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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
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Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
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Description: Detroit sax man who has worked with Davis, Metheny, Hubbard and Tyner plays with pianist Benito Gonzalez and co. Canadian singer Weiss provides support.
Phone: 0207439 0747
Website: www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Email: ronniescotts@ronniescotts.co.uk
Trains: Tube: Leicester Square 
Extra info: Air Conditioning, Party Hire, Pub
Skull-capped shrewdie that he is, Kenny Garrett hit town yesterday with a brand-new group. Keyboarder Jeff Motley and drummer Justin Brown, looked barely out of their teens. The third, Berklee professor Lennie Stalworth, played bass-guitar with a punchy economy that avoided straight four-four time all evening.
This ruthless reshuffle gave the US saxophone virtuoso a precious jolt of vitality.
Motley, a dab hand at synth effects from hot Hammond-organ to heavenly strings, took tantalisingly brief solos that might have lasted longer had Garrett not joined in on second keyboard, an ill-advised luxury that only inhibited his sideman.
Garrett himself opened via a pedal-box that reduced his hairy alto-sax sound to a toy electric violin. But Brown, a slim, whipcord kid with massive drive, rescued this number and lifted the entire session.
Every year Garrett comes up with a sensational new bundle of power, skill and stamina at the drum kit. Imagine a 21st-century Tony Williams and you'd get Justin, a storming player rooted in the fast, brittle crossrhythms of hip-hop. The jazz police might not approve but Brown's relentless momentum made Garrett's cunningly low-burning ideas sound hypermodern.
Charlie Brown Goes to South Africa featured a lilting township beat and a beautifully unexpected key-change, while Sing me a Song of Songmy was a storming 12-bar with changes similar to Billy Harper's classic, Priestess. "Any happy people here?" Garrett asked before going into his singalong hit. Indeed there were many.
Until tomorrow (020 7439 0747).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
