As promised a while ago here’s excerpts from Paul Haywood & Tom Quirke’s gig at the S&G on 16th Nov – read on for a couple of MP3s (register to access)

Paul Haywood – Alto and tenor sax
Tom Quirke – kbd
Claudia Colmer – bass
Mike Hollywood – drums

Complete set list:

Set 1:

1. Days of wine and roses
2. Softly as in a morning sunrise *
3. You don’t know what love is *
4. Autumn leaves
5. ?
6. 500 miles high

Set 2:

1. Sunshower
2. Beautiful love
3. A night in Tunisia
4. All the things you are *
5. Straight no chaser

Here’s a lovely exploration of “You don’t know what love is” featuring Paul on tenor and Tom on piano (click on the play button):

Here’s “Softly as in a morning sunrise”, propelled by Mike Hollywood and with great solos by Paul on alto and Tom on keys:
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And finally a vibrant “All the things you are” from the second set:
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The whole gig, including the above, and much more sweet and funky stuff, was available to registered users on the old site as 96kps MP3s. Still also available on request as 256kps MP3s – see here for further info.

Many thanks to all the musicians who play at the Star & Garter for all the great music – its a major pleasure every week.