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Ronnie Scott’s jazz club situated in London’s Soho has a unique atmosphere with floor tables and regular seating situated for viewing the small stage, and listening to music specifically in the jazz genre.
I have been fortunate to have attended this venue on three separate occasions the first of which was upstairs for an open mic night, which I put my name down, but could not get the opportunity to perform, due to many numbers of musicians before me – oh well, maybe next time!
The next time, I got tickets for a meal and a show with my wife Helen. Larry Carlton was the act that we went to see. Larry is a jazz guitarist that has played over the years with many great groups/musicians including Joni Mitchel and Steely Dan, to name but two.
Larry played many different numbers on the night including those from the above mentioned back-catalogue. It was a great night with a great sound coming from Larry and the band of musicians that were playing alongside him. Larry plays most of the time on guitar using a Gibson 335 for live work.
The last time I was at Ronnie Scott’s I had arranged to get tickets to go with my friend Robbie Manson to see Wayne Krants together with Keith Carlock (drums) and Tim Lefebvre (bass).
I had seen Wayne Krants twice before in Edinburgh, where I live, so was very much looking forward to this gig especially in an iconic place such as Ronnie Scott’s. It turned out to be a super night of hi octane melodic jazz fusion, this trio is probably my favourite for this kind of music.
I have seen Keith Carlock play drums a few years back with Steely Dan in Edinburgh’s famous Playhouse theatre and have seen Tim Lefebvre pop up on all sorts of YouTube, stuff, including talking about his bass guitar collection and his love of short scale bass guitars.
