Edinburgh-based saxophonist Martin Kershaw (pictured) and guitarist Graeme Stephen are launching a new musician-run music night called Playtime at The Outhouse in the city’s Broughton Street Lane on 20 March.
“It’s going to be a bit different tonight,” said saxophonist Kevin Figes as he introduced the first composition of the night, a slow chant like melody unfolding and twisting as his alto and Nick Dover’s throaty tenor blended beautifully with Simon Preston’s inventive percussion embellishing Will Harris and Dale Hambridge’s accompaniment on bass and keyboard.
In an age where the words ‘bang’, ‘buck’ and ‘more’ are as inseparable as ‘wolf’ and Wall Street denying an audience an encore is, for many, a sin worthy of a major financial penalty.
Southport’s winning combination of distinctive concert choices, seamless organisation and congenial surroundings turned up trumps yet again.
In German the word ‘Feier’ means ‘celebration’.
Jazz-Rock group the Partisans are celebrating ten years together with a monthly residency at the Vortex and their opening March performance featured special guest Jim Watson on Hammond Organ. This group has led the way for the new generation of jazz artists in the UK with their combination of the energy of a rock band with the subtlety and improvisational brilliance of world-class jazz musicians.
