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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
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The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Description: Veteran jazz guitarist and backing trio who fuses classical, rock, fusion and Latin into his sound.
Phone: 0207439 0747
Website: www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Email: ronniescotts@ronniescotts.co.uk
Trains: Tube: Leicester Square 
Extra info: Party Hire, Pub, Air Conditioning
Still has what it takes: Larry Coryell knows how to play
One of the few jazz stars who could write his own reviews and possibly sell them, Larry Coryell initially graduated in journalism from Washington State. And after half a century on the bandstand, his expertise as both musician and communicator is substantial. Last night, for instance, he neatly demonstrated how to ad-lib while keeping the band happy.
“Let’s give it up for Jeff Berlin — what a fantastic player,” he cried after a particularly dextrous bass-guitar solo. “Say, I wonder if this is a good time to discuss my pay,” countered Berlin with an opportunist grin. “No,” Coryell replied, “but stock options might become available.”
Guitar-trio is a stripped-down format that can create draughty gaps. Coryell, Berlin and drummer Paul Wertico left none. Their opener, Immer Gerade Aus — “That’s German for Straightahead, and dedicated to the late Ronnie Scott, who liked a German jazz joke” — was a potted-jazz-history workout that developed from bop to Wes Montgomery to modal jazz-rock in a dozen choruses.
More impressive was Coryell’s version of Very Early. Guitarists rarely attempt Bill Evans originals but this one was as richly voiced as the late pianist-composer’s own. Coryell, endorsing new Parker guitars, then switched to a round-hole semi-acoustic for a solo version of She’s Leaving Home. The Beatles classic enjoyed a nice mixture of instant improvisation and elegant counterpoint prepared in advance.
The set ended with Spaces Revisited, a nod to his proudest album, Spaces, cut in the Seventies with fellow young firebrands Chick Corea, Billy Cobham and John McLaughlin. This durable dream-team are still playing brilliantly.
Until tomorrow (020 7439 0747)
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