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Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (bass); Mark Robertson (drums) + John Rowland (tenor sax); David Gray (trombone); Michael Mather (drums).
After the film, those members of the audience who hadn't succumbed to the cold, moved upstairs for a jam session. Appropriately, several of the musicians had played in the Safe Sextet back in the old days.
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The opening number by the trio, The Good Life, saw them still wearing scarves and overcoats but by the time John Rowland took to the stage for In a Mellow Tone layers had been peeled off.
In Walked Bud then in walked David and the two horns got a good sound on Satin Doll.
Not for nothing is David Gray known as 'Showtime' and for Bernie's Tune the trombone was lit up - perhaps the lights generated some much needed heat on top of that provided by Michael Mather who was sitting in on drums.
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At this point we called it a day - my timbers were starting to shiver!
Still it had been a most enjoyable day and if Keith Crombie was looking up from 'down there' I'm sure he'd have nodded approvingly safe in the knowledge that he was in a warmer place. Lance
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