The concluding concert of a second long weekend concert programme at this year's Newcastle Festival of Jazz & Improvised Music (NFOJAiM) comprised a double bill featuring the Finn-Keeble Quartet and the voice and bass duo of Zoë Gilby and Andy Champion.
The Finn-Keeble Quartet (listed elsewhere as 'Finn-Keeble Group') presented a set of new, original material alongside a touch of Michael Brecker. The quartet's second ever gig was unexpectedly loud: Harry Keeble and Abbie Finn commandingly loud, similarly 'double duty' bassist Andy Champion, with the odd man out, pianist Dean Stockdale, further down in the mix.
Much of the material is, as yet, untitled. The soloists - principally Keeble and Champion - impressed the festival audience, the quartet as a unit, likewise.
Earlier, Zoë Gilby and Andy Champion explored the music of Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington. From Don't Get Around Much Anymore to Take the 'A' Train our ace duo put their own spin on Ellington's timeless work.
I'm Beginning to See the Light and It Don't Mean a Thing featured ever-greater bass playing from the man, Mr A. Champion. Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me sang the ever-inventive Ms. Z. Gilby, similarly Satin Doll was given an equally inventive interpretation. A fine one hour's worth of Duke Ellington. Russell
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