Jazz
March 6, 2008
WHAT'S ON
Tonight the Bill Goyder Quintet
is at Opus 4, Travellers Rest, Cockerton,
01325-469756, and tomorrow Roy
Williams is at Saltburn Community Hall,
01287-624622, and Don Weller at
Darlington Arts Centre, 01325-486555.
CD REVIEWS
Spike Wells/Reverence
(Audio-B ABCD 5021)
Drummer Spike
Wells' recent appearances in Darlington
with Simon Spillett and Bobby Wellins
impressed many of us with marvellous timekeeping
and subtle, inventive support.
Those same qualities are evident on this
album which also features Gwilym Simcock
on piano and Malcolm Crease bass in a
quite perfectly balanced trio. A lovely
selection of ballads, a couple of attractive
originals and a hymn, all beautifully played
and clearly recorded, make this a
thoroughly delightful record.
Frank Morgan + Rodney Kendrick
Trio/Bop! (Telarc Jazz CD-83413)
With
such a title you'd expect to hear tunes like
Blue Monk, A Night in Tunisia and Lover
Man and you won't be disappointed. With
Morgan's Charlie Parker-like alto and
Kendrick's Monkish piano you get a 1996
update on several familiar bop standards.
Nicely recorded, freshly played and very
enjoyable.
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