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Eva Fox (vocals); Alan Law (piano); Paul Grainger (bass); Sid White (Paul Wight)
A change of drummer with Tim Johnson being replaced by Sid/Paul White/Wight - you pays yer money and yer takes yer pick. One day someone will clarify the situation for me. In the meantime let's just call him A. Drummer (and a fine one at that).
The room wasn't crowded, before I arrived the audience stood at minus two (they were nesting in Birdland or some similar joint in NYC). However, as the music began a few lost souls appeared and stayed for an evening of songbook classics and a surprise Beatles tune.
The Way You Look Tonight's breathless charm was followed by Don't Get Around Much Anymore and the Beatles' Oh Darling from that album where they're on a zebra crossing.
Unfamiliar with the song, we guessed it to be a Ray Charles or a Marvin Gaye or someone of that ilk number and were gobsmacked to find it was from the 'Fab Four'. To give Sister Mama Fox her due, her vocal sounded more authentic than Brother Paul McCartney's did!
That was the only surprise in the two sets apart from the fact that she didn't include Summertime in her setlist. Having just recovered from Storm Lillian this was a wise move. In fact, even without the storm, it was a wise move.
Peel me a Grape, When I Fall in Love (best of the night, it even silenced the chatterboxes), Blue Skies and Devil May Care brought the first set to a close.
Interval over, back on stage the trio opened up with a bluesy type tune that told them as didn't already know how good Alan Law is at building up a solo, how rock solid bassist Paul Grainger is and how loud our multi-named drummer can be when freed from captivity.
Ms Fox returned with the tried and tested There Will Never be Another You, Satin Doll, I'm Through With Love, Exactly Like You, For All we Know, Georgia on my Mind and, finally, Route 66.
A most enjoyable, if not over demanding, evening. Lance
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