Happenstance can be a fine thing. Facebook can infuriate, enrage, etc etc. Occasionally something pops up on the platform and you go: Wow! Sunday evening, Jazz Co-op Xmas party cancelled, Facebook suggested Marjorie Eliot's weekly Parlor Entertainment Harlem live stream could be worth watching. Logging on, Rudel Drears was holding court in Ms Eliot's parlor (parlour). Playing piano, singing (tenor to quavering baritone voice), who is this guy?
Further investigation revealed Drears is a regular at Ms Eliot's Harlem apartment, as are many others - musicians and audience alike. Marjorie Eliot has been hosting an open house party every Sunday since 1993, never missing a week! What's more, you can watch them for free on Facebook. Sunday's session (Dec 19) was dedicated to the late Barry Harris. It transpired Eliot was a close friend of the piano maestro. And, it appears she knows all and sundry on the New York jazz scene. Drears played Monk, Bud Powell (Hallucinations) and a whole lot more. It's clear Marjorie Eliot is a one-off. Log on next week (Dec 26) at 8:30pm. Russell
Set list included: Lover, Come Back to Me; Whisper Not; Hallucinations; I Remember Clifford; The Christmas Song/Jingle Bells; White Christmas; Brilliant Corners; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; When the Saints Go Marching In.
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