Dave's not been available for a little while for Tilt so we've been chasing replacement drummers. Two were due this weekend. First up was Red Hill Primary School fete. It's a sentimental favourite gig: relaxed, welcoming, casual with an appreciative audience of kids and more and decent sausage sandwiches. What's not to like. I went through a string of drummers before finding someone available. It's a wonderful aspect of the community, especially around the Jazz School, that your gig gets passed on until someone is available. We ended up with Ollie Brissenden and it was a raving success. Variously subtle, changing, sharp: a huge pleasure. Then Richard dropped in for set 2 and I picked up my new toy, a mid-90s Japan P-Bass with Seymour Duncan p/u bought from eBay and not even been plugged in before. It's a lovely instrument, but really pales against double bass for jazz, which is what we were playing, but it was a revelation anyway and sounded a joy for finger funk. Thus was our latest RHPS gig.
James Woodman (piano), Ollie Brissenden (drums), Richard Manderson (tenor) and Eric Pozza (bass) performed as Tilt at Red Hill Primary School.
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