Dean Stockdale (piano); Mick Shoulder (double bass); John Bradford (drums)
Another full house in the Old Library, standing room only. Bishop Auckland Jazz is doing something right, that's for sure. To conclude a run of sold out concerts during 2024, pianist Dean Stockdale brought in his A-list trio featuring bassist Mick Shoulder and drummer John Bradford. A couple of Christmas trees, one or two Christmas jumpers sighted, bottles of wine on tables, yes, it's that time of year.
A couple of Dean Stockdale compositions, an old Stockdale arrangement of a classic GASbook number, a brace of Oscar P and the almost obligatory Christmas songs - the ideal balance for a pre-Christmas gig. January Blues anticipated the annual credit card max-out blues, Have You Met Miss Jones? followed by Oscar Peterson's Bossa Beguine banished any such day-to-day concerns and when Stockdale announced Winter Wonderland, there was an audible groan from 'Bah Humbug' Shoulder - all good fun! It's that time of year, resistance is futile...
OP's Night Train is for any time of day or night, anytime of year. On this thirteenth day (a Friday) of December, no one, but no one could object to Mel Tormé's Christmas Song, a bona fide classic. Some time ago pianist Stockdale penned an arrangement of Johnny Green's Out of Nowhere. This afternoon DS dusted off the chart and the trio played it. Excellent. Ah, the trio...Mick Shoulder, a most sympathetic bass player, and John Bradford, the 'go-to' drummer for more than one bandleader. Here at Auckland Castle, the Dean Stockdale Trio signed-off with another seasonal selection, Franz Gruber's carol, Silent Night.
Set list: January Blues*; Have You Met Miss Jones?; Bossa Beguine; Free and Easy*; Winter Wonderland; Night Train; The Christmas Song; Out of Nowhere; Silent Night.
* Dean Stockdale composition. Russell
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