Ferg Kilsby (trumpet); Josh Mitchell-Rayner (keyboards); Stan Woodward (bass); King David Ike-Elechi (drums)
Arriving at seven thirty there wasn't a seat to be had. Knats' growing fan club turned out in numbers for the latest installment of a rapidly developing story. The Earl of Pitt Street isn't exactly on the regional jazz circuit and it was good to see the publican supporting the efforts of this talented young quartet.
Relentless drive, taking no prisoners is Knats' modus operandi and why not? They can play and to coin an old school phrase: They're getting their rocks off! To close out the first set, Miles' version of Crosby, Stills and Nash's Guinnevere, with the to-be-expected Fender Rhodes sound of the period conjured by pianist Josh Mitchell-Rayner.
The Roots' You Got Me opened the second set, Ferg Kilsby blowing considered trumpet, the rhythm section rock solid in support. An unnamed original written by Mitchell-Rayner maintained the pace, Kilsby taking it this way, then that (tremendous trumpet playing) before the hugely impressive drumming of King David Ike-Elechi took it out by way of a bout of laser-like fours.
Bassist Stan Woodward certainly knows his way around the fretboard, more Stanley Clarke than Jaco, King David is one serious technician, it begs the question, where have these guys been 'til now? Ferg took on Christian Scott's West of the West. It's one of the wonders of the world how young musicians are able to assimilate myriad styles, it's as if it's no problem! One last tune, a blues of sorts, all four musicians stepping up to the plate.
Knats can be heard next at Hoochie Coochie on Thursday 25 November. Russell
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