The first concert of the day was at the Pillar room and featured The Golden Age of Steam. With two Edition Artists on stage (Kit Downes, organ and Tim Giles, Drums) with the terrific James Allsopp on saxes this is a great new band with a very distinctive and abrasive sound.
Unfortunately due to a power cut at the Everyman Theatre the John Surman/Nikki Yeoh show was cancelled so the next show at the Pillar Room features Henry Grimes, fresh from his Jazz Library interview, playing in his group, the Profound Sound Trio, alongside Paul Dunmall on saxes and Andrew Cyrille on drums. This is a very good improv trio with three of the best known players in the field - a real tour de force and not for the faint of heart!
Back to Jazz library and this time Alyn was interviewing Dave Liebman, who was due to be playing with the BBC Big Band at the Everyman afterwards, unfortunately due to the ongoing electrical fault at a sub station in the street, this show was also very sadly cancelled.
Dave and Phil Robson and some of the band make the most of the sunshine outside the Everyman waiting for news.
So after the sad news of the cancellation of the Big Band concert there was still a brilliant show to see at the Pillar room. Robert Mitchells 3iO featuring Richard Spavin on drums and Tom Mason on bass were stunning. It was a packed audience and Robert and the band won masses of fans with a masterclass in piano trio writing and playing.
With great sighs of reliefs from Tony, Ian and Amy at the festival office power was finally restored to the theatre in time for Madeline Peyroux to take the stage and deliver a sublime set with a totally fantastic band. Great show!
The evening was rounded off with a few drinks at the Hotel du Vin where the jazz party atmosphere carried on into the small hours - very nice to see Tony Levin stepping in on drums in the house band too!
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Lovely and evocative. Well done, Tim. Almost makes me sad not to have attended, but at least not doing so helped my bank balance!
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