Usually one plus one equals two but not today at the monthly jazz recital at the Lit and Phil. Today one plus one equalled a delightful hour of piano music by two accomplished musicians. Two pianos, two virtuoso pianists and another full house.
Dave Newton has topped the various annual British Jazz Awards’ ‘Best Pianist’ category on no fewer than sixteen occasions while Dean Stockdale has regularly delighted audiences nationwide with his solo piano, trio, and quartet performances including his critically acclaimed ‘Celebrating Oscar’ (Oscar Peterson) project which subsequently toured the British Isles.
These performers obviously know each other well and were able, with a glance or a smile, to weave beautiful and clever improvisations with musical quotes and humour, obviously enjoying the experience as much as the audience did. (Did I really hear a snatch of Popeye the Sailor Man in I'll Remember April?)
The program set list was thrown out the window and none of the tunes were introduced to the audience which only served to indicate that these musicians were here to enjoy themselves as much as to entertain. And entertain they did! So my apologies if I didn’t get all the titles and corrections will be gratefully received. Sylvia
The set list included: Joy Spring (Clifford Brown); Trieste (Antonio Carlos Jobim); I'll Remember April (Gene de Paul ); Moonlight in Vermont (Blackman and Suessdorf); St Thomas (Sonny Rollins); Oleo (Sonny Rollins)
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