Bold Big Band: Jacob Lightfoot, Max Storey (alto sax); Jamie Toms,
Georgia ? (tenor sax); Brian Wicks (baritone sax, MD); Billy Bradshaw, Bill
Watson, Josh Skyrme, David ? (trumpets); Alex Utting, Bertie Marks, Thomas
McDonald, Simon Hirst (trombones); Jacob Egglestone (guitar); Marcus Dawe
(piano); Ifede Osiyemi (bass guitar); Jack Littlewood (drums); Cara Britton
(vocals)
The
Bold Big Band down in the Ouseburn at this time of year can mean only one thing
- Christmas at the Cluny! It's become an annual thing. Brian Wicks' roaring
big band in Cluny 2, Christmas crackers, terrible jokes (courtesy of Mr B.
Wicks), a beer or three and some cracking charts.
A
Latin number for openers, Sammy Nestico's arrangement of Good Swing
Wenceslas, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year featuring
bandleader Wicks' baritone sax, the Hip-Bone Big Band's Trombone
Institute of Technology, a touch of Disney, Les Brown's Nutcracker
Suite, the Bold Big Band knocked 'em out of the park.
Second set: Michel
Camilo's One More Once, featuring depping tenor
saxophonist Jamie Toms, raised the bar, a Tom Kubis arrangement of Deck
the Halls reminded us the 'season to be' is almost upon us. Yes, more
bold, brassy big band jazz from the Bold Big Band.
And what of the
band's vocalist? The Bold Big Band is known for, well, being 'bold'. Cara
Britton came out fighting, determined to be heard, and heard she was! Singing
half a dozen numbers across the evening, Ms. B gave it everything, not least
on Deedle's Blues and Too Darn Hot.
The Bold Big Band's
trumpet section impressed, the rhythm section never took its foot off the gas
all night, indeed all sections did the business. This being the season, O
Tannenbaum put in an appearance, and, to close the show, Cara Britton
returned to send us on our way with a raucous Let the Good Times Roll. Russell
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