Freddie Garner has been playing around the north west for as long as I can remember but shows no sign of slowing down and is always eager to introduce new modern jazz tunes to the patrons of this popular venue. He was aided tonight by his right hand man, Jim Collins who is a hard-driving saxophonist on both alto and tenor and the excellent bass and drum team of James Adolpho and Phil Bennett.
Freddie's opening number was that classic Stanley Turrentine tune Sugar the catchy theme being played by Jim Collins on tenor sax. The rest of the twelve tunes played included three by Wayne Shorter, three standards, and one each by Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath and Tadd Dameron plus two by Kenny Garrett who, incidently, was voted top alto sax in this year's DownBeat Readers Poll. Second in the alto sax section was Greg Abate who recently played the Railway to great acclaim.
I’ve been trying to think of what I liked most about tonight's show but have come to the conclusion that the the whole thing was a gas, as we used to say when I was a teenager. I feel I must mention the great brushwork done by Phil Bennett during the last tune of the evening The Way You Look Tonight .
The next jazz night at the Railway is Tuesday Dec. 7 with the Steve Oakes Band featuring Andrzej Baranek - Mike Farmer
Sugar; Yes or no?; Dearly Beloved; Brother Hubbard; Soultrane; El Toro; Sight for Sore Eyes; Footprints; November 15th; Cheesecake; You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To; The Way You Look Tonight.
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