Sammy Rimington & Tuxedo Jazz Band - Jazz on a Sunday

Sammy Rimington & Tuxedo Jazz Band

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Sammy Rimington has been entertaining Jazz aficionados with his reeds mastery since the sixties, playing all over the world, and he has been visiting the North of England for a November tour for the last few years, playing with various bands, and his visit to Jazz on a Sunday was accompanied by the excellent Tuxedo Jazz Band, which proved to be the perfect blend.

The band ‘kicked off’ the gig with 'All Day Long I Dream of You' with Tuxedo reedsman Gerry Owen’s clarinet tones, followed by trombonist and intro man Derek Galloway vocalising with 'It Was Only a Paper Moon' with Owen on sax and the muted trumpet of Dave Pogson.

Banjo maestro Malcolm Horne then led into 'Silver Threads Among the Gold' as Rimington took the bandstand with his clarinet.

A superb blend of musicianship in the rendition of 'Weary Blues' gave way to the rarely played George Lewis number 'Jerusalem Blues', featuring Rimington’s clarinet, muted trumpet and trombone and the bouncing piano of Pete Beaumont.

'I laughed at Love' had Rimington’s sax in full flow with an integral rhythm section and the first set closed with a rousing 'Panama' giving the opportunity of a duo for sax and Isabelle Toner’s double bass and an interlude for band leader Brian Woods on drums.

Suitably refreshed, Owen vocalised with 'Somebody Stole My Girl' as Castleton’s dancer in waiting strutted her stuff.

'Porter’s Lovesong to a Chambermaid' produced a delightful reeds duo with Rimington’s sax and Owen’s clarinet, with a neat guitar solo from Horne followed by another superb reeds duo with 'I’m Sorry I Made you Cry', piano and banjo driving the rhythm section.

'Rebecca Boogie' crafted for muted trumpet, piano and sax, gave way to the Sunday spirituals! Firstly Rimington led on sax and vocal with the blind Dave Williams number 'It’s Me O’Lord Who Calls', backed by Pogson’s muted trumpet, piano and rhythm section, then changing to clarinet with the bouncy 'Don’t Sweet Lord Me'.

'I’ll Always be in Love with You' brought up the second break with a nice arrangement for Rimington’s sax and the band.

Into the final countdown with Rimington vocalising 'Someday You’ll be Sorry', following with a clarinet solo 'Once in a Lifetime'.

'Love Songs of the Nile' had Beaumont’s improvised piano and Horne’s banjo solo adding to Rimington’s clarinet, changing to sax for his vocal of 'If I Had My Life to Live All Over' with Galloway’s trombone guiding the band along.

And so to the grand finale of 'Second Line' and 'Bourbon Street Parade', with Owen on clarinet, Rimington on sax and the band swinging along with the four front liners parading around the club to bring a great evening to an end.