Not long ago leader of the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra, Lizzie has branched out considerably and now plays jazz, Latin American styles and classical music, with idiomatic ease on the evidence here.
She appears to have started this group (vio
lin, cello, two guitars) nearly two years ago. Already making a name for itself, later this year sees its debut at Ronnie Scott's.
It's doubtful the excellently-played violin/cello classical duos, two short Gliere pieces and first movement of Kodaly's Duo, heard here will be at London's famous jazz venue – but, you never know!
The slow Piazzolla tango played, discovered in an Argentinian market by Lizzie and arranged by her for the two instruments might, as may many of the items in this mainly Latino jazz-populated concert with one of country's finest jazz guitarists Pete Oxley involved in them as performer, arranger and composer.
A new piece by him, Missed, rather bluesy and growing in intensity, was particularly effective, Joni Mitchell's River and a smashing account of the The Girl From Ipanema both sung by a violin-playing Lizzie with pleasing, easy delivery being notable among the arrangements.
The arrangement of Chick Corea's Spain worked extremely well too, as did Tico-Tico no Fuba (arranged Lizzie), the former featuring a sizzling duet from the two guitarists, the other been Nicolas Meier whose faced beamed with pleasure throughout.
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