Steve Oakes (guitar); Ed Kainyek (tenor sax); Ray Butcher (trumpet, flugel); Grant Russell (bass); Tim Franks (drums)
Steve Oakes, an interesting guitarist living in Northwich, Cheshire, is well known to north-west jazz fans.
Tonight Steve’s selection of tunes included three standards plus themes written by Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, John Schofield Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sonny Rollins all played brilliantly by a band that knew what it – modern jazz – is all about.
Guest trumpet player Ray Butcher impressed me with his big brassy sound and put me in mind of a trumpeter who used to be on some of Coltrane’s Prestige albums, Idrees Sulieman. Tim Franks was taking care of things on drums and Grant Russell played some powerful solos on his triangular-shaped bass.
It was good to see Ed Kainyek in the line-up as I’d heard it on the grapevine – as one does - that he had moved to Leeds but, here he was blowing up a storm with that huge sound of his. No mics were used on the gig and they were not needed as on some of the tunes, even unmiked, the sound was a bit too loud at times.
Steve likes to bring along a box of effects but, thankfully. he has the good taste to not over use them
The next gig at the Railway is Sunday August 8 with guitarist Glen Cartledge’s Quartet. Mike Farmer.
Au Privave; Red Clay; Alone Together;
Winelight; Nature Boy; The Water is Wide; Keep Me In Mind; Spain; My Foolish
Heart; Oleo.
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