Great Players Vasilis Xenopoulos and Steve Waterman

[Mikec]

I saw Vasilis in February and was very impressed. I was not disappointed seeing him again last night. His enthusiasm is infectious and his playing is just electrifying. "Scrapple From The Apple" and a beautiful subtone solo on "Whisper Not" being the highlights for me. Steve Waterman is a trumpeter of an equally high standard but with a complementary style which is much "chunkier". "Secret Love" was his best piece, I felt. Frank Toms played piano in his usual fine way along with Matt Ridley on Bass who was accompanied by a last-minute drummer called Sebastian van Crone. (That's a phonetic spelling, it may be Crujn, or something else.) What a drummer! He played an extended solo on Hi-Hat alone and his brush solo was full of innovation and musicality. His timing was as good as anyone's. See him if you can, he deserves his own band.

 

[rhysonsax]

Could that be Sebastian de Krom (Jamie Cullum's drummer) ?

See the clip and words here: http://www.drum-tech.co.uk/MasterSDeKrom1.html

I've seen him live and he was absolutely great !

Rhys

 

[Mikec]

Yes, that's him. We were really lucky he was available as a short-notice replacement, weren't we? I see he has his own trio; that's a must-see.