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Making his second appearance here this week and playing the same vintage Conn M tenor sax was Jim Collins a musician who never fails to impress me with his great sound and inventive solos. I think tenor sax and trombone make a good combination and when you have top piano man Richard Wetherall on board and Gavin Barras behind his double bass you have all the ingredients for a first class evening of modern jazz. I was pleased to see a lot of the Sunday night regulars were back in attendance and by 9:00pm it was standing room only.
I liked the choice of tunes, a dozen in total with plenty of great standards by the likes of Jerome Kern, Johnny Mandel, Duke Ellington and Carlos Jobim etc. I think if I had to select a high-spot it would be hard to do so but one number that caught my attention was Recorda Bossa Nova which I’ve always liked ever since I bought a Blue Note CD called Dippin’ which featured Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan two of my favourite players.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen Suzanne working alongside another frontline player so I hope she will have Jim Collins when she next plays at this venue It’s been a good month here at the Railway for saxophone players although there is no jazz tomorrow. The next jazz night will be Sunday with another saxman making his first appearance here, Mathew Darwin and his quartet. 9:00pm-11:00pm. Mike Farmer
Almost Like Being in Love; Don’t Get Around Much Any More; Angel Eyes; Trieste; Emily; Recorda Bossa Nova; C Jam Blues; All the Things You Are; Poor Butterfly; Someday my Prince Will Come; Body and Soul; Bésame Mucho.
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