Although this was a drummer-less line up, it didn’t matter as all four musicians are well experienced at playing this sort of gig. When Ed Harrison is on board you know things will swing! I think it’s been quite a while since Tom Kincaid has played at this venue and he decided to use the house upright tonight rather than a keyboard which was a good move as, to me, tenor sax always sounds best when an acoustic piano is used.
Liam selected some interesting tunes to play, including Bean and the Boys, Coleman Hawkins’ version of Lover Come Back To Me. I liked his soprano work on Come Sunday which was the only time Liam featured the smaller vintage horn tenor sax being his preferred instrument. He has done many gigs here as a sideman with guitarist Trefor Owen and it was good to see him fronting his own band and together with his long time guitarist friend Andy Hulme he knows how to keep the audience interested by introducing tunes that seldom get played anymore such as Zing Went the Strings of my Heart and I Know That You Know. In answer to a request from a member of the audience Liam did Young at Heart. I remember Frank Sinatra and Doris Day having big hits with this in the mid-fifties.
The final tune of the evening was Poutin', a Ben Webster composition that I hadn't previously heard. I thought the sound balance of the quartet was good but, once again, there were some empty seats which is unusual for a Sunday evening. I think the crazy weather may have been the reason. My train was delayed by an hour and whilst sitting in the station waiting room it went from being sunny to violent thunderstorm and then torrential rain very quickly.
The next jazz night at the Railway is Tuesday May 14 with the Paul Hartley Quartet including Jim Collins.
Sunday; Under a Blanket of Blue; Blues in the Closet; O Grande Amor; I Know That You Know; Young at Heart; Zing Went the Strings of my Heart; Come Sunday; I'm Just a Lucky So and So; Bean and the Boys; Poutin’
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