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TJ Johnson (piano, vocals); Ewan Bleach (clarinet, tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, piano, vocals)
TJ Johnson's weekly Wednesday afternoon residency goes from strength to strength. Located conveniently across the way from King's Cross, Jamboree is an ideal drop-in to while away a couple of hours before catching a train 'up north'. This week, as luck would have it, TJ's guest was none other than Ewan Bleach.
Throughout the afternoon Bleach would switch from one reed to another and find time to sing a solo number - Two Sleepy People, - playing clarinet and piano into the bargain. Do you know this one? TJ would ask Ewan. Yeah, I do, would come the reply. June Night (Ewan on alto), My Blue Heaven (Ewan on tenor and taking a vocal), TJ singing I'm Having a Good Time, deploying his left hand to great effect, we were listening to two musicians happy to be in one another's company.
Residencies have their regulars, turning up most weeks to support live jazz. TJ's Jamboree session isn't any different, what's more, half a dozen supporters always take along their dancing shoes. A country twang (On the Road Again), a jazz classic (Don't Get Around Much Anymore), whatever the genre, the dancers take to the floor. The tune of the afternoon...an instrumental take on 'Deed I Do.
TJ Johnson, Wednesdays, three o'clock, Jamboree, free admission (donations welcome). Russell
Set list: Rose Room; Ain't Nobody's Business; June Night; Black Mountain Blues; You Win Again; My Blue Heaven; I'm Having a Good Time; I'll Fly Away; Two Sleepy People; Fair and Square; On the Road Again; Stardust; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; 'Deed I Do; Such a Night; Curse of an Aching Heart.
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