The thing I liked most about this gig was that although I have seen this unit before at the Railway and other local venues, they always play interesting tunes some of which I am not familiar with. One example of this is a number called Three Views of a Secret written by the late great bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius. Another was Oz penned by steel pan drummer Andy Narell. We also heard two Mingus compositions, a Gigi Gryce original, one by Wes Montgomery, a Carole Williams tune, a Jobin bossa and more making a grand total of fourteen tunes played during the 9:00pm-11:00pm time slot. This could be a record for numbers played at the Railway.
Few gigs these days seem to go by without the inclusion of Body and Soul and this was no exception, On this occasion it being a feature for Helen Pillinger's tenor sax ably assisted by Paul Hartley's trio. The Johnny Green standard must be one of the most played numbers in the jazz repertoire and my favourite version apart from the early Hawkins one, is Jimmy Heath's rendition on his album Portrait of Heath where he plays tenor and soprano sax.
One number which gave the band a different sound was that classic Eddie Harris hit that he recorded with Les McCann, Cold Duck Time and this saw Carole getting a very convincing Hammond B3 organ sound on her keyboard. The night certainly had some surprises in the choice of tunes and I look forward to seeing them on their next visit to the Railway.
The next jazz at the Railway is tomorrow night (Nov. 30) with the West Coast Octet.
Lookin' up; Full House; Jelly Roll; Minority; Body and Soul; Oz; Sometime; Cold Duck Time; Favela; Slow Hot Wind; Three Views of a Secret; Pussy Cat Dues; Orange Shadows; A
Night in Tunisia.
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