Another belter from the 606. When the above five musicians get together the sparks fly. The two horn players offer contrasting styles that complement (and compliment) each other. Lockett, the musical machine gun leaving no note unplayed. Lowther, the more reflective - he's Miles to Mornington's Coltrane - together they gel.
The livestreamed first set began as a quartet and an unusual choice - Mr Sandman. However, without the banal words, it's a good tune to blow on with Lockett cleverly incorporating The Chordettes' intro in between choruses prompting him afterwards to quote an imaginary Ronnie Scott quip: "That was a number by The Chordettes, next a one by The Red Arrows!"
Lowther joined for a number called Short Story, he maybe 80 year old but it certainly doesn't show in his playing. He doesn't shoot for the moon, he never did, never needed to. Like Miles and Chet he can say it all within a couple of octaves and, unlike Mornington, the Jazz Police will never accuse him of speeding in a built up jazz area.
His lyricism came to the fore in a rather beautiful feature - It Never Entered my Mind. Richard Rodgers wrote it, Miles recorded it and Henry (on flugel) did them proud.
Joe Henderson's Serenity, driven on by Mark Fletcher and steadied by Gascoyne also had an excellent solo by Gareth Williams who had been doing just that from the get go.
Time for a Mornington ballad feature. You Don't Know What Love is proved that he can be a very soulful player as well as a technical tearaway.
The stream was taken out with Cape Verdean Blues.
The Horace Silver samba caused them to overrun their time but I wasn't complaining and nor, I guess, were those in the club and they had a second set to look forward to. Lance
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