A Delightful birthday celebration evening at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho last night.... the jazz singer Kate Dimbleby and also the drummer Sophie, both had round-numbered anniversaries (no, I will not tell you which they are!)...
Lots of musicians about, Geoff Eales & Naadia Sheriff (pianists), Jonty Fisher (Bass), the afore-mentioned Sophie, Bristolian singer, Alex Wiseman and a surprise guest, John Quejillo on guitar!
We sang (accompanying Kate, of course) He's a Tramp (with Geoff, Jonty and Sophie) & Everybody eats When They Come to My House - a Cab Calloway tune (with Naadia, Jonty and Sophie); as well as The Hi-Lo's (Gene Puerling's) glorious arrangement of Brahms Lullaby, and to keep the audience frisky Strangers in the Night.
Lovely evening - great to work with Kate and her friends, too; splendid singing - the taster of her Dory Previn and her Peggy Lee shows were terrific.... Geoff Eales did a monster of a piano solo - his own composition, Song for my Mother - beautiful...
A Guitarist at the bar asked to join in at the end of the evening and did marvellous flamenco guitar as well as adding excellent solos to the last two blues numbers of the evening! John Quejillo - thank you!
Gorgeous to be a small part of a wonderful evening...
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