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Like a lot of things that are happening today, what you expect is not what you get and although I was looking forward to hearing the advertised guest, Jeff Gundren, the jazz gremlins were at work and it was not to be as Jeff had cancelled due to being bed-ridden with a mystery virus. However, the show must go on and bandleader Paul Hartley enlisted the services of tenor man Mike Hope who was only here a week ago which may be the reason for the somewhat lower turnout than usual or perhaps the cooler weather was to blame?
I was not able to do a review last week due to only hearing the first set so I was glad to make amends. On this occasion, Mike played with a slightly bigger sound, I thought, than last week. A dozen tunes were played but the ones I liked best were Cottontail done at a medium tempo, Oleo and Turnaround, the Ornette Coleman blues which Mike chose as his opener.
It’s been a while since I’ve heard anyone at the Railway play Invitation, a tune composed by Bronislaw Kapers who also wrote the tune On Green Dolphin Street which just about everyone plays at one time or another. Ben Wilshire, who can be added to the list of great bass players that you can hear at this venue, impressed me with his solid time-keeping and, together with Eryl Roberts on drums, made for a first rate rhythm section. Paul Hartley played some nice solos on both his guitars and announced the tunes in an entertaining and informative manner.
The next jazz night at the Railway will be Sept 3 with guitarist Derrick Harris' Trio. Mike Farmer
Turnaround; Alone Together; My Little Suede Shoes; My Foolish Heart; Cottontail; It Don't Mean a Thing if It Don’t Have That Swing; How Insensative; There Will Never be Another You; All Blues; Darn That Dream; Invitation; Oleo.
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