Quartet Trio rocks Jazz Xchange

Before a relatively small intimate crowd, the band launched into its opening set with the jazz blues anthem, All Blues, a tune made popular by American trumpeter, Miles Davis.

From the first lick, it looked set to be a jazz purist's gig.  Interpreting technically-demanding compositions from Charlie 'Bird' Parker to John Coltrane, the trio showed fluency with the jazz language - walking bass lines, constantly changing tonal centres and highly syncopated swinging rhythms.