The Chosen 5
Jeremy Huggett reeds & vocals
Gethin Liddington – trumpet & flugelhorn
Richard West – piano
Wayne Elliott – bass
Eddie John – drums
This session was an exceptionally entertaining evening and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. There was something for everyone’s tastes in their varied repertoire – very refreshing with a good mixture of tunes and styles. They are five talented musicians who blend well together and give a very polished and slick performance.
Jeremy and Gethin compliment each other’s playing and the rhythm section was awesome. Richard’s piano playing we could have listened to until the early hours, Wayne’s inspiring bass playing and vocal feature were fabulous and Eddie’s drumming sensational.
Some of the tunes we listened to were Christopher Columbus, Blues Skies, Fly Me to the Moon which Jeremy played on flute, Gethin’s vocal and muted trumpet on Just Squeeze Me, the Duke Ellington tune of Caravan (with the inclusion of Sweet Georgia Brown) with great rhythm section backing, a rousing It Don’t Mean a Thing, Indiana, Wayne’s request feature of a Johnny “guitar’ Watson tune of Gangster of Love was special, Satin Doll with Richard’s amazing piano solo and Jeremy playing flute, a great arrangement of Perdido, I’m Confessing That I Love You played in a Bossa Nova style where Gethin played his trumpet upside down (incredible) and their finishing number was a Herbie Hancock arrangement of Watermelon Man.
Thank you guys for a fabulous evening, which we hope, we can repeat again sometime.
