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This was my fourth visit to the Moor Club's Sunday evening jazz nights and one thing I’ve learned is that if you want to get a good seat then get there early. By 8:30pm the room was filling up nicely with plenty of jazz fans that I recall from the Railway as well as a few newcomers which was great to see. I was pleased to note that, just right of the bar, was a poster of the late great Dexter Gordon - the atmospheric one by Herman Leonard with smoke everywhere. I have the very same picture at home but it is in a heavy frame so it just stands against the wall. Paul said to the audience This is a no smoking room by the way which I thought was amusing.
Ed was playing a Yamaha 475 tenor sax and sounded great. I think I saw a soprano sax on the floor but I can’t recall it being played.
I hadn't heard Rachel Howells before but she has a pleasing voice and chose some wonderful songs that were well received by the audience.
Max Rosen is a recent addition to the local scene. Tonight the tunes were mainly standards but I’ve heard him take on some tricky bop themes and he can really play.
Good to see Gavin Barras on bass and Tim Franks on drums. At the start of the second set Al Scott took over for a couple of tunes. Plenty of interesting material got played tonight and one number that a lot of players are featuring nowadays is Autumn Nocturne. Next Sunday, Nov. 10, the Moor Club features the Richard Wetherall Trio so that’s a sure-fire winner. Mike Farmer
If I Should Lose You; My Romance; I’m Old Fashioned (vcl); You Stepped Out of a Dream; Autumn Nocturne (vcl); I’ts All Right With Me (vcl); How Deep is the Ocean?*; If I Were a Bell (vcl)*; The Girl From Ipanema (vcl); The Masquerade is Over (vcl);Yesterdays (vcl).
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