Hugh Laurie - review

Hugh Laurie is under no illusion. Almost every song in this evening of the 15-track set is delivered with a preamble, in which the 51-year old comedian warmly discussed in a jazz version he will follow standard, or who played originally what is with that. He made his debut on the stage in London as musician, and this English pale, lanky in a nicely cut costume is his obsession of life with the music of New Orleans slightly - and slightly dusted of gags.

Tellingly, though, Laurie addresses all his erudition in "the other nerd in room - other than myself, of course." Its tone is apologetic. He is aware that we are not an audience of nuts 'n' Awlins blues, here to enjoy the nuances of "You Don ' T Know My Mind of Leadbelly." We are here to see a very famous man playing a piano.

In the United Kingdom, we are still responsible for Laurie to be confused with the kind nincompoop Bertie Wooster or Georges Blackadder pompadoured; the great twit to the former foil Stephen Fry. But Hugh Laurie is probably more widely known as Dr. Gregory House, a doctor of TV voice Misanthropy casual in a focus American terrific. House worked on the US Fox network for seven years, and he made the best paid actor Laurie - mockery, contributed to the long, born in Oxford, Cambridge educated aspiring bluesman Hugh Laurie - America.

It is a well-known contradiction of Fame that once you're a rich celebrity, people start giving you things - clothes, cars, jewelry - for nothing. And this is how the Executive a Warner assembled an album of Buena Vista Social Club-style under the aegis of this unlikely and yet bankable, fan - boy. The result is to leave their talk, Laurie thoroughly user-friendly covers album, which includes Dr. John and Allen Toussaint arrangements.

Laurie is fully aware of its flagrant jamminess, and that the players are not allowed to become musicians without a serious suspension of disbelief. Indeed, we expect a next hip-hop album by Dominic West with interest. This evening, Laurie describes working with copper bottom band five men (his costume of touring) as similar to a rich uncle go for the weekend and leaving Laurie Ferrari key. Booklet of the album dwell on the paradox of a chap in a position to Laurie, interpret the music of living hard men whose gumbo music had terroir and unimpeachable source. It has been his recent interview with Andrew Marr, himself no stranger to the contradiction.

Laurie may, of course, take some relief that it is in no way the first British pale face emaciated condition to have been electrified by the blues and jazz, after having been preceded by Jagger, Richards, Watts, Clapton, Page, Plant and so on.

And while Laurie is not in their League, this evening, it is, on the contrary, a little too apologetic and impressed with his equipment. Laurie is no inflamed virtuoso, but his hands spiders certainly know their way around a piano. "St James' hospital" is a delight, beginning as a solo theme feeble, and then changes the band weigh. Having evolved out of English folk song, the old leper Hospital of the title is now St. James Palace, room gawped at by several million viewers of royal wedding, Laurie travelled stressed.

Laurie switches between acoustic guitar and piano throughout the evening, playing happily off the coast of his group, whose control of the southern wooze is never less than convincing. Interval drinks announced is replaced by the Group shot down a trayful of shots of whiskey before "The Whale has swallowed Me of JB Lenoir".

But somehow, you would be rather heard this sad music party in a bar after hours of sweat, rather the nearby gentle of a church full of autograph-hunters work. It is all too often, Hugh Laurie actor, drawling in exact restitution of an accent, living in the part. It is only when Laurie forgets himself - on piano occasional race, or the unself-conscious stomp of "Battle of Jericho" - that the love of man for music sings more clearly.

Hugh Laurie at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival - review

Hugh Laurie at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Photography: Marilyn Kingwill

There is joke a musicians': If you want to start a jazz million, with two million. It is not a theory which is been tested much because players with this kind of good start occur often but Hugh Laurie, former star comic and, now, the better actor paid on US TV for his role in the series medical homemay be about to offer a moment of truth.

Laurie, an early-jazz education and fan of blues, triumphantly closed the Festival of Jazz of Cheltenham 2011 supported by a punchy Quintet dominated by uninhibited Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit and material of his first album, Let speak them. It is a very different notion of jazz of mostly contemporary and often more sharp variations that shaped the six day event.

But Laurie has delivered with respect to long-gone original art as Jelly Roll Morton, Ledbetter, Leroy Carr and JB Lenoir, more competent sideman on piano and guitar skills, instincts, and a player in the art of tribute without caricature in some fine songwhich rekindled a often abandoned to archivists and music lovers.

"If I explode in a wet splash of ecstasy,"Laurie warned initially the audience, "these gentlemen behind me will take care of all your musical needs"."."

