Jazz Summer School Tutors at Woodwick
Published by Gemma McGregor July 19th, 2006 in Reviews.
On concluding the three day jazz summer school, the five tutors took centre stage themselves on Tuesday for a goodbye gig at Woodwick House. Following an impressive opening number led by singer Maureen Cursiter, the quartet went on to play some upbeat Jazz standards. It was a treat to hear drummer Bernie Wilde, with his endless variety of strokes and styles.
A high point of the evening was the virtuoso double bass playing of Brian Shiels, particularly his solo in “Killer Joe.” Pianist Tony Lee played luscious chords and provided a subtle but supportive accompaniment. Maureen’s expressive vocal in “You go to my head” was both personal & emotional and seemed to sum up this balmy evening at Woodwick - “like a summer with a 1000 July’s you intoxicate my soul.”
5 Responses to “Jazz Summer School Tutors at Woodwick”
- 1 Trackback on Apr 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I didn’t know that the thousand July’s lyric was from an old jazz standard. I remember it from a song by Third Eye Blind from back in the day. Anyone else remember them?
Kris Coombs Roberts from funeral for a friend has my jazz face
FUNERAL for a FRIEND check them out if you havn’t allready x
stay on topic pete, you’re in another emo trance
Well, I am quite interested, I have never really thought about listening to jazz because of the standardization that I seemed to have came across after listening to the Jazz music of the Harlem Renaissance. When jazz is played in a more upbeat and modern tone, I don’t consider it dreadful to listen to. I’m not going to go out and say I transisited into a Full Time Jazz Stationist, but I will say that I won’t hesitate to consider listening to it once and a while.