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Making a rare appearance at this venue was drummer Miles Pillinger whose high-energy playing fitted in well with the tunes selected particularly the opening number Hank Mobley’s This I Dig of You which had Jim Collins on tenor sax and blowing up a storm.
This was the second time that I’ve heard this tune of late, the first being at Mezzrow during their Monday night podcast featuring pianist Alan Broadbent who played a more relaxed version. The second tune tonight was also written by a tenor saxman the great Joe Henderson who I believe composed Recorda-Me when he was 14 years old.
Jim played most tunes on tenor but on the Kurt Weill ballad My Ship his alto sax was utilised to good effect. The rarely played standard That Old Feeling was played well and it made me think of Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan who if I’m not mistaken recorded an album which featured this tune where Stan played bari and Gerry played tenor.
To finish off the evening the band decided on Cherokee and I liked the way Miles used his brushes at the start and later on switched to sticks doing some great fours with bassman Ken Marley. Paul Hartley played some interesting solos throughout the evening and took charge of the announcing duties. I believe that those who missed hearing Jim Collins can get another chance to hear him when he appears as a member of the Suzanne Fonseca Quartet on Sunday May 19. Mike Farmer
This I Dig of You; Recorda-Me;That Old Feeling; My Ship; Four; You Don’t Know What Love Is; Just Friends; Lover Man; Ladybird; It Could Happen to You; Cherokee.
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