Concert Diary
The autumn saw us at quite a few concert events so, in no particular order:
- The effervescent Moshe’s Bagel – what energy, what great tunes, what synergy between piano and fiddle in particular.
- The stunning Jan Gabarek at the Sage in Newcastle. The man has suddenly gone all boogie-woogie, and Rainer Bruninghaus on the piano really lets it rip. A two and a bit hour concert with only 4 numbers and an encore – absolutely great to hear a piece develop over 25 minutes or so.
- The Tord Gustavsen Trio at the Venue in Leeds. Soft jazz – it makes a delightful evening.
- The Portico Quartet – al fresco on the South Bank in London. Really exciting young jazz musicians with a great sound.
- John Surman and theTrans4mation string quartet at the Wigmore Hall for the London Jazz festival – I love these crossover gigs – such beautiful sound.
- Knut Reiersrud (guitars),Iver Kleive (organ) and Sondre Bratland doing “Rosa fra Betlehem” at the Jacobskirche in Oslo. Traditional Norwegian (and other) Christmas songs with such inventive backing from the two long time collaborators.
Live music is so worthwhile – almost always.