OK, The Eddy, looking forward to the new Chazelle. For now it's serious Joanna Kulig listening time. A torch song Anna Maria Jopek, get up to speed before the Paris jazz club set drama starts in May.
Photo of Joanna Kulig (Netflix): with André …
Published: 26 Apr 2020.Updated: 3 years.
OK, The Eddy, looking forward to the new Chazelle. For now it's serious Joanna Kulig listening time. A torch song Anna Maria Jopek, get up to speed before the Paris jazz club set drama starts in May.
Photo of Joanna Kulig (Netflix): with André Holland. Kulig plays singer Maja, bit of a soak, in love with Elliot (Holland) in the jazz club drama.
From 2016. Opening with ‘Stop Time’ on the final night of his Piccadilly club residency Jon Regen managed to “crack this code like a scientist,” to draw on the lyrics from the title track of his latest album.
A persuasive Billy Joel and Randy …
From 2016. Opening with ‘Stop Time’ on the final night of his Piccadilly club residency Jon Regen managed to “crack this code like a scientist,” to draw on the lyrics from the title track of his latest album.
A persuasive Billy Joel and Randy Newman-inspired singer, as a jazz pianist he made his name accompanying Jimmy Scott and played this club gig ostensibly as a duo, the American at the piano facing bass guitarist PJ Phillips, a rocker whose stellar credits include gigging with Rod Stewart.
Concentrating on Stop Time material in the first set, Lydia Baylis, joining the duo, blended well in the harmonies of stuck-in-the-middle song ‘Borderline.’
In a switch of emphasis later in the second set there was more of a Doc Pomus and Elton John-inspired direction, a version of Rodgers and Hart standard ‘My Funny Valentine’ sung meltingly by another guest, Judith Owen, altering the mood – Regen returning tantalisingly to his jazz roots. Stephen Graham
Jon Regen above at the piano, PJ Phillips and Judith Owen