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After last week's frustrating experience due to so many train cancellations I decided that the best way of getting to this gig was by taxi and, after the gig, I used the same company to take me home to Handforth. It was an expensive night out but I thought it was worth it as Dean always puts on a great show. This was his first appearance at the Moor Club and there were many jazz fans present who used to attend the Railway so that by the 8:00pm start all of the seats were taken.
Dean always has interesting sidemen and sharing the solo space with him was a keyboard player Richard Harrold who I had not seen before but he could certainly play and I must find out more about this fine musician.
Ed Harrison who, like Dean, lives in Wigan produced some rock-solid basswork whilst on drums we heard Gaz Hughes who I am sure will by now be well known to audiences throughout the UK from his extensive touring.
Like myself, Dean is a big fan of the late great Dexter Gordon and as his opening number he chose Dexter’s Fried Bananas to get things rolling with the rest of his programme containing a mixture of familiar jazz classics and standards.
He did however, include one of his own compositions Well Red and finished the second set with a spirited rendition of St Thomas.
Once again a very successful night of modern jazz and next week (Sunday Dec. 22) another local tenorman, Mike Hall, will be here leading the Mike Hall Quartet. Mike Farmer
Fried Bananas; Whisper Not; Sonnymoon for Two; You Don’t Know What Love Is; What Is This Thing Called Love?; On Green Dolphin Street; Well Red; Recorda Me; In a Sentimental Mood; St Thomas,
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