Paul’s guest tonight was Gair Carson a musician who apart from playing in local big bands, also plays in one of the west coast tribute groups that work around this area. His sound on both tenor and alto reminds me of the kind of saxophone style that was prevalent before Coltrane became such a big influence on the jazz scene.
We get many fine sax players here at the Railway but not many who also play flute. Gair brought with him both the standard concert flute and the lower pitched alto flute which he featured on Here’s That Rainy Day. I thought this was the highlight of the first set and I would have liked to have heard a full evening of Gair devoted to his flute playing.
A total of 14 tunes were featured tonight and they included compositions by Hank Mobley, Carlos Jobim, Bobby Hebb, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans, Denzil Best and Fran Landesman.
One number that I liked a lot was Wes Montgomery’s Far Wes. The catchy theme was played by tenor and guitar in unison.
The audience turnout was lower than normal but that may have been due to the rain or perhaps the Alan Barnes gig in Wilmslow may have drawn away some of the regulars. The next gig at the Railway will be on Sunday March 19 with the Mike Hall Quartet. Mike Farmer
Dig This; Wave; Here’s That Rainy Day; Anthropology; Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most; Sunny; Without a Song; Fried Bananas; Far Wes; Slow Boat to China; Saude de Samba; Why Shouldn’t I?; Sonnymoon For Two; Move
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