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This was an evening of great tunes, mainly standards and who better to interpret them than top trombonist Suzanne Fonseca and her team of outstanding musicians. Some of the numbers were done in bossa nova style but all maintained my interest and were well received by an audience of all age groups.
The opening number, Ellington’s In A Mellotone was played at the maestro's original medium tempo and, straight away, I was impressed by the great sound Robin Dewhurst was producing on the house upright piano.
Robin also played some inventive solos throughout the evening and as well as knowing what notes to play he also knows what notes to leave out when in accompanying mode.
Gavin Barras was doing great things on bass and Danny Ward helped to keep everything on course with some excellent drumwork.
We heard some nice ballads tonight and I thought Suzanne’s version of Easy Living and Darn That Dream were particularly noteworthy. I also liked her up tempo work on Harold Arlen’s As Long As I Live and her bossa nova treatment of Cole Porter’s Easy to Love.
If you have not seen Suzanne Fonseca before, it is well worth seeking her out as she is one of the best exponents of trombone jazz that you are likely to hear anywhere.
Next Jazz night at the Railway is on Tuesday Sept 20 with the Freddie Garner Quartet - Mike Farmer
In a Mellotone; Easy to Love; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Triste; Easy Living; Basin Street Blues; Caravan; As Long as I Live; Poor Butterfly; Darn That Dream; S’Wonderful; We’ll be Together Again; This Can’t be Love; Bésame Mucho.
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