They did not need, but often reaches critical temperatures even when music. The first match was a theme of Thelonious Monk trad-jazzily adapted but only that and a piano and the interpretation of Summertime of contemporary notions of jazz soprano sax.

Infirmary a dramatic St James' which begins with piano delicate strings and become a roar in which Vincent Henry tenor erupted which would echo total cacophony of strings of slide guitar, a blues can Ledbetter, supported by the pace troubled balefully of Bright, an eerie Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho (supported only by the ringing sounds of guitareTom-Tom thumps and Laurie of stamping feet) and a patient dedication Careless Love, all have shown determined how Laurie was the focal point of the songs and not himself. Let them talk about James Booker, and Professor Longhair rocker for a recall, a tour de force very unexpected for liquidation.

Laurie show contrasts sharply with most of the offers on one of the classiest and most eclectic United Kingdom jazz festivals, but it certainly was a big noise out, for a complete event of the more eloquent.

In the Sunday Sun, shadowy monochrome characters jazz stereotypes Saxes swelling in cellars have dissipated by turning kids prospectus on the grass, while Hendrix guitar arrangements resembling the distance ripped ragged horn sections, merrily falsification of thus spoke Zarathustra Strauss, and the silver, the Rainbow hair and hair non-aux chosen their way through the capitals, sportscasters, and bands.

Jamie Cullum, the Director of the festival guest, was liquidated with a rare Sunday one-man show and her first concert since the birth of his daughter Sophie Dahl Lyra and that in March. "It was only the second time that I've been out of the House since then," Cullum said ironically at a worship audience. "And it is simulcast in 75 cinemas in six countries."

In two sets in which he visibly unwound from a nervous start, Cullum irritated - originals, covers of pop and standards, with an account of aspiration high and dry of Radiohead, and classic spring can really Hang you Up The Most of Fran Landesman- Hardie but successfully join intimate ballads of Human Beatbox - made salient.

Earlier in the day, competitor of Mercury Prize 2010 Kit Downes and his powerful sextet had explored Scandinavian folk songs, contemporary bebop and unifying contemporary blues, and former keyboardist of Brand New Heavies Neil Cowley had mixed jackhammering rock-piano chords with swing slinky and the send of a String Quartet.

Norwegian Tord Gustavsen, a hitmaker very different to his homeland to barely hit music acoustic grounds tiny, slick, brushed cymbal gently, quietly humming parts of the double bass, then played in a epatee atmosphere, such as Church, to which his saxophonist Jan Garbarek-like Tore Brunborg was perfectly suited.

And, despite a very powerful UK and the presence of the northern European in Cheltenham, the harmonic String Quartet - a supergroup compromising the pianist Jason Moran, saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Eric Harland, rubbed home a message unambiguously on the lasting muscle and more openAmerican jazz lyricism.

‧ This article was amended on May 4, 2011. The original called Canadian guitarist Kevin Bright. This has been corrected.

Hugh Laurie: Let speak them - review

We knew all that Hugh Laurie could play the piano, but it's a world away from its occasional tinklings in the role of Bertie Wooster. It is a diving head first, into the depths of the music of New Orleans of Jelly Roll Morton to Dr. John. This, said, was the music of his heart since he invaded "my welcome English frame", and on the strength of these tracks surprisingly authentic sounding 15, you simply have to believe. Of course, with arrangements by Allen Toussaint and Dr. John, Irma Thomas and Tom Jones join, it is in good company, but Laurie is the indisputable star.

Hugh Laurie - reviews

Hugh Laurie is under no illusions. Almost every song tonight's set of 15 tracks in or for jazz versions, a standard he followed, such as the 51-year-old actor keeps warm and originally with whom to play preamble comes. Lightly lifelong obsession, and he has a London debut as a musician, his music-and New Orleans lightly sprinkled with gag this thin, skinny macabre British nicely cut suits.

Tellingly, despite the Raleigh all his erudition "other nerd-, of course, other than their own room" to address the. His tone is apologetic. He lead belly's "you don ' t know that selfless's" is n'awlins blues, recognition is not here at the nuts audience experience the nuances. To show celebrity very much here, piano music.

Liable to confuse Laurie at United Kingdom yet lovable nincompoop Bertie Wooster and the George Prince pompadoured Blackadder; twit from benign to foil Stephen Fry. However, and Hugh Laurie probably most widely known for casual Misanthropy of Dr. Gregory House, great American accent voice TV doctor. Home I us Fox network, the seven years running, and Raleigh-self-deprecating, long fingers, born in Oxford, Cambridge Education self-proclaimed bluesman Hugh Laurie - TV's highest paid made with American actors.

