SPORTING JAZZ AT THE ELIOTTS
The weekly session of excellent "live" music was temporally disrupted last week by the football match between Spain and Russia. (Isn't it the cricket season now?)
However, the trio of Stik Cook, transferred for the night from Jimena was playing piano with Ivan Israel supporting in the back row on drums and that goal-scoring opportunist George Posso on double-bass.
During half-time (football wise) the trio "kicked off" with "SideWinder" the Horace Silver set-piece played superbly by the trio using a 1-1-1 formation and with some smooth passing movements they then slipped into the George Shearing classic "Lullaby of Birdland".
The first set finished with "Four", a favorite with Stik, and performed with great style by the trio before disappearing into their dressing room so that the second half of "The Match" could re-commence.
The evening lacked the usual squad of talented musicians and vocalists and perhaps they had been loaned out on free transfers to other clubs for the evening.
Playing after the end of the game, the trio were in great form with "Oleo" in superb latin style followed by "Autumn Leaves" and another Stik favorite "Naima".
"One note samba" proved that the title was misleading as the trio played quite a lot of other notes as well in this swinging Cuban-style number and this was followed by Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" with the impact of a "big band" and they finally "scored" to win the evening back with the Charlie Parker number "Billies Bounce".
There was no doubt as to who won that night and it must have provided an added bonus to the football fans who were able to listen to some excellent jazz and the regular Thursday crowd who enjoyed a good match as well.
THURSDAY JAZZ NIGHT AT THE O'CALLAGHAN ELIOTT HOTEL
This Thursday 3rd July 2008 will feature the young virtuoso jazz pianist from San Roque Juan Gomez Galiardo. Juan will be bringing his friend and drummer Fran Vicario and George Posso will be on double bass together with a demonstration of under-water ballet featuring local swimmers. So that should be worth seeing!
Performance from 9.30pm to 11.30pm


JAZZ EN LA COSTA
XXI edición. Almuñécar. GranadaDel 11 al 19 de julio de 2008. Conciertos a las 22.30 h. Parque El Majuelo. Aforo limitado.
11 de julio
DIANNE REEVES  12 de julio AVISHAI COHEN TRIO "AS IS"  13 de julio SPYRO GYRA   14 de julio SERGIO PAMIES GRUPO con ANTONIO SERRANO
15 de julio ROBERTO FONSECA Zamazu  16 de julio IVAN LINS ALL STARS con NNENNA FREELON 17 de julio TOTO, BONA, LOKUA  Gerald Toto, Richard Bona   Lokua Kanza 18 de julio BETTYE LAVETTE 19 de julio TERENCE BLANCHARD
Precio por concierto: 12 euros. Abono: 75 euros + regalo Cd Internet: www.ticktackticket.com