Sue Ferris (tenor sax); Graham Hardy (trumpet); Ben Lawrence (piano); John Pope (double bass); John Bradford (drums)
Shirt sleeves in Blyth in the last week of October. Who would have thought it? The Yamaha Music School on Seaforth Street is beginning to succeed in attracting regulars. All the indications are the place is heading in the right direction.
This Monday lunchtime concert featured the Sue Ferris Quintet. That Shoe String Thing - Sue's debut album - would feature throughout a set of some forty five minutes. John Pope depping for Andy Champion, otherwise it was the usual line-up.
The SF5 opened with a brace of Horace Sliver: The Jody Grind hitting a groove, Nica's Dream following on. The horns - Sue Ferris, tenor sax, Graham Hardy, trumpet - blew as we know they can, solos hitting the bull's eye. The rhythm section purred - Ben Lawrence at the Yamaha grand, JP handling the bass parts with consummate ease, John Bradford behind the traps. West Side Story never dates, One Hand, One Heart the selection.
Roy Hargrove wrote some great tunes, said bandleader Sue. Her ace quintet went out on one of them - Soppin' the Biscuit.
Next week (Monday 4 November) there is something rather special to look forward to. Three stars of this weekend's sold out Classic Jazz Party will be in concert - Rico Tomasso (trumpet), Cia Tomasso (vocals) and Curtis Volp (guitar, banjo). £9.00. at the door, one o'clock start.
Set list: The Jody Grind; Nica's Dream; Cavendish*; One Hand, One Heart; Soppin' the Biscuit.
* An increasingly familiar Ben Lawrence composition, still without a name. Today, Ben decided it should be called Cavendish. Next time - who knows? Russell
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