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October 2007 gig reviews by Chris Parker
Centre Line
Wednesday 1 October
As
the providers of the first gig I'd been able to go to for some time (a
kidney stone, then a month in Cornwall swiftly followed by a detached
retina; thanks for asking), Centre Line were perfect.
Sparked by Darren Altman's vibrant drumming and powered by the swagger and pleasing bluster of Russell van den Berg's tenor, they bustled through a number of the saxophonist's rousing but cogent themes, after playing themselves in with an absorbing visit to an intelligently rejigged 'Softly, as a Morning Sunrise'.
Van den Berg is justly lauded as an ear-catching soloist in the tumultuous, multi-note Brecker mode, but in guitarist Jez Franks and pianist Simon Colam the band have a couple of fine foils to him, each building his solos carefully from ruminative beginnings, but always climaxing satisfactorily. With Nick Pinni's bass driving the band alongside the powerhouse drumming of Altman, and a predeliction for the odd piece of free playing, Centre Line always deliver.
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