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October 2007
gig reviews

Outhouse
Christine Tobin
Francois Theberge/Hans Koller Quartet
Mark Feldman Group
Mike Chillingworth Quartet
Andrea Vicari
Georgia Mancio
Lucien Dubois Crossover Trio
Centre Line
Mike Gibbs 70th birthday concert

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October 2007 gig reviews by Chris Parker

Georgia Mancio with Tim Lapthorn

Monday 8 October

Anyone who's heard the debut album by singer Georgia Mancio, Peaceful Place (Roomspin Records 851), will not be surprised to hear that she delighted a respectably sized Monday-night audience with a cleverly paced selection of intelligently reworked standards, affecting originals and the odd samba; what was slightly unexpected Ì given the tasteful restraint that characterises said recording Ì was the sheer power of her voice and the intimate charm of her stage presence.

Performing in a duo with the mellifluous but robust pianist Tim Lapthorn, she not only pulled off the difficult feat of making well-worn standards come up fresh ('All or Nothing at All' particularly vibrant; 'Get Out of Town' featuring a seldom heard introduction, and convincingly substituting sparky resilience for the resigned doominess of Ella Fitzgerald's version), but also showed off her perfect diction (and language skills) by singing in both Portuguese and Spanish.

Leavened with just the right number of attractive originals Ì her album's title-track a moving evocation of a haven of tranquillity Ì this was an object lesson in how to handle a club date, informal but utterly professional, so that Mancio's and Lapthorn's considerable art, grace and vigour emerged entirely naturally and uncontrivedly from their faultless performance.

 

 

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