the best bits of scat that I've heard from Debra.
A
good show from the trio, an audience of around 40 households, and meeting of
friends in the chat column. A great way to spend an hour on Sunday evening in
these difficult times. And of course excellent camera work and sound from the
Globe volunteers.
Ann Alex
It
Don't Mean A Thing; There Will Never Be Another You; Caravan; God Bless The
Child; Too Darn Hot; Corcovado; Perdido; My Baby Just Cares For Me; You Don't
Know What Love Is; Lullaby Of Birdland; Born To Be Blue; Temptation; Route 66
2 comments :
Thanks for your lovely review Anne! The scat at the end was based on Billie's Bounce - lyrics by Eddie Jefferson (and me)
Nice bass too - very impressive, Stu, not only two hands on the keys, but feet on the pedals as well!
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