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12-Feb-2010
by Rob Howard
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 Stockport Accordion Club’s concert on February 10th opened with Rob Howard, the show MC, playing ‘The Great Escape’/’The Longest Day’, followed by variations on Rabbie Burns’ ‘A Man’s A Man’, on his Roland FR7. SAC President Johnny Coleclough then took over, performing an extended spot on his customised Cordovox. His numbers included ‘Under Paris Skies’, ‘The Dark Island’, and a Gershwin medley. The guest artistes, Harry Hussey and Ken Astin, performed two great sets. Some of their music was jazz flavoured, and everything had a spontaneity that was most appealing to the audience. Their first half programme included ‘Moonlight in Vermont’, ‘Rosetta’, ‘What are doing the rest of your life?’, ‘Lara’s Theme’ (Harry solo), Moonlight Serenade’/String of Pearls’ (Harry solo), ‘I’m old fashioned’, an untitled valse musette (learned from YouTube!), ‘Tritsch Tratsch Polka (Ken solo), and ‘How High the Moon’. Johnny Coleclough opened the second half with ‘The Shadow of Your Smile’, after which Harry Hussey returned to play some requests, which included ‘Carte Postale’, ‘Petite Fleur’, and ‘The Petite Waltz’. Ken Astin then went on stage, and the duo performed ‘The Girl From Ipanema’, ‘The Nearness of You’, ‘The History of Love’ (played as a tango), ‘Fine and Dandy’, ‘Wheels’, ‘Patricia’, and ‘Deep Purple’. Their encore, to conclude a most entertaining evening, was ‘Tangerine’. Ken Astin (Vignoni ‘Compact’) and Harry Hussey (Borsini ‘Superstar’) – both 5 voice instruments - have just completed the recording of a new CD, ‘Just Friends’, done acoustically and with no MIDI, unlike their previous CD, ‘Our Kind of Music’. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |