END OF TERM JAZZ CONCERT FOR CARRA
Last Thursday 25th June 2009 at the weekly jazz night organised by the Gibraltar Jazz Society, we saw the return of the very talented and stylish pianist from Malaga,José Jiménez Carra giving us another of his dynamic performances backed by excellent time keeper Charlie Rovegno on drums and George Posso on the upright bass.
Carra has become very popular since his first appearance in 2008 and attracted quite a number of his local fans as well as his fellow tutors from the Conservatorio in La Linea, where he has been working for the last two years teaching arrangement, composition and performance.
The audience waited patiently as the trio took their positions to start with 'Bye Bye Blackbird' played in Carra style with a lot of groove. Long absentee John Levy was at the scene and soon joined the trio on solos and to finish off the tune.
A John Coltrane number brought up the tempo next in the shape of 'Mr PC' receiving warm applause and closely followed by a beautiful ballad entitled 'Bewitched'.
Jaime Barry was then called up to sing and treat the crowd with a couple of standards which included the Cole Porter composition 'Night and Day' and 'Autumn Leaves' with Trevor Barker and John Levy joining in on tenor saxes and concluding the first set of the evening.
The second set opened with a fast rhythm changes Sonny Rollins tune entitled 'Oleo'. This one brought the best out of José as he played at extended solo which featured a variety of different styles (even classical!!!) receiving wild applause from his fans.
Nicky Gonzalez was up next on tenor sax joined by John also on tenor to feature on his request for 'Summertime' played in funky style before welcoming Jaime up to the stage again now joined by Mitch Jansen with his horn and with John still on tenor on 'This Can't Be Love'. A request for 'Georgia' came next, featuring the voices of both Mitch and Jaime. This one had been sung by them the previous Thursday and really brought the house down and did so on the night too.
It was then time to say good night with 'Route 66' featuring Jaime on vocals and Mitch, Nicky and John on woodwind section, rounding off another night of jazz magic well received by all.
This was José's last performance at the Eliott's jazz night for the end of term at the Coservatorio. We look forward to seeing him again in the not too distant future.

THURSDAY JAZZ NIGHT AT THE O'CALLAGHAN ELIOTT HOTEL
This Thursday 2nd July 09 we welcome back our very own Albert Chiappe on piano, Charlie Rovegno on drums and George Posso on double bass for a night of local home grown jazz.
Make Thursday your night out for an evening of quality jazz, only at the Eliotts.
Performance from 9.30pm to 11.30pm

CADIZ 5TH INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SEMINAR
The Cadiz 5th International Jazz Seminar starts on the 13th July 2009 and runs till the 17th July.
If you are a keen upcoming jazz musician you are still in time to sign on for this magnificent world class jazz course.
For more information check http://www.myspace.com/jazzcadiz