Thursday afternoon, four o'clock, King's Hall, Newcastle University. This week's term time 'Student Performances' would include tenor saxophonist Olly Styles. So said the printed programme. At a little after four, the first of the undergraduate musicians took to the stage to do their thing...flautist Gemma Davies, then organ scholar James Watson, guitarist Elle Bunker, they came and went.
The one we came to hear, Olly Styles, was nowhere to be seen - or heard. As these weekly sessions go, it isn't unusual for (late?) changes to be made to the advertised programme. Oh, well. There's always the possibility Olly will show at one of the forthcoming Black Swan jam sessions.
Mention of the Black Swan...Jay Straughan did participate this afternoon. Heard at last week's Westgate Road jam session, drummer Jay took to the the floor with four student bandmates for a loud and lengthy workout on Sting's Seven Days. Perhaps Olly and Jay will rock up at next week's Black Swan session - that's Tuesday 18 February, seven thirty start. Russell
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