Tim Richard's Hextet - 9/11/2014

I go and see Tim play whenever he is close by so the full six-piece playing in Bristol was a nice surprise when I found out about the gig the day before. It's hard to believe that you can hear such expert musicians who play so well together in the room above a pub. They deserve a wider audience. The tunes were mostly familiar and included particular favourites of mine such as 'Shapeshifting' and the other Shamanism suite pieces as well as 'Discovery' and an encore of 'Ticket to Tomorrow'. There were also some interesting pieces I don't think I had heard before such as 'Ease Up' by Dominic Howles the bassist and 'Sorebaeltsbroedn' by Ralph Wyld the vibes player, both of which added variety to the more traditional setlist. Each musician was a master of his own instrument with Ed Jones on sax and Dick Pearce on trumpet outstanding as usual as the frontmen for the band. Next time Tim is around here I'll be back for more.