Of the many live streams to choose from, Adrian Cox's weekly Sunday Service is of a consistently high standard. Over the weeks and months our genial clarinetist has developed a large online following. Engaging with his audience seems to come naturally and, like many musicians, Cox has come to grips with the live stream technology. Today's session would focus upon clarinetist Mezz Mezzrow.
Still slumming it in Bulgaria, Cox thanked the hotel for giving him free rein. Today's session came live from the hotel lobby. Would hotel guests stop by to listen? At the off no fewer than 100 fans were online. First up, Hot Club Stomp followed by Clarence Williams' I Ain't Give You None o' This Jelly Roll with Cox's first vocal of the set. Minutes later the online audience numbered 125. Clearly, word gets around. Just noticed Adrian's snazzy hat. Perhaps it's part of the Bad Manners' stage gear (Adrian does play stuff other than jazz!).
Everybody Loves My Baby (comp. Spencer
Williams/lyrics Jack Palmer) played - and sung - to a gentle background
hum. What/who was it? Hotel guests! Real live human beings! Hang in there, the
real, live gig is on the horizon! A pint, a packet of crisps, can't wait!
During the week our host listened to lots of Mezz Mezzrow. Aware of some of the critics who weren't too impressed with the man's technique, Adrian leapt to Mezzrow's defense saying: He had amazing spirit for the music (not least in the era of Dizzy and Bird and the all-pervading sound of bebop). Christopher's Rockin' took us up to two o'clock (four o'clock if you're in Bulgaria). In closing, Adrian recommended this evening's session from Ronnie Scott's - Denny Ilett's Big Band playing the music of Jimi Hendrix. That's recommendation enough, eight o'clock.
Russell
Set list: Hot Club Stomp; I
Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll; Indiana; Tommy's
Blues; A Melody from the Sky; Sendin' the Vipers; Everybody
Loves My Baby; Lights Out; Christopher's Rockin' (aka
Christopher Columbus)
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