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In Sage One it was Bonnie Raitt who packed them in whilst in Sage Two the award winning tenor saxophonist/composer Emma Rawicz had her own healthy following.
A non stop 90 minute workout on her original compositions demonstrated, not only her prodigious technique but also her compositional skills both of which were awesome.
Her fellow troops are all stars in their own right. Neave a two-handed virtuoso utilised all 88 notes of the Steinway (and in the right order) plus producing some harplike sounds from the piano strings. Law also soloed effectively and, as far as I could tell, without a vast array of pedals. Chaplin had relatively few solos but provided the solid foundation for the others to build on. Maddren, of course, is a man for all seasons. Whatever the genre he's your first call percussionist.
My one quibble is that I'd have preferred 2 x 45 minute sets with an interval however, that would have meant dropping the support act ...
J2oh: Jemma Freese (keys, vocals); Jenny Walinetski (drums).
The publicity described J2oh thus: Their energetic and emotionally epic sound comes from a hybrid of hiphop/trap/dnb/electronic and contemporary jazz, using cross signatures, melodic phrasing, rhythmical hooks, complex harmony and vocal soundbites to create their sound.
Just about sums it all up. Lance
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