What can I say? Up to now this is the best EFG/LJF I've never been to! However, thanks to the 606 and the wonders of live-streaming I'm sitting in the front row and digging every minute - I'm feeling just so so hip!
I'm hip, there's a clue in there as to what tonight was all about. You've got it in one - the late singer, pianist Blossom Dearie.
Yes, Exploring the Music of Blossom Dearie was the name of the game and, not only that, these guys were doing it without a vocalist which is like tightrope walking without a safety net!
I couldn't have been more wrong, Even without Blossom's cool and clever interpretation of the lyrics the songs stood tall on their own high heels - the musicians getting the ever present sense of Blossom in their solos and, indeed, in the arrangements. Great to hear Joe Webb again and to catch up on Zaitz, Fox and Farmer as well as, leading from the back, ace drummer Shane Forbes.
Another great session - Lance
They Say it's Spring; I Walk a Little Faster; I'm Hip; A Fine Spring Morning; Always True to You in my Fashion; The Party's Over; Bang Goes th
e Drum.
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