A New Year's Eve late gig cancellation rendered Adrian Cox idle. Idle until our host pitched the idea of an early evening live stream. If one musician in Britain has cornered the online market, it's Mr A Cox, make that Preacher Cox. Our man's congregation responded in large number, in excess of seventy five logged on for an hour's worth of clarinet and vocals. Nursing the beginnings of a cold, Cox nevertheless connected with his audience, chatting casually (speed reading the stream of online comment) in between playing a few tunes.
From Jazz Me Blues to High Society (a test piece for clarinetists, said Cox), to a first live stream performance of Blue Skies to Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, this New Year's Eve gig proved to be yet another winner. A rip-roaring clarinet/vocal/finger-snapping Runnin' Wild (it'll be on Cox's new album with Joe Webb!), a brief appearance by Rocky* and more, this year-ending service could have gone on for another hour and no one would have complained. Great stuff!
* Adrian said he hoped everyone enjoyed Christmas, saying he spent the day with his partner, his partner's mother and her dog, Bentley. Our host mentioned that his dog, Rocky had never properly met Bentley, and that remains the case because Rocky tried to kill Bentley! Woof! Woof! Russell
Set list: Jazz
Me Blues; Swing That Music; I'm Confessin' That I Love
You; High Society; Blue Skies; Rose Room; Do
You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?; Runnin' Wild; Please
Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone.
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