{"id":92,"date":"2018-06-10T14:06:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T04:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/?p=92"},"modified":"2018-06-10T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T04:13:28","slug":"richard-jackson-vocals-adam-hall-trumpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/richard-jackson-vocals-adam-hall-trumpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Jackson (vocals), Adam Hall (trumpet)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Velvet Playboys\/ The Soul Playboys<\/h2>\n

Astor Theatre<\/h2>\n

reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

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\"Couch\"When, at a concert, a significant number of the audience spontaneously get up and dance, it\u2019s fair to say the musicians have got it right \u2013 and at the Astor Theatre on Friday, that\u2019s an understatement.\u00a0 Adam Hall and The Soul Playboys performed as if their lives depended on it \u2013 and the same could certainly be said of vocalist Richard Jackson whose significant physical presence is more than matched by his vocal skills. Here was soul singing from a son of Cincinnati, well able, surely, to melt the heart of even the chilliest listener. Tireless, laidback \u2013 frankly magical – \u00a0Jackson sounded in his element as he reached for, and touched, the stars.<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t a dull moment here with Hall that ace and tireless trumpeter, bobbing\u00a0 and weaving to rhythms that were clearly an invitation to everyone else in the theatre to rise from their seats and surrender to the Muse. Initially, the dancers were mostly women \u2013 but the gents, too, got into the act.<\/p>\n

Here was an environment of almost palpable and abundant good humour, lofty musical standards – and unambiguous audience approval. Onstage and off, with much wizardry on keyboards, and an abundance of lavishly stylish work on trombones – the latter including Marques Young, principal trombone with the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra (who trained at New York\u2019s Juilliard School of Music) – everyone seemed to be having the time of their lives \u2013 and that is a rare state of affairs.<\/p>\n

If you weren\u2019t at this event, you can still experience a good deal of its magic via \u201cSatisfied\u201d, a newly released compact disc that brims with good things. If you were present at this event, though, you won\u2019t need me to tell you about it \u2013 it makes you feel close to New Orleans. For those who are aficionados of the Blues circa the 1940s,\u00a0this would have been like coming home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Velvet Playboys\/ The Soul Playboys Astor Theatre reviewed by Neville Cohn   When, at a concert, a significant number of the audience spontaneously get up and dance, it\u2019s fair to say the musicians have got it right \u2013 and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[149,148,151,152,19,16,150,146,147],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-performance","tag-adam-hall","tag-astor-theatre","tag-cincinnati","tag-marques-young","tag-neville-chon","tag-neville-cohn","tag-richard-jackson","tag-velvet-playboys","tag-velvet-soul-boys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Yv33-1u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":281,"url":"https:\/\/ozartsreviewonline.com\/oz\/the-music-of-disney\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":0},"title":"The Music of Disney","author":"reviewer","date":"February 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Hall and The Velvet Playboys The Sewing Room, Wolf Lane reviewed by Neville Cohn In a Sewing Room packed to capacity, top trumpeter and vocalist Adam Hall and The Velvet Playboys made magic of a succession of Disney delights. 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