One thing that I have noticed about jazz events at the Railway is that most of the four or five piece bands that play there get through maybe ten to twelve numbers. However, this Sunday evening the piano-led trio of Richard Wetherall played a total of fifteen tunes! A varied selection containing a couple of Strayhorn ballads, bebop classics by Miles, Monk, and Parker plus some numbers with a strong Latin influence. At the start of the concert Richard mentioned he had already played two gigs one of which was in Marsden. Yorkshire but during the first tune tonight, a fast Make Someone Happy he showed no sign of the tiredness that he’d referred to previously.
The highlights for me were many but I liked his version of the Ray Bryant tune Cubano Bop which is a challenge for bass and drums although Ed and Eryl were well up to the task. I used to own an EP of Bryant playing this tune and, if I recall correctly, Jo Jones did some fantastic drum work. Another high spot was in the second set when Richard really took off into some abstract stuff on an up-tempo Milestones. At the end of the number he mentioned how much he liked the late Don Pullen - another pianist who died too young.
The only tune I thought I could have done without was the Thad Jones composition A Child Is Born but this soon morphed into a breakneck Moose the Mooche, bringing this evening to a very satisfying conclusion. I look forward to a return visit by this excellent trio.
The next jazz night at the Railway is tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 12, with the Paul Hartley Quartet featuring saxman Rod Mason Admission Free 9:00pm-11:00pm – Mike Farmer.
Make Someone Happy; Cubano Bop; El
Ceilo; The Mountain; Moonlight In Vermont; Bye Bye Blackbird; Straight No
Chaser; I Love You; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing; Lotus Blossom; Carioca; Team
ACL; Milestones; A Child is Born; Moose the Mooche.
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