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Glen Cartledge brought his A team to the Railway tonight and one of the things I liked about this line-up was that they had no problem in tackling some challenging tunes and also keeping the tempos together some of which were ultra-fast as in Freddie Hubbard’s Byrdlike.
The band started the gig with a medium tempo version of Jimmy Heath’s A Sight For Sore Ears and the thought occurred to me that Heath wrote some great tunes and not enough people play them. It was good to see Tom Hill again on bass as he is one of the best bass players we have seen at this venue, his solos always being first rate.
Andy Hunt played tenor sax during the first set and for the second set he played alto sax. His sound on alto was very modern and I liked the way he played on his feature I Want To Talk About You - a tune Coltrane recorded many times.The total number of tunes played tonight was nine which was below average but this meant we got to hear some extended solos from all members of this excellent outfit.
I was very impressed with the drummer Andrew Wood, who is based in Nottingham and is a former graduate of the Leeds College of Music. He has a high energy style and this was demonstrated in the Victor Feldman composition made famous by Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven. I also enjoyed his work on the Dizzy Gillespie number Manteca - a tune that I have always liked to hear ever since I first heard it on a 10 inch LP many years ago.
The next jazz night at the Railway is on Tuesday (June 14) with the Paul Hartley Quartet featuring John Hallam. Mike Farmer
A Sound For Sore Ears; Seven Steps To Heaven; The Look Of Love;Who Can I Turn To?; Byrdlike; Ugetzu; I Want To Talk About You; Manteca; Anthropology.
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