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The scenes in Newcastle were incredible it was like V.E. Day (ask your grandad). The streets were crowded, car horns were tooting stentorian fanfares and if you weren't wearing black and white you were either an alien from Mars or from Sunderland. Newcastle United had triumphed at Wembley! After almost 70 years of pain they'd finally delivered the goods.
Down at the Globe it was also happening, the crowdfunder target had been reached and the Alison Rayner Quintet were on stage - all this in one day! Surely I was dreaming...
However, Buster Birch's opening drum break cut through like a Dan Burn header and I knew I wasn't dreaming.
Most of the compositions throughout the two sets were from ARQ's recent album SEMA4 which I reviewed HERE last month.
Hearing them played live was even better again. This was music you wanted to take home with you, to relive each magic moment. Unlike so many originals, the music and the title are relevant to each other proving you can listen to a picture - particularly when ARQ are providing the textures.
Five (or eleven) individuals, their unique talents coming together as one. McLoughlin - a tone to die for on both saxes. Cartwright - jazz, blues, rock, you name it she's got it! Rayner - the sun around whom her satellites orbit. Lodder - original piano stylist incorporating flowery classical flourishes into rich harmonic jazz structured solos. Birch - driving the bus like a a Joe Linton tackle or an Alexander Izak goal.
The crowded room, in true Oliver Twist tradition, demanded more and they got it although I didn't get the title.
Outside the party continued - it would go on to the last man standing or the pubs ran dry! Lance
Espiritu Libre; There is a Crack in Everything; Looking for a Quiet Place; The Handkerchief Tree; Swanage Bat; Buster Breaks a Beat; Hamble Horror; Signals From Space; All Will be Well; Trip Dance; Riding the Waves
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