David Herbert (piano); Terry Walsh (guitar); Gerry Tomlinson (tenor sax); Martin Leckenby (bass); Greg Ryan (drums).
The Exchange in North Shields is becoming well known for its hosting of jazz having regular Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon sessions. However, this is the first time for jazz on a Saturday night and a sizeable crowd turned out to hear a new quintet hailing from the wilds of Tynedale.
Red Kites Jazz (not the famous Norwegian jazz/rock group of the same name) took the stage at 7.30pm and set to.
Although I could only stay for the first 40 minutes (my apologies to the band) I was impressed with their choice of material. Horace Silver’s Song for my Father is always a crowd-pleaser as is Beatrice. They followed with a couple of Latin numbers one of which I didn’t recognise but Jobim’s Wave is always good to hear. As I was leaving, the sound of Ellington’s signature tune Take the A Train drew the first set to a close.
This is a group who have only been together for a matter of months and it will be interesting to see how they progress.
Well done The Exchange for providing another venue at the coast where you can regularly listen to jazz for free in convivial surroundings. Sylvia
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