Later in the night, after the book launch, is not so late
for jazz these days. We must be an ageing
cohort. Whatever, Ben Lerner was playing
at Smiths at 7pm with his quartet on tour before recording an album with ABC
and they were something pretty special.
The others were Steve Barry, well known and big handed with busy, rich, arpeggiated solos; Max Alduca, for some time
Touring to the big smoke
