(Screenshot by Debra Milne)
The last time I heard this quartet was also at The Globe in between either the first and second lockdowns or maybe it was the second and third? Who knows? Who cares? When you've seen three lockdowns you've seen 'em all - or so we hope!
On that occasion, we booked and paid in advance, sanitised our hands, provided track and trace details, ordered our drinks from a masked waitress then sat back and enjoyed some live music.
The music tonight was still live but we, the punters, were chained to our screens without any masked waitresses to distract us.
It didn't matter, once the music started the last thing we needed was distractions!
The Champion of the bass played the opening bars followed by shimmering cymbals, post Ellington growl trumpet, guitar laying down the chords and we were off!
It's Not as Bad as You Might Think may be a good title but it did the tune an injustice - it was a lot better than titled implied. In fact it was superb!
Heaven Only Knows, the first of several pleasing vocals. Did I detect a suggestion of Mark Murphy? Flugelhorn for the next couple of numbers in this all-original set.
Turf War (nothing to do with NUFC's training ground!); Barbados and More Comfort - all gems. However, the best was yet to come!
Lorenzo. Part monologue, part vocal, a fine trumpet solo and a question. Was/is Lorenzo a woman or a cat?
Tell me When it's Safe to Open my Eyes. Another great title and another great vocal. I'm starting to wonder in what order we rate Pete - trumpeter, vocalist, composer, lyricist? He's pretty damn good at the lot!
Not surprisingly, an encore was demanded and we had Mark Williams' "greatest hit" Booze Blues. Guitar and trumpet played the uptempo head in unison and we were off to the races. Needless to say, Mark got home by a short head. Well you don't compose a tune for someone else to get the glory although, tonight, everyone shared the glory.
Another Super Sunday on Railway St.
Lance
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Maybe some of us did have a masked waitress to distract us!
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