Still playing catch up with the blog. Here's a couple of shots from gigs back on the 23 and 25th of October. First up was the Little Symphony Sax Trio (l-r: Blair Latham, Jake Baxendale and Oscar Laven) at Photspace Gallery. I heard The Noveltones there earlier in the year (or was it longer ago than that?) and it's a nice venue for this type of thing. The quartet was minus one (Anton Wutts) but that didn't stop them as they played through a recently written suite - 6 short pieces based on colours (Purple, Green, White, Red, Black and Pink) and some other older and newer material.
When Anton made it to town on the Sunday, he was at the Rogue & Vagabond along with Blair, Paul Mouncy (electric bass) and Peter Elliot (d). The group had a fun name but I forget what it was now.... (that'll teach me for not taking my notebook). It was great hearing Anton and Blair join forces again - the pairing goes back over 20 years and the spark remains.
Anton stuck mostly to alto sax (and some synth too), with the tenor only a making an appearance towards the end of the evening. In addition to the usual tenor sax and bass clarinet, Blair also busted out the guitar too (a rare doubling combo). It was a fun gig, high energy and a little quirky - not unexpected with these guys.
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