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For once the well-oiled machine that is the Lit and Phil went off the rails - no programmes had been printed. Maybe there were leaves in the system, who knows?
So as it was, no advance set list was available meaning that I'm having to work from my not always accurate memory bank.
Nevertheless, it's the music that counts and, in that respect it was hot off the Eurostar from Paris.
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Apart from the missing programme - collectors will search the Globe, and all the other north east jazz joints for the elusive item - what could go wrong? Answer: Nothing!
So, from memory (not in the order they were played), we heard: Dinette; I Love You, All of Me (DJM vocal); Nuages; Swing 42; In a Sentimental Mood; Honeysuckle Rose; Au Privave and an original that I didn't catch the title of. There may have been more. No doubt I'll find out on Sunday at the Globe where the band play TWO SETS! If it's anything like this afternoon it will be an I was there moment! Lance
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Alora was the title of the original.
For a moment I thought DJM was sporting a blonde pony tail...
...on closer inspection I see it is the shirtfront of the gentleman on the wall behind him!
1) The technical ability of the man was unquestioned
2) Jazz phrasing was nonexistent
3) He should learn how to swing.
An over-hyped, poor representation of jazz manouche.
Bixie
Bix, old chum whilst we both agree on item 1 I have to disagree on the other 2 points not least your thoughts on swing. Certainly the original hot club didn't swing in the conventional manner. How could they with those guitars chugging away in the background? It didn't matter, they'd created the first, maybe the only, original form of, non-American, European jazz. In that sense they swung differently - vive le difference! Likewise with DJM and co. They've taken the hot club/manouche formula, adhered to it, and done it very well otherwise why do it?
Don't look for something that isn't there. Did you think any less of Armstrong because he didn't play like Miles (or vice versa)?
When they played at The Globe I was a bit chuffed with myself for being able to name all the tunes, spending time with gypsy jazz friends has rubbed off on me! And after the gig and we were all packing up and I was taking down the bar Daniel asked me if I enjoyed the gig. I mentioned that they hadn't played my favourite tune, Tears. So he got his violin out again and ordered his guitarists to 'play for Rachel ' right by the bar. It was bonkers but fun. Got two solos too. Paul was upstairs on the loo so he missed out 😂
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