To the 606 Club in Fulham last night….

The venue on which The Fast Show must have based “Jazz Club”. My friend Will Awdry plays drums with the Philip Dodd Quartet. But not very often. They convene just once a year for a closed session, complete with bangers & mash, down at the 606 and it is sublime. I don’t really “get” jazz. Certainly not the the atonal, experimental “angry wasp” jazz so rightly lampooned on The Fast Show. But this was the good stuff, meandering and melodious – played by four musicians whose talent is matched only by their modesty. The highlight was their superb version of this old standard. All that could have improved a fantastic evening would have been Norah Jones joining them on vocals. And maybe a second helping of bangers and mash.