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The Edinburgh specialists in the earlier forms of jazz made another welcome appearance in the region. Three gigs in two days - a couple in Darlo and one at, given their musical leanings, the appropriately named Prohibition Bar in Newcastle. All that was missing was the crystal chandelier, the bathtub gin and the Chicago Typewriters.
Everything else was in place - the stomps, the rags and the swing dancers whose lindy hopping skills even drew applause from the band!
As bands of this nature go, if indeed there are any bands of this nature going then this is as good as it gets.
They're all fine soloists within the idiom but their strength lies in the collective sound they get. They swing like crazy without a drummer, Youngs vocals get across without a mic and, above all, they're selling jazz without selling out whilst, at the same time, providing entertainment which, at the end of the day is what it's all about - the Hokey Cokey not withstanding.
Catch them next time they cross Hadrian's Wall - Lance
Dusty Rag; Snake Rag; Out of Nowhere; Minstrel Man; South; Kinklets; Humming to Myself; Milenberg Joys; Bogalusa Strut; Copenhagen; She's Cryin' For Me; Stockyard Strut; Barataria; Meat on the Table; Chocolate Avenue; Till We Meet Again; The Old Rugged Cross
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