Laurence Harrison and Tom Remon have made many friends at Prohibition Bar. As the Pink Lane venue is to close its doors permanently at the end of the month our guitar wizards took the opportunity to play a duo gig together one last time at the place where it all began.
An attentive front row audience cocked an ear to every nuanced note, at the back of the room the less attentive were oblivious to what was going down. Strange world, eh? Laurence and Tom have their own individual approach to jazz guitar, at once different and complimentary. A set list accessed from a mobile phone or perhaps off the top of their heads, our virtuosi opened with Johnny Green's Out of Nowhere. Theme stated, extended improvisations from both men, scarcely a nod or a glance, it was as if an element of telepathy was in play.
Giant Steps to Darn That Dream, two very different tunes, the musicianship of the very highest level - how do these guys do it?! Stella by Starlight (one of the great GASbook numbers) to a very different number, Trane's Mr PC (a number not unknown to the Black Swan jam session just around the corner), one suspects Laurence and Tom* are paid up members of the mutual (jazz guitar) admiration society. To conclude a marvellous evening here at Prohibition Bar, indeed to bring down the curtain on their tenure here on Pink Lane, our wonderful guitar duo said farewell to Mitch and co with a sparkling take on Maiden Voyage.
* Tom Remon returns to Newcastle in November to play another jazz guitar duo concert in the company of Tony Ormesher. Their Lit & Phil concert on Friday 21 November (1:00pm) is all but sold out. Logon to www.litandphil.org.uk to grab one of the last few seats. Russell
Set list: Out of Nowhere; ?; On Green Dolphin Street; Giant Steps; Darn That Dream; Stella by Starlight; Mr PC; Maiden Voyage
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