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November 2006
gig reviews

Oren Marshall - Charming Transport Band
John Law Trio
Andy Sheppard - 200 Saxophones - the opening of Gillett Square
Convergence Quartet
Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente
Ian Shaw
Mike Westbrook Village Band Project
Christine Tobin
Billy Jenkins
Huw Warren and Peter Herbert, Led Bib
Anker, Craig, Cleaver & Curios
Nikki Yeoh
Dog Soup
Sex Mob
Taeko Kunishima

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November 2006 gig reviews by Chris Parker

Oren Marshall - Charming Transport Band

Thursday 2

Wit and dexterity' were promised from Oren Marshall and both were provided in spades in an infectiously exuberant performance from his Charming Transport Band, comprised of the leader on tuba with Nathaniel Facey (alto), plus David Sobiyi (guitar), percussionists Alicia Davies, Afla Sackey and Yaw Asamodu, and drummer Simon Lea.

Beginning with a solo tuba improvisation incorporating all possible (and some apparently impossible) noises, the band rattled through an irresistibly sparky set of rumbustiously rhythmic Marshall tunes, underpinned by the leader's solid repeated brass basslines and embellished not only by Facey's tart, agile alto but also by sudden eruptions of hand percussion and the odd contribution from Sackey and Asamodu's Ghanaian bamboo flutes.

Exciting, intense, climactic music, at once immediately accessible and highly original, cheered to the echo by a large crowd – a perfect Vortex evening.

 

 

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