Bernie Ranson (saxes); Barbara Wilcox (keys); Harry Husaini (electric bass); Alan Wann (drums)
This wasn’t a night for tender ballads no But Beautiful (a personal favourite) nor, sadly, any vocals from Bernie Ranson this evening. Perhaps wisely he did not try to compete with the crowd, noisier than usual and augmented by a party of wild swimmers and filmmakers celebrating their BBC documentary.
What we got instead was a selection of upbeat standards including Autumn Leaves, Soultrane, There Will Never be Another You, Black Orpheus, Yardbird Suite …all matching the mood of the evening... and Wayne Shorter’s Footprints showing this quartet is not frightened of a challenge.
A new face on keyboards, Barbara Wilcox, showed she was up for it and had little hesitation in taking solos when called upon although it must have been daunting with such a raucous crowd.
A very different evening at The Exchange this week…less “smooth jazz” more “hard bop”….enjoyable nevertheless.
Four will be there every Wednesday 7:00pm until 9:00pm with two solid hours of jazz plus free admission, good beers and convivial company.
What’s not to like? Sylvia
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