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Glad his band is wooze South, and the rule of no more than eloquent little off playing piano or acoustic guitar evening in Raleigh. Drinks intervals advertised trayful JB Lenoir's ", before I swallowed the whale" is replaced with the bands downed shots of whiskey.

But for some reason, you rather hear in this heartbreaking party music, sweat time bar and quiet around working Church complete autograph - hunters. Too many cases, he is an accurate rendition of the accent of actor drawling inhabiting Hugh Laurie portion is. It was only Raleigh himself - Stomp the occasional piano or unself-conscious "Jericho" of the fight - the men's love of music singing most clearly forget is.

Hugh Laurie: Let's talk about them-reviews

We all can, Hugh Laurie, piano, this is his occasional tinklings Bertie Wooster role that knew. Is the depth of the New Orleans music from Jelly Roll Morton Dr first dive into it John. So that he has his mind music "I gawky English frame", since the invasion, these 15 amazingly authentic sound track of strength, just believe in him so. To be sure, arrange and Toussaint, Dr join John, Irma Thomas and Tom Jones, he is good company, Raleigh undisputed star is.

Hugh Laurie at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival - review

In Hugh Laurie, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Photo: Marilyn Kingwill

Have a musician's joke: Jazz 100 to determine million, 20000 to start. Theory for hiding the in many cases the type of player headstart, been tested much Hugh Laurie, a former Star Comics, now the medical series Home United States TV's highest-paid actor lead role. The information may be to provide a moment of truth.

Raleigh, life of early jazz and blues fans, triumphant do not constrain the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2011 Canada guitarist Kevin bright and his debut album the finished backup by the quintet dominated by material from those stories can, punchy. It mainly contemporary shaped six-day event, and often characteristics of jazz from the book reviewed variations very different concepts was.

Delivery point for Raleigh old original Jelly Roll Morton, Huddie Ledbetter, Leroy Carr, JB Lenoir, piano and guitar more than competent members skills such as art, without some vocal tribute caricature art rekindled fine instinct of the actor, official documents and devotees often abandoned music.

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They didn't have to, but often reached critical temperature of the same music. Just the opener against jazzily traditional Adaptive Thelonious Monk theme became a contemporary concept of jazz piano and soprano sax interpretation summer.

Of bright slide guitar chords, balefully choppy rhythm, eerie Joshua fit the battle back (only tom-tom thumps erupted the dramatic St James became a tenor saxophone Henry Vincent's roar ringing guitar sound by singing backup Huddie Ledbetter Blues Jericho began a delicate piano chords, clinics, and Raleigh is foot stamping of), and was make myself focus and determination Laurie showed all patients inadvertently devoted love songs. Professor long hair rocker, very unexpected force de of and way of speaking tour they scratched, Encore, and James Booker.

Sharp contrast most of the products of one of the classiest of the Raleigh show, United Kingdom, most eclectic Jazz Festival, to be sure, compelling event is totally big noise.

In Sun-Sunday, blown Jazz stereotypes such as saxes children cartwheels Hendrix guitar strings away while on grass turning irregular horn section dispel darkness of black and white characters, hilarious Strauss for tampering with the past tense also spake and ripping the silver hair, Rainbow hair and hair marquee, sunbathers, and band their way chose.

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Two sets, he is visibly, tensions start from Cullum original, pop covers and standards, and Radiohead in the yearning account dry, Fran landesman from classical spring can really hang you most-join rattled unwinding risk successfully intimate ballad beatboxing-highlights.

1, 2010 At Silver candidate Kit Downes and was explored to a powerful Sextet of his Scandinavian folk, contemporary Cowboy Bebop and anthemic modern Blues original Brand New Heavies keyboardist Neil Cowley jackhammering lock - piano chord was mixed purrs sexy swing and a String Quartet.

Norway Toad Gustavsen was very different hitmaker impressed in his homeland barely small acoustic music, trickling floor motif is cymbal, gently brushes are quiet parts, heavy bass, and humming, and saxophone during his ????? like tore Brunborg was perfectly responsive, AWE, Church-like atmosphere in.

About increasingly open despite the presence of the supergroup unleash home, an unmistakable message muscles and compromising the very strong United Kingdom and Northern European Cheltenham, overtone Quartet - Eric Harland drummer, bassist Larry grenadier and saxophonist Chris Potter pianist Jason Moran, rubbing lyrical jazz.

‧ This article 4 was revised in May 2011. Former Canada guitarist Kevin bright is called. This has been fixed.