Martin Taylor Freternity
London Ronnie Scott’s
2nd February, 2007

View: rear ringside table

Amid the glowing red lamps and table-service, the Rhythm King and jazz guitarist extraordinaire took to the stage with Guy Barker and Dave Chamberlain at 8.45 and rattled off 11 standards and solo items, beginning with I Thought About You’s sweet trilling guitar. The double-bass and muted trumpet came to the fore in passages of Charlie Parker’s Anthropology, while the laid-back frontman dispensed his usual light witticisms for the supper-eaters digesting his first set of the evening. He also showed emotion, dedicating one number to his deceased son, and produced it on a lilting South African-style fivepart solo spot. After half a dozen numbers, the trio were joined by Alison Burns for four trad vocal numbers, including her new The Kissing Buck and the calypso of Down At Kokomo’s, drawing down the curtain at 10.15.

Reviewed by Tim Jones
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