{"id":6450,"date":"2015-03-11T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2015-03-11T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:37:47","slug":"in-concert-geoff-mason-quintet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/03\/11\/in-concert-geoff-mason-quintet\/","title":{"rendered":"In concert: Geoff Mason Quintet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fantastic gig this lunchtime from the Geoff Mason Quintet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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A bustling set opened with One By One<\/em>, which included some fleet-footed, cascading improvisation from Simon Spillett on tenor sax. A lyrical waltz by the late Kenny Wheeler called forth some colourful piano-playing from John Horler, answered by a nimble bass solo from Tim Wells. A white-hot reading of Monk’s Hackensack<\/em>\u00a0saw\u00a0some blistering improv again from\u00a0Spillett, underpinned by \u00a0solid bass Wells,\u00a0each in turn supported by some\u00a0deft and inventive\u00a0drumming from Trevor Tomkin.<\/p>\n

The high-octane set came to a close with McCoy Tyner’s robust Blues on the Corner<\/em>, which was greeted by an enthusiastic reception from a large audience.<\/p>\n

Here’s the group in rehearsal earlier in the morning;<\/p>\n