| gig reviews 2009 |
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| Andy Masefield's Jazzband - March |
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Andy Masefield (tpt , vcls), Peter Carlton (rds),
Eddie White (kybd),
Nick Nolan (bs)
Peter Thwaites (dms), |
With the distinctive banner arranged on Andy’s stand together with an array of mutes and a handy glass of ale, the band started up with ‘Someday Sweetheart’. A nice fresh sound from the tenor/trumpet front line and introductory solos all round got the evening off to a good start.
A couple of blues came next, a powerful ‘St Louis ‘ with robust tenor, growling, muted trumpet and an almost honky- tonk piano contrasted with the gentle, reverie mood of ‘Basin Street’ where we had Andy’s vocal, lyrical clarinet from Pete and Nick’s bass solo with tremolo effect and unbelievably high notes.
A change to up tempo as a slightly faster than usual ‘Take the A Train’ was driven by a rim and cymbal beat by Peter.
No trombone in the band but they can still do the Teagarden’s ‘100 Years from Today’ with Andy taking Jack’s vocal and Charlie’s trumpet parts and Pete taking long and imaginative clarinet solo.
Some high powered soloing was to be heard all
round on ‘Don’t Mean a Thing........’
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where Andy did quick changes from vocal to trumpet and back again for the doo-wah bits and down south for ‘Zipperty Do Da’ complete with twittering bluebird effect and a real zipperty climax.
The solo trumpet introduction set a quieter scene for ‘Georgia’ with an almost whispered solo from Pete’s tenor sax and particularly sympathetic backing from bass and drums.A belting finish after Andy’s vocal to ‘Mack the Knife’ ended the first set.
With the band back on stage it seemed like Andy was practising the Trumpet Voluntary but it turned out to be his solo introduction to a swinging version of ‘Stardust’ . Trumpet and clarinet front line, bluesy piano and solid bass and drums produced a trad sound for ‘Beale Street Blues’ with some ‘Night Train’ style riffs and then a complete change of mood and tone to Ellington’s ‘Satin Doll’ with some nice tom tom work by Peter.
The introduction for ‘There’ll be Some Changes Made’ involved a comment from Andy regarding left and right hands  and no girlfriend, the essence of which cannot be printed in a respectable article like this! Anyway, here was a happy upbeat version including an ‘old and grey’ notice for Pete Carlton - Oh bless!
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by Peter Farrall |
photos by Val Wood |
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Johnny Dodds’ ‘Blues Galore’ featured an appassionato solo from Eddie now in organ mode (eat your heart out Jack McDuff) and the mandatory clarinet solo from Pete to produce a distinctive version of this little known number.
The ensemble work in ‘I’m Gonna Sit Right Down.......’ seemed to evoke memories of classic Dixieland bands and contained a convoluted solo from piano with silent beat between Eddies phrasing, Peter pointing out from the drum stool where he’d missed some out.
‘Sunny Side of the Street’ was played in typical light hearted tradstyle. Committee members Tony and Peter agreed that Andy had a Max Kaminsky moment in his solo.
There was some delay before the final number of the evening whilst the time signature, tempo and key were sorted out but eventually the band’s version of ‘The World is Waiting for the Sunrise’ was worth waiting for and our happy jazzers went home with the last notes still in their heads and comments to the effect of having the band back again.
This band did just as they promised - played the old favourites but not necessarily in the same old way. It certainly worked for Pershore so - until next time. |
