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Jim
Collins (tenor sax); Robin Joiner (keys); John Sandham (bass); Eryl Roberts
(drums)
This was my first visit to the new Sunday night jazz venture in Heaton Moor which hopefully will attract the same sort of audience that used to attend the Railway. I did go to the recent four hour, two band, afternoon session which was held outdoors and I had a great time. On that day, which was on the August Bank Holiday Monday, the trains were running and the train I took stopped at Heaton Chapel station which is a short walk to the Moor Club which is in Heaton Moor.
However, yesterday, for reasons unknown, the trains were nearly all cancelled so I had no option but to take a taxi there and back which cost me a lot but I was in bad need of some live jazz therapy so I decided to go. By 8:00pm the music room had started to fill up and Jim Collins went straight into the Stanley Turrentine classic Sugar and I was pleased to see he was playing his vintage Conn 20m tenor sax which he used throughout the gig.
Twelve tunes, six in each set, including numbers by Kurt Weill, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Clifford Brown and Hank Mobley. Robin Joiner did a superb job on keyboards and the rest of the rhythm section sounded great. Jim did not need a mic and the acoustics of the room proved to be as good as the Railway used to be.
I liked hearing Jim’s version of Willow Weep For Me which ended the first set. I also liked what he did with Airegin, you need flexible fingers to play that tune! Looking at the flyer for September it’s tenor players for the rest of the month but please note that there is no jazz on Sept 15 and also the Liam Byrne Quartet gig is now starting at 3:00pm instead of 8:00pm.
Next Sunday, Sept 8, it’s the Mike Hall Quartet featuring Richard Wetherall keys, Ed Harrison bass and Dave Walsh drums. Mike Farmer
Sugar; This I Dig of You; Some Time Ago; Darn That Dream; Airegin; Willow Weep For Me; Sandu; Ladybird; My Ship; Four; Recorda Me; St Thomas.
1 comment :
We were there too and it was fab
Sad not to have Ray and the Railway but a good proportion of the old audience is finding its way to the Moor Club and the vibe is good! Nina
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